post bac

Hey everyone, Reapplicant here. Applied to about 26 schools this cycle in AACOMAS (second cycle). I've been getting rejections even quicker than last cycle. Need some guidance on how to prepare if I do have to reapply? My application from last cycle differs by 4 more post-bacc credits (got an...

Hello all! I am looking for advice as I decide the next steps of my pre-med journey. I have a B.S. with a GPA of 2.92. Unfortunately I was very sick throughout my undergraduate studies and my GPA suffered. This only further instilled my desire to work in the medical field and after taking a...

Hi, I (24F) am returning to my university in Spring 2020 to begin a DIY post bacc for medical school. I graduated with my B.A. in Psychology in May 2019 (3.83 GPA) and am seeking advice for which courses I need to retake to apply and to be competitive. I've read that some schools do not accept...

Ok guys I’m finally going to post... I’ve been lurking for a while but recently made an account. I am a Texas resident who attended a public Texas school. I graduated with a PRETTY bad gpa, 2.6 in Biology. I honestly don’t even know what my science GPA is. My initial goal when graduating...

Greetings, I’m needing some advice on how to move forward! Background- I’ve always had my eyes set on medical school! I was in foster care as a kid so when finishing high school I went straight to CC, trying to figure out working paying rent and going to school was rough while also having my...

I'm looking to add some units to my science workload over the next year or so, and I'm currently enrolled in General Human Anatomy at a CC. Outside of obvious padder science classes like Intro. to Astronomy and Biotechnology, the only "rigorous-enough" science classes are Anato/Physio and...

Hi there! I'm beginning my premed journey and looking at postbac programs in NYC. I know that NYU's free tuition for their med school is relatively new (like in their 2nd year or so?), but I'd love to increase my chances of getting accepted there or to another as-yet-undiscovered-to-me program...

I've recently started a career change/transcript repair post-bacc, and I'm only enrolled in 3 classes currently: Anatomy (4), Gen Bio 1 (5), and Gen Psych (3), for a total of 10 units. The bio class is at UCLA, and since it's a quarter system, it's reduced to like 3.3 units. I'd like to start...

Hi guys! I just finished my SMP and finished with a 3.45 which sucks but I do have a strong upward trend. I actually took 56 credits over two years and in my last year (36 credits) I finished with a 3.78. My low GPA is specifically from the first year. Do I still have a shot Do I have a chance...

Advice please! I am not applying this cycle; I will be applying next cycle. Undergrad- Tulane University (graduating May 2020) Hometown- Ft. Lauderdale, FL Major- Neuroscience Minor- English cGPA- 3.3... I had an awful semester during the fall of my junior year (first time officially being...

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Hi, I am 3 years out of college with an BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering and gpa of 3.15. Taken Chem I, and Calculus I and II. Over the past three years, I've been getting a pull towards medicine. It started my senior year of college with wanting my Wilderness First Aide (WFA)...

I’ve been accepted into Columbia’s postbacc program. It seems great, but it’s VERY expensive. Around $80,000 for the two years (which I can pay for but yikes). Fordham also has a postbacc which is significantly cheaper. But I can’t seem to get a good sense of how much of an advantage I would be...

Hi everyone, I am looking to do a Master's/post bac about a year from now and found one at the University of Houston that I am very interested in; however, I haven't been able to find any posts reviewing it. Has anyone gone through or is anyone going through this program and could offer some...

Hello all, Having trouble deciding between the two. Received acceptances to both. Final GPA (including post bacc) 3.23 cGPA 3.12 sGPA Post Bacc GPA (19 credits upper division science) 3.95 cGPA and sGPA MCAT: 507 (124 CARS) LMU SMP Pros: - guaranteed acceptance pending 3.4 GPA in the...

Hello Everyone, I just graduated from UVA and got married and am now moving to Richmond, Va for both of us to start work. I still have a dream of pursuing a career as a DO or a PA, but I need to work on my GPA and finish some pre-reqs. If anyone has accomplished this in the Richmond area I would...

So I’ve been a lurker here but I was hoping to get a few questions clarified. I did my undergrad at a research heavy uni (UCD) ~sgpa 2.9, cgpa 3.2) and now finishing up my 1 year formal post bac at a state university which I did well in. Now I’m looking at SMP and considering if I should do one...

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Hi, I'm choosing between post- bacc master's programs and one program I'm looking at grades courses as Pass/Fail. Do you know the GPA is calculated from this type of grading scale? Thanks!

So, I've been doing extensive research on the medical admissions process and reading a lot of posts on SDN. I definitely got 2 things: 1) For those who graduated with a low GPA in college and want to career change, you need go through a "reinvention", and 2) You should avoid prerequisites...

