a little help please

[toco]

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hello everyone,

i am kind of new to the pre-med process, so please forgive my ignorance. i have always had an interest in medicine and only now have thought i might actually be able to do it. i will need to take all of the pre-req courses however. here are my questions.


1. should i attend tufts or some other formal program? i know many people say that it is not necessary and too expensive, but if i am going to go through with this i want the BEST chance of getting into med school.


2. how heavily does post bac work count into ones gpa?


if anyone here has gone to tufts or bryn mawr please send me a private message and let me know. i am very interested in talking with somebody in depth about the school. i have contacted the administrator at tufts she seems to be too general. i am looking for specifics about getting into the program and also about the school itself. i appreciate everyone's help.


toco

 

[Qafas]

Hi Toco,
I don't know anything about the programs at Tufts or Bryn Mawr, but I did attend a formal post-bacc program at Drexel in Philadelphia. Actually, it was MCP Hahnemann Univ. then. I don't know what your stats are like, but if they are borderline and you need a boost, I would suggest that you take a serious look at some of the post-bacc programs. The one I attended was actually a special Master's program, but Drexel has a post-bacc as well. I think that if you do a post-bacc, the GPA from it is figured in with you undergrad GPA, whereas in a special Master's program the new GPA is counted as grad GPA.
Anyway, I must say that I was able to get in because of that program, and I know many of my classmates did as well. So, give it some serious thought.

with regards