Medical School vs College Comparison

College versus Medical School!

In this video we compare college/university to medical school, going over:
1) Material 00:35
2) Grading 01:58
3) Schedule and Time 02:48
4) Class Exams and Tests 04:12
5) Standardized Tests (MCAT and Step) 05:13
6) Cost and Financing School 05:44

Medical school and university share many similarities but also many differences. Some of the differences may surprise you, such as the fact that medical school material may not be as difficult as your college courses!

In terms of material, you must complete some prerequisite courses prior to applying to med school. However, other classes are highly dependent on your major. In medical school, everyone studies the same material. The pace is much faster than in college. That's why you often hear that learning in medical school is like drinking water from a fire hydrant.

Being a competitive med school applicant requires straight A's and a top MCAT score. Because of this, college pre-med culture is often cut throat and stressful. Medical students are stressed out as well, but pass/fail grading helps reduce the pressure to outperform your peers.

You will have less free time in medical school. You don't get to choose your class schedule.

Exams do not follow the standard quarters and semesters with evenly spaced midterms and finals. The good news is that medical school has fewer concurrent classes and therefore fewer exams. The bad news is that each of these exams covers much more information. Also, you're unlikely to have multiple large exams on the same day or even same week in medical school.

The MCAT is a challenging standardized test, but it pales in comparison to the beasts that are USMLE Step 1 and USMLE Step 2CK.

In terms of costs, medical school is more expensive than university. I'll go over how to fund medical school and college, referring to scholarships, grants, and loans, in a future video!

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[ssKsTester]

College: dont do any studying until a few days before the exam / Med school: study like its finals week 24.7

[thomaswynosky]

People always talk about how we need more doctors, yet the cost of medical school is so outrageously expensive.

[kylegordon]

2nd year med student here. This video is accurate, the material is not necessarily difficult, its the SHEER VOLUME of information and balancing it with your clinics/labs makes it difficult

[nathanward]

I'm starting to realize how lucky I am at my university, there's very little competitiveness between pre-meds, and a lot of us help each other with classes.

[simmermoon]

"No more organic chemistry"
THANK THE LORD.

[orchadite]

I'm 15 yet I can already see this helping me study in advance as a doctor. Thank you so much for these videos.

[jessealexander]

I have so many doctors in my family that spent their whole lives doing a job they hate. If you wanna practice medicine make sure you understand people and enjoy helping them. Youd think doctors would like helping people but most of them dont. If salary wasnt a factor in careers, most med students wouldnt even be there.

[cody]

Please do the scholarship video sooner than later. I start medical school in August and alleviating costs would be a huge help. Thanks! You're the best

[bobvazquez]

Sounds like medical school hasn't changed since I attended the University of California at Davis in the early 80's. As the narrator stated, the material that is taught in medical school is not difficult, it's the sheer volume of information. I still tell people that medical school was no where near as challenging as my undergraduate degree (Cell Biology UC Berkeley). The key to success in medical school is time management in order keep up with the amount of information you need to know (at least during the first 2 years). By the way, when I attended UC Davis, we were graded with letter grades (A, B, C, D, F). This did add greatly to our stress during 1st year.

[Chris-ynvf]

It seems like it would be easier to get rid of the college system and just learn everything in medical school instead it would probably produce a lot more doctors at a faster rate.

[chenggonglee]

Undergrad is the competitive part. Once in med school its a group learning environment.

[SeyidAr]

I don't even know why i'm watching this, i'm an economics major.

[morganparra]

Thank you so much! I’m 13 and a future in the medical field is my biggest dream. I’ve been watching videos during my free time and taking notes so I have some knowledge of what I will be getting myself into in the future.

[corpse]

I am SO excited for medschool. Thank you for the info! Very informative and to the point!

[Ethan_la]

Excited for the future video about covering college debt

[runaway]

I’m in 11th grade and I want to be a pediatrician but the amount of work, years, and debts scare me

[lilianafigueroa]

im in the 8th grade what am i doing here

[weirdo-gjxz]

wow i remember watching this video a few days before my mcat, almost exactly one year ago. now i'm matriculating to medical school this July 2019!

[TeenTitansAMV]

I’ll be starting-out this fall as an incoming freshman majoring pre-medical biology, wish me luck!😅
Edit: I’ve changed my mind, I’m now just majoring in general biology, medicine just isn’t my thing, I found out that I’m not even remotely interested in medicine, but I still LOVE biology (mostly the part that has to do with animals lol) also my grades are excellent, I’ve had 3 semesters with straight A’s so far :)

[Cretivecircles]

This made me very / even more excited about med school!!