Hi there! I am looking for any and all advice I can get here. I am about to graduate undergrad next month. I applied to medical school last summer just in case, but i did pretty bad on the MCAT and did not get accepted. I have a 3.3 cGPA and 3.5 sGPA. I got a 490 on the MCAT. I would love to do...

Hey Everyone! I'm currently going to apply to medical school for the next cycle as I am a current senior and I need some help regarding deciding if I should do a SMP or not! Im looking into applying about 30 schools both MD & DO but I recently got accepted to an SMP program at Kansas City...

Hello! So I applied to dental schools this year. At the moment, I am on one waitlist for Nova Southeastern University's School of Dentistry. I'm trying to figure out what to do next year on the chance that I don't get into their dental school. I'm about to meet with an academic advisor from my...

Hi all, I am looking for any advice from past, current, or potentially future students of the University of Vermont Post-bac program. I'd like to know what your experience was like. Why you chose to go there. Professors to look out for or to absolutely take. Where to live. Where you went after...

Hi all, I am looking for any advice from past, current, or potentially future students of the Loyola Post-bacc program. I'd like to know what your experience was like. Why you chose to go there. Professors to look out for or to absolutely take. Where to live. Where you went after this program...

Cal Poly Undergraduate. Junior (Senior standing). 2.7 overall GPA. Planning to take DAT this summer (2019). Have worked in a Dental Office for 4 years. (I have also logged about 2000 hours of dental related shadowing) I was planning on applying to Dental School this cycle, but after this...

hi guys! Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I’ll try to explain everything as concisely as possible. I am currently a second semester junior studying molecular and cellular biology. Throughout my freshman and sophomore years I did not do as amazing as I could have, but I have had an...

Does anyone have any experience with the Texas Tech Masters/Postbacc at either el paso or lubbock. I can't seem to find anyone with info. It seems pretty good b/c they gurantee an interview at PLFSOM for either that cycle or the next but i can't find anyone that's been through it unfortunately.

I've been looking through some postbacc schools since I need to take the prereqs, and came across UCLA Extension. It looks like this school offers UCLA undergrad classes with an “XL” tag, meaning there’s an undergraduate counterpart to them at UCLA. There are also some classes that are designed...

hello, I applied to dental school and got denied for fall 2019. My major is in biology and I have a minor in chemistry- I graduate from my undergrad in May. My gpa is 3.23 and science gpa is 2.74. I decided to apply to Duquense University Post Bacc program and Iowa State University Master in...

Any one get accepted?? for this upcoming Fall 2019 semester. If so, GPA? science and cumulative MCAT score?

Hi everyone. I’m currently finishing a postbacc, and I have about 12-15 semester units left to go, which I should be able to knock out in a year. I’m not applying 2019-2020, so I figured might as well take some more classes and do a few extra hundred hours of volunteering. The classes I’m...

Hi there, I am in the process of deciding between two post-bacc programs: The University of Michigan's MEDPREP program and Agnes Scott's program. I have heard more about Agnes Scott's program, as it has been around for much longer, but I do not want to discount Michigan's program because it...

Hello, I need some advice please! So I had to switch majors from biological sciences to political science. I am a fourth year at my university. I am a first generation student. I switched out because I could not get one class (it got full really fast) and so they kicked me out of the major. I...

Hello! I recently submitted apps to 5-6 different SMPs, and I just got into two. The reason I'm doing an SMP is to boost my academic records during my gap year after undergrad (cGPA: 3.48, hopefully 3.55 by the time I get my bachelors; sGPA 3.3, MCAT 499). I have roughly 100 hours of shadowing...

Hello all, I'm pretty new to sdn but I really like the community and a lot of you seem to be very knowledgeable about these topics. Right now I find myself in a predicament with respect to applying to schools, and I wanted to see what my best options are. I'll just give my stats straight away...

I'm a senior pre-med student who decided to pursue a Masters degree in my first of (hopefully) two gap years due to a less-than-great undergrad GPA. I applied to a bunch of special masters type programs that are aimed at pre-med students. I've heard back from most of the schools and am trying...

Hey, I recently was accepted into both Touro Harlem MS and Touro Middletown MS, and am currently waiting to hear back from Nova for their MBS program. I wanted to know which program, you guys would do? Please feel free to post honest feedback on any of these programs.

Hi y’all! So I have a little predicament. Coming into college, I was very unsure of if I wanted to be premed but the pre-reqs for one my desired majors coincided with pre med pre-reqs. But since I didn’t really think I wanted to be pre-med and I didn’t want to unnecessarily “ruin” my GPA, I took...

Hi all, I am writing this post today to ask for advice! Currently, I have a 2.95 GPA and I am projected to have a 3.06 GPA after this semesters DIY postbacc coursework. I took the MCAT last summer and got a 502 and am applying to masters programs right now to begin 2019-2020. I have had...