Guest Vitor Belfort Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Hi, i've read on some posts that 3 year applicants are usually not considered as highly as 4 year applicants. However this maybe true....is it true if i get a degree in 3 years?? im doing a 3 year BA in Economics at the University of Manitoba in Canada. Will i still be at a disadvantage IF i get a degree in 3 years?? ThankS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vitor Belfort Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 I mean will i be at a disadvantage if i apply into med school with a 3 year degree instead of a 4 year one? THanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest moo Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 If you do your degree in three years then it's not a problem. As long as you HAVE a degree, 120 credit-hours, then you should be on par with people who have degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vitor Belfort Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 THanks for the reply moo. But i am pretty sure that the 3 year general BSc/BA at the u of M consists of only 90 credit hours...instead of 120....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 AMCAS (the organization that forwards your medical school application to each US medical school) will get a listing of all your university courses and their credit-hours, so the medical schools will be able to see how many courses you took. Most US universities award Bachelor's degrees after 4 years of study, so who knows how they will look at your application. Most likely they would just take your U of M Bachelor's at face value, irrespective of how many years it actually took you to complete it. There's also the time-factor involved, which is also why fourth year applicants have an advantage over third year applicants. That additional year is 12 more months to do research, do extra-curricular work, go volunteering, do travelling, hold down a job or leadership position, mature a little more and have a little bit more life experience, re-write the MCAT if necessary, etc. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vitor Belfort Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Cool...i see i see. ....so would you guys recommend that i do a 4 year degree instead of a 3 year one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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