Re: Is it better to obtain to a MS degree before going into a MD/PhD program?

Chris,

It would be helpful if you were some sort of recognizable disadvantaged 
minority. A sexually ambiguous, dwarf, American Indian could be dean 
within the first year. Your best bet would be an off shore medical school 
or U.S. graduate school. I am on the faculty of a teaching/training 
program and we have done very well with some off shore medical school 
graduates. A good graduate preformance in graduate school in a 
biochem/molecular biology program would also be very helpful. Competence 
in another language is aslo helpful.

My undergraduate GPA was 2.3. After graduation, I was in the Navy for 
three years then went back to school as an undergraduate for a couple of 
years to take pre-med courses and then into graduate school in chemistry. 
All A's. From there I was able to get into medical school. That was 30 
years ago, before affirmative action.