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Situation:
I will be graduating from the University of Pennsylvania this spring with a PPE (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) major and a minor in Spanish. I've recently decided, after doing journalism in the medical field that I want to pursue a career in medicine. I'm enrolled in Calculus in order to be able to apply to post bac programs. I would like to be in Philadelphia or Chicago and am considering applying to Temple, Drexel, Loyola and Northwestern's premedical post bac programs. I would like to apply to Mryn Mawr, but it appears that the deadline is Feb. 1 and I don't have enough time to get the application together. I have a good GPA (3.63), SAT (1430) and ACT (32). I have relatively little experience working within healthcare besides spending much time interviewing doctors and writing about healthcare innovations, problems etc. which I think will probably be the weak part of my application.
Questions:
Do I have good chances of getting into these programs?
Are there other programs in these cities I should look into?
Is it rare for someone to apply to premedical post bac programs directly out of undergrad?
Which of these programs are the best and why?
It is a possibility for me to go back to the U of Iowa and take courses, is this a good option, or would it be much better to do a structured post bac program?
Any advice would be appreciated!
I will be graduating from the University of Pennsylvania this spring with a PPE (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) major and a minor in Spanish. I've recently decided, after doing journalism in the medical field that I want to pursue a career in medicine. I'm enrolled in Calculus in order to be able to apply to post bac programs. I would like to be in Philadelphia or Chicago and am considering applying to Temple, Drexel, Loyola and Northwestern's premedical post bac programs. I would like to apply to Mryn Mawr, but it appears that the deadline is Feb. 1 and I don't have enough time to get the application together. I have a good GPA (3.63), SAT (1430) and ACT (32). I have relatively little experience working within healthcare besides spending much time interviewing doctors and writing about healthcare innovations, problems etc. which I think will probably be the weak part of my application.
Questions:
Do I have good chances of getting into these programs?
Are there other programs in these cities I should look into?
Is it rare for someone to apply to premedical post bac programs directly out of undergrad?
Which of these programs are the best and why?
It is a possibility for me to go back to the U of Iowa and take courses, is this a good option, or would it be much better to do a structured post bac program?
Any advice would be appreciated!