You, the student, can use help in trying to understand the complex and lengthy process that is your premedical preparation. The following material is put together to help you get a better understanding of undergraduate education and the medical school application process. It includes a chronology of events and the times for accomplishing these. Please use this only as a guide. Be very sure before you go to medical school that you wish to go that route.
Medical education is tough, tedious and expensive.
It is a drain on mental, physical and monetary resources. Students want to go into medical school for a variety of reasons. Some like the excitement and glamour. There are research opportunities and medical advances. There is the service component- the ability to give back to society.