postbac

Good day! I'm sure this question might have been posed a few times in different ways, but I wanted to get some more opinions. I'm a mechanical engineer who is thinking of moving over to the medical industry. Over the years, my passion for medicine and helping people has grown stronger, and I...

Haven't seen a thread for the most recent BCMS applicant thread so I wanted make one to keep in the loop with other current applicants. 21 yr old senior UG student 3.74 GPA (will be increasing after this semester) D3 athlete 100+ hours volunteer "Third" with local EMS 80 hours shadowing in ER...

Hello, Does anyone know anything about this program or this school (Fairleigh Dickinson University)? I don't see any forums on it except for pharmacy. The link for the program is below. Thank you...

Welcome to our med school blog post series, in which we’ll explore the A-Z of applying to postbac programs. In this post, we’ll start with the topic of WHO – who should apply to postbac programs? Any student who would like to become a more competitive applicant to medical school can benefit...

I just got invited for an interview at the NIH for the Postbac research program. I know this is a great opportunity and all, but I wanted to ask if anyone on this thread has been involved in it or knows someone who was - how was the social life? I'm from Bethesda originally (went to college...

Hi! I am from the Philippines and earned my bachelor's degree from one of our top local universities. I am interested in applying for premed postbac for fall 2017 and would like to start working on the required experiences asap. I was just wondering do any of you know what is the recommended...

I have been looking around for MS programs recently and the MS in biotechnology at Johns Hopkins seems really appealing. It is appealing to me because I won't have to take the GRE in addition to the MCAT and it offers an online option. My ultimate education goal is to attend/complete a MD/PhD...

Hello. I am currently a senior who goes to NYU. I was rejected from NYU dental school which was my top dream school so.. I feel very hopeless. I am eager to try again in the next cycle but until then, I need to raise my sGPA and DAT for sure. I am not a science major (social work) but I did...

I know there is an old long thread about SMPs. I was wondering if there is a list of well respected program list for SMP? I think there are a lot of programs out there, but I just want to find out which programs are best and most reliable.

Here is the backstory - I am 28 and planning on applying for medical school, so I'll probably be 30 when I start. I graduated with a Biochem/Bio in 2010 with the hopes of going to med school but life events got in the way. But here I am still thinking about going to med school. In my...

I will be taking evening classes of Gen Chem 1 with lab this spring... In looking over the summer course offerings, I noticed Chem II and Bio I are not offered. Any suggestions on what I can take over the summer? Is it possible to take Bio II before taking Chem II & Bio I? I would like to...

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For all you UCLA extension-goers doing a DIY postbac, has anyone ever taken Chem 153B with professor Paul Tarr, PhD? If so, what was your experience in his class? Was he a difficult grader? Was the material as difficult, less difficult or more difficult than the material you learned in Chem...

I just completed 6 quarters into my DIY post bac (22.8 semester hours) as a full-time working student while volunteering extensively for a hospital and university-affiliated clinic. I went from: Major- Biological Sciences cGPA- 3.04 BCPM GPA- 3.12 Total BCPM Units- 97 (semester) To: cGPA-...

Hello! This is my first thread on SDN, so I'm nervous... Please do bear with me I'm an American soon-to-be 29 year old living in Riga, Latvia. I decided relatively recently that I'd like to become a doctor, which was a radical 180 from my lifelong aversion to the study of science. Needless...

Hey guys, I graduated from Yale in 2013 with a degree in film studies. I was on the baseball team and it was extremely difficult for me to make grades (not an excuse but my focus was on baseball). I finished with I think a 2. 7 or 2.8 GPA with essentially no courses that count toward pre-med...

Hi everyone, I am taking a gap year and I was certain I was going to do a PostBac/Special Master's but now I am not sure after receiving my new MCAT score. Stats: MCAT twice, 26 first time, 514 second GPA=3.6 sGPA=3.45 When schools say they only look at the newest MCAT score, do they not...

The decision seems to be made case by case, so here's my situation: cGPA: 3.24 ( upward trend, my transcript shows that I really busted my ass during senior year) sGPA: 3.0 My biggest concern is to meet the general prerequisites. I've got consistent B/B+ in the chemistries/ physics, and As in...

Hi all, I recently decided on two gap years, but as of recent i've had the mentality of just applying this year & taking one gap year. My story: Ivy undergrad, bad freshman yr grades, started an upward trend, horrible circumstances caused me to ruin a whole year(my junior yr: Sexual Assault)...

Hey guys! I've been following this forum for awhile but this is my first time creating my own thread. I've seen a lot of good advice being given on here so I figured I'd give it a shot - I'm desperate! I'm currently in my senior year as an undergrad with a Speech Language Pathology and Audiology...

Hey Guys, I spent literally an hour today looking through different postbac programs. I can't seem to find one that meets these criteria: (1) for someone who has already completed prereqs (2) has MD school linkages (3) cheap (4) the program itself is not incredibly selective (like UPenn)...