Getting in Pod School without a Bachelor's?

[Eclectress]

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Apparently it is not a requirement to have a bachelor's degree to get into podiatry school, but do any of you advise this? I think it's nice for students who are changing careers/goals and don't have their undergrand yet, but don't you feel more confident having earned your bachelor's degree upon matriculation?

How often do students get in without a bachelor's, and what can "subsitute" this to strengthen an application?

 

[Vandelay609]

Apparently it is not a requirement to have a bachelor's degree to get into podiatry school, but do any of you advise this? I think it's nice for students who are changing careers/goals and don't have their undergrand yet, but don't you feel more confident having earned your bachelor's degree upon matriculation?

How often do students get in without a bachelor's, and what can "subsitute" this to strengthen an application?

I'm not a Podiatry student, but I don't think having a Bachelors degree will give you any more confidence than the next guy in school.

As far as only having 90 credits, I did a search in the pre-pod section and got some pretty solid answers to all of my questions. Just type in '90 credits' and some good info will come up.

 

[Feli]

Keep in mind your end goal: podiatric medicine...

If your undergrad is like mine, the 4th year classes are stuff like plant biology, molecular genetics, physical chemistry, lake ecology, etc. Needless to say, those are not exactly relavant to human medicine - pod or otherwise.
On the other hand, if your 4th year and last few undergrad credits will teach you useful stuff like advanced physio, nutrition, clinical microbioloby, pharm, etc, then I say go for it because it will help you in pod school... and also help your patients one day.

I think more education before pod school = better results. As a general rule, you will be more mature, more educated, etc going in if you have more degrees and experiences under your belt. However, I will tell you that there are many ppl in my class who did the 90cr + MCAT and are doing great. There were also people who had an MS coming in who flunked out or are near the bottom of the class.

Ultimately, when pod school starts, all that matters is how hard you study and how interested you are. GL

 

[IlizaRob]

Apparently it is not a requirement to have a bachelor's degree to get into podiatry school, but do any of you advise this? I think it's nice for students who are changing careers/goals and don't have their undergrand yet, but don't you feel more confident having earned your bachelor's degree upon matriculation?

How often do students get in without a bachelor's, and what can "subsitute" this to strengthen an application?

You have to remember that bachelor's degrees are not required for many allopathic and dental schools as well. Although probably 99.9% have them.

 

[MaseratiGT]

One of my friends here does not have one. Consequently, they have taken fewer upper level courses than someone who does.

For me, I wanted a sense of accomplishment. I worked hard for years, paid thousands of dollars, and was the first in my family to go to uni. Graduating uni gave me that. I also learned a lot more in my last year that I think could be a tad bit helpful during my time in pod school. (Although, the information I learned in a semester in undergrad zips before my eyes in 3 powerpoint slides in pod school )