Competitive post-bacc programs

[CRCprofessional]

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I'm looking into post-bacc programs as a backup if I don't get accepted into D.O/M.D. school. Isn't the whole point of post-bacc programs for it to be easier than medical school so you have a chance to bring up your GPA and prove your capabilities?

It seems that some of the post-bacc programs that I've looked into (e.g., Wake Forest, Columbia, Georgetown) are very competitive to get into. Can anyone shed some light on this? I have 3.4 GPA & 27Q MCAT. I would like to get into a post-bacc program if I don't get into school, but I'm not sure what my chances are at these more competitive ones. I'd love to go to the most rigorous program I can get into to prove myself to medical schools.

Thanks so much.

 

[johnnyscans]

I'm looking into post-bacc programs as a backup if I don't get accepted into D.O/M.D. school. Isn't the whole point of post-bacc programs for it to be easier than medical school so you have a chance to bring up your GPA and prove your capabilities?

It seems that some of the post-bacc programs that I've looked into (e.g., Wake Forest, Columbia, Georgetown) are very competitive to get into. Can anyone shed some light on this? I have 3.4 GPA & 27Q MCAT. I would like to get into a post-bacc program if I don't get into school, but I'm not sure what my chances are at these more competitive ones. I'd love to go to the most rigorous program I can get into to prove myself to medical schools.

Thanks so much.

There are a few types of post-bacc programs. SMPs, true SMPs, put you in class with real medical students. You compete against them, on their curve, to prove that you have what it takes to cut it in medical school.

There are also academic enhancer and career changer post-baccs.

Your GPA, while low, is not heinous. What is your sGPA? If anything keeps you out it's going to be your MCAT. What are your grades for Chem, Bio, Orgo and Physics? Also, when did you graduate, and what have you been up to since graduation?

 

[CRCprofessional]

There are a few types of post-bacc programs. SMPs, true SMPs, put you in class with real medical students. You compete against them, on their curve, to prove that you have what it takes to cut it in medical school.

There are also academic enhancer and career changer post-baccs.

Your GPA, while low, is not heinous. What is your sGPA? If anything keeps you out it's going to be your MCAT. What are your grades for Chem, Bio, Orgo and Physics? Also, when did you graduate, and what have you been up to since graduation?

I was a Chemistry major and a few advanced Chemistry (graduate level chem) classes really hurt me. Science GPA is 3.25 due to those Chemistry classes. I haven't taken human phys, micro or any of the upper level bio classes (A in Anatomy, though) I would like to have before beginning school, but graduating with a Masters degree is much more desirable to me than taking a few classes here and there.

Graduated in 2009 and working as a clinical research professional. I have organic chem research experience as well as molecular bio research (at Duke). I'm also EMT-certified. I would love to go to a competitive post-bacc program rather than a D.O.'s post-bacc program that I might be able to get into.