上一篇提到大部分學生進入醫學院的路，進大學、拿必修課、申請醫學院。有另外一條路，比較接近台灣醫學系的概念，讓學生從大學開始，進入一套制定的系統念書，之後“直升”醫學院。這種系統不消說，非常難進。這篇就跟大家分享這條路的資料。在Google打入“BS/MD programs”，就可以看到不少網站專門介紹這種programs。這種學士/博士合併programs，從六年到九年都有，絕大部分是七年跟八年，大學課程念三年，醫學院念四或五年。就我找到的資料看來，錄取率比我想像的要高，大約在10%左右。但是因為申請的人不多，所以看錄取率可能不是最準確的標準。
那要申請會需要什麼資格呢?除了基本的成績(GPA & SAT or ACT)跟校外活動(實習之類的)以外，還會有面試、文章(通常是你為什麼要當醫生)、跟推薦信。從高中要申請進的過程，其實跟申請普通大學的過程沒有太大的差別。
真正開始有差別的是在進大學之後，並不是直接保送醫學院，還會有第二層的標準要達到，才可以進入醫學院。
譬如說Boston University要求學生需要在Science的課程保持3.2的GPA，MCAT則是需要考到80百分比以上 (資料來源)。
Washington University 則是要求3.8GPA跟MCAT達到97百分比 (資料來源)
Drexel Univeristy 要求數學、生物、化學、物理要有平均3.6的GPA，MCAT要511分 (資料來源)
進入這些program的學生，學校都會特別禮遇，譬如說搭配上專門的輔導幫助選課，或是在校內找研究機會的機率也比較高。但是這種program除非學生很清楚知道自己的未來，心智跟能力也都有一定成熟度，不然會很痛苦。
下一篇要講到，如果大學快要畢業才想要去念醫學院怎麼辦。
以下名單是在美國醫學學院聯盟上面的官方資料
資料先以州來分類，後面是以年份分類
List of medical schools offering combined undergraduate/MD programs by State, 2016–2017
Alabama
University of Alabama School of Medicine–Birmingham
University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Connecticut
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
District of Columbia
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Howard University College of Medicine
Florida
University of Florida College of Medicine
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Illinois
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Massachusetts
Boston University School of Medicine
Michigan
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Minnesota
University of Minnesota Medical School
Missouri
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Nevada
University of Nevada School of Medicine
New Jersey
Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School
Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Mexico
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
New York
Albany Medical College CUNY School of Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Ohio
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Northeast Ohio Medical University
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Pennsylvania
Drexel University College of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University
Temple University School of Medicine
Puerto Rico
Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Rhode Island
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Tennessee
Meharry Medical College
Texas
Baylor College of Medicine
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio
Virginia
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
List of medical schools offering combined undergraduate/MD programs by Number of Years, 2016–2017
6 Years
University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Medicine
6–7 Years
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
7 Years
Albany Medical College
Boston University School of Medicine (8-year option available)
CUNY School of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine Meharry Medical College
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Rutgers,
New Jersey Medical School
Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
University of Florida College of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School
University of Nevada School of Medicine
University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio
8 Years
Albany Medical College Baylor College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Howard University College of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
University of Alabama School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Wayne State University School of Medicine
9 Years
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine