Can I do LPN (part time) and Pre-Med (full time)?

Well, first off, there is no ‘pre-med’ major. You need to fulfill certain requirements, but you cant get a degree in ‘pre-med’. Actually you would be wise to get a degree in something other than science, as science degree holders are a dime a dozen as far as applicants to med school.

Doing nursing and pre-med at the same time is not the typical route many students take. Do you want to be a doctor or a nurse? Pre-med courses are designed to be very difficult and weed out students who are not really strong in science. It sounds like you are planning on taking a LOT of classes at once. This along with working as a nurse can be really tough. Your gpa will most likely suffer and this will basically take you out of the running for med school, if that’s where you want to go.

It may sound like a good idea to get a nursing degree in order to get into med school, but it really does not benefit you. Also, a lot of the classes you need to get into med school are the same as lpn, so it would kind of be a waste of time.

To get into med school, you will need to take a year of bio, chem, orgo, physics and calculus, all while keeping your gpa as close to a 4.0 as possible. Getting medical research under your belt and volunteering in the community (especially medical-related organizations) plus your MCAT score need to be at least around 30. Finally remember that most of the applicants you are up against are top students.

Approximately 58% of all applicants to medical school every year (not a specific one, im talking about every applicant to ANY med school) are rejected from every school they apply to. If you have too much on your plate, your grades will not be the highest they can be, and that is going to hurt you greatly if you want to be a doctor.

In short, i dont think you would be wise to go to two schools at once (and i dont even know if you can). Ive seen so many students put too much on their schedule early on and they ended up getting very low grades in essential science classes and are now completely out of the running for medical school. Also, remember doing two things requires a huge financial investment on your part. You will most likely end up paying a HUGE amount of money and you are stacking the odds against you. You may very well be able to do it but i doubt most people will succeed going that route. It is a route that seems impossible to maneuver.

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