From BSN to MD?

[dancer_meggs]

I'm currently a high school senior, finishing up my prerequisites to get into the local nursing program. I'm not saying that I'm using nursing as a spring board to become a doctor (i know that if i really wanted to be a doctor i should major in either biology or chemistry) but i was wondering if there are any cases where one could have a BSN with enough science to get into a medical school or if this is totally unheard of. Is being submerged in the medical field a bonus for some medical schools? If anybody has any information I would really appreciate it...it's kinda hard to find this information online by just looking at websites :wink2:

[bananabubbletea]

I think doing a bsn is a great idea and will prepare you well for med school. You might have to spend an extra semester taking o chem and inorganic chem

[JomoNurse]

A physician at the hospital where I work used to be an RN. She immigrated here to the USA in the 1990s. It's doable, but the transition from a BSN to an MD is a huge leap. Lots of difficult courses to take. You've also got to be a pretty bright cookie to accomplish something like that. Also need the stellar grades in all of the difficult courses (o-chem, physics, for example). These classes are killer. I think most of the nurses I work with would end up quitting in the first week lol (including myself!!). Nursing is mostly a lot of physical blue collar type of work. Doctors call the shots. It's a very stressful job to have. A doctor friend of mine is on the admissions commitee of a local medical school here and he said (very nicely) that nursing isn't something medical school is impressed by at all, and that it's looked at as an "easy" major.

[dancer_meggs]

Between you guys and the Student Doctor network, i've figured out some game plans in case being an MD is something i really want.