After completion of an undergraduate degree, is it possible to take classes such as Biochemistry just to fulfill medical school requirements?

[ZeroTouchMeNot]

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Is it possible to take required classes like Biochemistry even after graduation and still count when you apply to medical schools? I'm also an international student, but I'd want to pursue a Master's in the US first in my field before I apply to medical school, so I'm thinking of postponing Biochem, Genetics until I have graduated.

 

[deleted1005514]

Yes, any undergraduate level courses after your bachelors degree are called “post bacc”, even if they are taken after a Masters.

 

[DarklingThrush]

Is it possible to take required classes like Biochemistry even after graduation and still count when you apply to medical schools? I'm also an international student, but I'd want to pursue a Master's in the US first in my field before I apply to medical school, so I'm thinking of postponing Biochem, Genetics until I have graduated.

Yes. You can re-enroll as a degree seeking student in order to obtain priority enrollment. Then, you just take the classes you need and don’t finish the degree. This is what I did and I never had a problem getting a seat in a premed class. I was considered a senior due to all my credits and had the earliest enrollment date.

 

[ZeroTouchMeNot]

Pursing a masters will not necessarily add very much to your medical school application

That's good to know. But I'm doing it to become a permanent resident first, since my relatives didn't agree to be my cosigners 🙁

 

[ZeroTouchMeNot]

Yes, any undergraduate level courses after your bachelors degree are called “post bacc”, even if they are taken after a Masters.

Are these courses weighed differently?

 

[ZeroTouchMeNot]

They aren't weighed differently to your overall GPA, though adcoms can see you took them postbacc; it will appear in Grid below

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Thanks!

 

[LizzyM]

Yes. You can re-enroll as a degree seeking student in order to obtain priority enrollment. Then, you just take the classes you need and don’t finish the degree. This is what I did and I never had a problem getting a seat in a premed class. I was considered a senior due to all my credits and had the earliest enrollment date.

You need to be careful with this approach. There are some schools that won't "poach" and will expect you to finish a degree you have started before letting you matriculate.

There are places where you can be a non-degree student. Some schools specifically offer post-bac programs and AAMC has a database of these schools.

 

[ZeroTouchMeNot]

You need to be careful with this approach. There are some schools that won't "poach" and will expect you to finish a degree you have started before letting you matriculate.

There are places where you can be a non-degree student. Some schools specifically offer post-bac programs and AAMC has a database of these schools.

Understood. I'll take a look into that.