Difficulty of Post-Bacc Programs

[mig209]

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While lurking on the Post-Bacc forum, I read this post:

"...according to my advisor, you should choose a post-bac program with at least the same difficulty level as your undergrad. Let's say you are at one of the top-tier schools, you should also do a post-bac program at another institution of the same caliber. It's not good if the trend is reversed, ie: Ivy college and then post-bac at CC, adcoms will think that you are looking for an easy way out."

Has anyone heard similar sentiments from advisors or others?

 

[AlphaKi]

I don't know it just seems like common sense to me. If you go to an Ivy League or a top tier " Ivy League Caliber " school for undergrad and do well but need a postbac for some reason and go to a 2nd rate public or private school for postbac that looks very bad. But, I think if you didn't necessarily do well and you do extremely well in postbac it looks okay or it could look okay.

But taking classes at cc is definitely not the way postbacs should go because we are borderline as it is and those classes are a little bit easier ( I took two classes at a cc and noticed an immediate difference )

 

[HydroxylGroupOH]

No matter where you went to undergraduate school, your post bacc work should be done at a competitive 4 year institution. You do not need to go to another ivy league school, just make sure you don't take a step down like going to a CC. Going to a competitive public or private school that is not ivy league is NOT bad as long as it's 4 year and respectable.

 

[medic170]

No matter where you went to undergraduate school, your post bacc work should be done at a competitive 4 year institution. You do not need to go to another ivy league school, just make sure you don't take a step down like going to a CC. Going to a competitive public or private school that is not ivy league is NOT bad as long as it's 4 year and respectable.

I second that!

 

[blankguy]

Same here!
It doesn't matter where you go just show them those A's!(As long as its not a CC.)

 

[lilsoljah]

Does anyone know what category Duquesne is in?

 

[medic170]

Does anyone know what category Duquesne is in?

What do you mean by category?

 

[lilsoljah]

What do you mean by category?

I mean what category according to difficulty of the post-bacc program compared to others?

 

[medic170]

I mean what category according to difficulty of the post-bacc program compared to others?

I am still not quite sure what you are looking for. They have a good rep if that is what you mean. Their program would be considered "difficult enough" since they have linkage with both a DO and an MD school.

 

[lilsoljah]

I am still not quite sure what you are looking for. They have a good rep if that is what you mean. Their program would be considered "difficult enough" since they have linkage with both a DO and an MD school.

I was going off of what the other people wrote...do you know about the % of people who are accepted to the MD program.

 

[medic170]

I was going off of what the other people wrote...do you know about the % of people who are accepted to the MD program.

Call them and talk to Cathy Dvorak. She can answer those kinds of questions. When i talked to her, I did not ask her for numbers. She said "we have had very good success". Give her a call or email, she is very nice.

 

[Pixie]

Has anyone actually gotten to Cornell Med from a post-bac program? Anyone know?
Pixie

 

[pushkin]

For crying out loud. Why does everyone have to bash community colleges--just to make their own schools look better or something? I went to a top 5 liberal arts college for undergrad, and to a CC for postbacc. I had a good gpa coming out of college I must say--I was not looking for some "easy" way out. By going to a place COMPLETELY different from my undergrad school, I broadened my worldview, which is a good thing. I got a great education too (it was very challenging!), and I saved enough money to take upper level science classes AT a local four year. I just got a full time job doing biochemistry research for my glide year, and I did fine on the MCAT. It's true that some cc's suck, but so do plenty of four-years, as we all know.

The advice to stick within your existing "class" of institution sounds bizarre.