what age do you have to be to go to university (study medicine)?

Question

il be 15 when i leave high school so im curious, and ive been told by my yearhead that id have no problem getting into somewhere like harvard.

Answer 1

There are problems with being 3-4 years younger than your classmates not just from the social standpoint, but from the academic standpoint as well. This is not to discourage you from going to college right away or to put you down, but you may not be emotionally ready. I suggest maybe doing an internship somewhere for a year or two, to make some good use of your time. Also you can give yourself some time to prepare for the SAT. Some of my classmates have gone to college at age 16 or 17, but I believe 15 is way too early. Most people are freshmen in high school at that time, not freshmen in college! High school is a growth and maturity process and maybe you need to give yourself some more time, but for a bright girl like you, you also don't want to waste away your years.
You will not be studying medicine right away at the undergrad level. You will be taking pre-med classes, and also have a separate major. Medical school is where you study pure medicine. And that will happen normally 4 years after the undergrad level.

Answer 2

If you are leaving high school because you rushed to get through, that might be true. If you are leaving because you skipped grades earlier in school, it shouldn't affect you. The reason for this is that prestige schools, like Harvard, want to see you do well in high school, not to see you do high school as quickly as possible. They want you to take the most rigorous problem you possibly can. My father started UCLA at 16; he had a friend who started (and I think it was Harvard) at 14. It can be done.

You will not, however, be studying medicine when you get to college. Medical school is something you go to AFTER graduating from college, so you have four years of a bachelor's degree program to get through and do well in before applying for medical school. That means that you would be at least 19 when you start medical school, and while that is very young, at least you would be a legal adult by that time. Medical training takes a minimum of 10 years from the time you start college. In your case, that is probably a good thing, because by the time you start practicing, they won't feel that the person working on them is a child!

Answer 3

look, there is not problem getting into university but first thing is that... before getting in to any of the university try to check whether u are able to qualify or u need to have any formal experience for that... its good to have urself ready before jumping into any of the professional courses... try to accumulate the merits and believe in urself.... wishes