Enroll In Post bacc or not Necessary?

[nkscorp80]

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Hello, i am a recent transfer student graduate from Cornell, who used to be premed early in my college career which started at NYU.
After a hell of a time with Orgo which i dropped (no grade retained only a w)..

I stopped my premed route after sophmore year and transferred to Cornell University studying business administration.

I graduated last year in 2003. My Premed average was around a 3.1 at NYU 2 years and my overall Cornell 2 years GPA was a 2.6 , pretty crappy i know. I haven't taken my MCAT's yet and also never finished Orgo or physics. I only finished Bio and chem .. B's in both.

I am wondering: if I consider seriously applying to med school again .. would I need to simply take courses at a local college and enroll in physics and orgo.

or would i need to enroll in a a posbacc program to fulfill the premed course requirements and do it all over again?

 

[AliZ]

Hey 🙂

I gave you my opinion in the allopathic forum.... I have a feeling you'll get better responses from this one though.

 

[jules0328]

Hello, i am a recent transfer student graduate from Cornell, who used to be premed early in my college career which started at NYU.
After a hell of a time with Orgo which i dropped (no grade retained only a w)..

I stopped my premed route after sophmore year and transferred to Cornell University studying business administration.

I graduated last year in 2003. My Premed average was around a 3.1 at NYU 2 years and my overall Cornell 2 years GPA was a 2.6 , pretty crappy i know. I haven't taken my MCAT's yet and also never finished Orgo or physics. I only finished Bio and chem .. B's in both.

I am wondering: if I consider seriously applying to med school again .. would I need to simply take courses at a local college and enroll in physics and orgo.

or would i need to enroll in a a posbacc program to fulfill the premed course requirements and do it all over again?

Hmmmm....this is tough, and I will tell you why, you come from really good schools, two of the best, actually! But you were only able to get B's in two sciences and then dropped orgo. Also, your gpa's were somewhat low. Not to say that getting B's in chem and bio at cornell and NYU is bad, however, I do think that perhaps you may want to consider looking into post bacc programs. Here is why I think this, unless you have taken Bio I and II and chem I and II also, you really have only two sciences under your belt, that still leaves you with a hell of a lot of classes to fulfill. Plus, post bacc programs are structured so that you get to meet the advisory committee who will be and are required to send letters of recommendations to the medical school comittee, aamcomas ( i think that is how it is abbreviated). So, unless you only have like two or three sciences to take, I would take them at a post bacc program. I would also retake bio and chem again and kick ass and show adcoms that you have matured from your college party days and are serious about your medical education now.

I know, lots to think about, and also, I know its expensive. Depending on where you reside, if in NY, Hunter has a good program, as well as Columbia. Columbia is expensive and from what I hear from this forum, Hunter's profs are a lot better than CU.

I took Bio I, CHem I and Physics I all at a community college not knowing that adcoms look down on community college sciences. So, I have enrolled in a full time Post Bacc program here on long island, Hofstra. Not the very best known for its sciences, and expensive, but convenient and it will fit my needs just fine.

Hope I helped.

 

[ThePersianJew]

this chicken is delicous

 

[nkscorp80]

I took Bio I and II. With Lab. And Also Chem I and II with Lab.

 

[nkscorp80]

Hunter has a post bacc program?? Oh I didn't know.

 

[jules0328]

Hunter has a post bacc program?? Oh I didn't know.

Well, I do not think they actually have an Official Post Bacc program. But you can most likely go to it as an unmatriculated student. However, just be careful with the financial aid portion of it if you need loan money. Financial Aid (FAFSA), there may be restrictions about going to a non-matriculated program. Find out, I am not too sure, does anyone else know about this?

Also, one thing about a post bacc, you get LOR's from your schools advisory board, which I think are required from adcoms. I could be wrong about this too. Sorry, perhaps I am not much of a help. 🙄