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I am currently on 2 wait lists for 2018, so I still have hopes for medical school next year, but I feel like I need a viable backup plan. I am two years out of undergrad and I have worked in labs and as a scribe so I don't think experience is where I am lacking and I really would like to be in school next year. I was not a traditional premed student, so while I have all the required course work, I don't have much of the suggested. The way I see it is that my two best options for next year, if I do not get in to a medical school, are to do a post-bac or to do a 1 year masters in something related to medicine.
I know that my ultimate goal is to be a doctor and go to medical school, but I am not sure what the best move is. Will a post-bac look good to schools or would it really just be to my benefit in hopefully raising my mcat. Would a masters in something like bio-statistics look good? (the advantage to that is that it would make me employable, if some situation arises in which I can't reapply to medical school). Hopefully I get into a medical school and I don't have to worry about this, but for now it would make me feel better knowing I have some backup plan for next year.
I know some schools offer masters in biomedical sciences. Aside for the degree at the end, is there really a difference between this and a post-bac?
Any help/advise would be great!
I know that my ultimate goal is to be a doctor and go to medical school, but I am not sure what the best move is. Will a post-bac look good to schools or would it really just be to my benefit in hopefully raising my mcat. Would a masters in something like bio-statistics look good? (the advantage to that is that it would make me employable, if some situation arises in which I can't reapply to medical school). Hopefully I get into a medical school and I don't have to worry about this, but for now it would make me feel better knowing I have some backup plan for next year.
I know some schools offer masters in biomedical sciences. Aside for the degree at the end, is there really a difference between this and a post-bac?
Any help/advise would be great!