Confused about this process - please help !

[penicillinman]

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I have been doing more research into my decision to start preparing for medical school but I am somewhat confused and was wondering if anyone can point me to the right direction. I am currently a practising pharmacist who has done two years of pre pharmacy and four years of pharmacy school. It seems that the medical schools I am interested in require atleast 90 credit hours of undergrad courses of which I only have slightly above half. I am looking into post bacc programs but they seem to repeat alot of the courses I already have done ( gen chem, gen bio, orgo etc). I was thinking that a better use of time and money would be to just take some science based classes from a state or community college to make up the remaining credits and be able to use those classes for a better grip on mcats study as well (eg taking genetics, anatomy ). Is this something acceptable ? I dont even know if colleges would allow me to just take random classes but I was just wondering if this is something that can be done.

 

[Flippinski]

Do you have your undergraduate degree already? Which of the prerequisites have you completed? What state do you live in?

 

[penicillinman]

I live in texas. I did not need an undergraduate to go to pharmacy school so i just had two years of undergrad (pre pharmacy). I have completed Gen chem I and II , organic I and II, Gen Bio I & II, Calc I, English. Have not done physics so i need to complete that.

 

[Komorebi2]

Give the med school you're interested in a call and talk to someone there about your specific situation.

 

[Darth Doc]

You have a degree. You're a pharmacist. Don't worry about the bachelors degree. I agree with the above poster who suggested contacting the med school you're most interested in.