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Ok, here is the low-down on my situation. I am going into my Senior year at a small public university in Oregon. I have not completed any prereqs for med school and have set up a plan to complete them all, it just means that I will have to attend school here one year more.
I have been investigating Post-Baccalaureate programs and that also seems like a potential path to med school. The MCAT prep, advising, and volunteer guidance seems like a solid package. Plus it would get us out of backwoods Oregon, and my wife and I both are wanting to leave.
My question is, should I do all the prerequisite classes at my current school or should I just focus on graduating and do the prereqs through a Post-Bacc program? It will cost more to do the Post-Bacc, but cost is not too much of an issue, whereas making my application to med school as competitive as possible is.
By the way, my major is sociology (psychology minor) and I have a 3.93 GPA. Lots of extracurriculars (internships, research experience) and leadership experience. The science classes that I have taken (astronomy and intro to organic/biochem), I earned A's in both of them. If that means anything. I'm confident in my ability to take on the science prereqs, I just wonder if I am better off doing them somewhere else.
Edit: OR would it work for me to do my prereqs at a nearby community college?
Ok, here is the low-down on my situation. I am going into my Senior year at a small public university in Oregon. I have not completed any prereqs for med school and have set up a plan to complete them all, it just means that I will have to attend school here one year more.
I have been investigating Post-Baccalaureate programs and that also seems like a potential path to med school. The MCAT prep, advising, and volunteer guidance seems like a solid package. Plus it would get us out of backwoods Oregon, and my wife and I both are wanting to leave.
My question is, should I do all the prerequisite classes at my current school or should I just focus on graduating and do the prereqs through a Post-Bacc program? It will cost more to do the Post-Bacc, but cost is not too much of an issue, whereas making my application to med school as competitive as possible is.
By the way, my major is sociology (psychology minor) and I have a 3.93 GPA. Lots of extracurriculars (internships, research experience) and leadership experience. The science classes that I have taken (astronomy and intro to organic/biochem), I earned A's in both of them. If that means anything. I'm confident in my ability to take on the science prereqs, I just wonder if I am better off doing them somewhere else.
Edit: OR would it work for me to do my prereqs at a nearby community college?
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