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technically, an undergrad degree isn't required, only a handful of courses

whether you'd actually get admitted without one is an exercise for the reader

I'm not aware of any accredited, MD-granting US medical school that don't require an undergraduate degree prior to matriculation - do you have examples?

There are accelerated bachelors+MD programs that high schoolers can apply to; these would shave off two years of overall training time. Notably, despite being accelerated programs, these grant a bachelors degree before program participants advance to medical school.

Technically, most US medical schools don't require an undergraduate degree. However, the amount of coursework required is so large (about 3 years) that it makes sense to do a little bit extra work and get the BS anyway. It's good to have a BS degree in case you don't get into medical school.

I'm still curious about specifics - can you link to a US, MD-granting institution that doesn't require an undergraduate degree?

EDIT: I'm aware that this used to be the case but I don't believe that any schools still allow this.

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