Graduate Level Post Bac programs w/o MCAT/GRE/etc...

[arc5005]

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Just curious if there is there is a link or a list of graduate level POST-BACS that don't require the MCAT or GRE for admissions.

 

[jamcat]

My understanding is that post-bacs were by definition undergraduate classes that will factor into your undergraduate GPA.

Special Masters Programs (SMPs) are graduate-level classes, but will NOT factor into your undergraduate GPA.

If you're doing GPA repair or grade replacement, you should be doing a post-bacc (undergrad classes). If you're fine with your undergrad GPA and want the infamous "back door into medical school," you want a SMP (graduate classes).

So I'm unclear as to which you're interested in.

 

[jamcat]

But my understanding is if the class is listed as a graduate class, it will NOT factor into your undergraduate GPA.

The reason I mention this is because I remember an issue here a while ago where somebody needed to do some GPA repair, took some classes that were cross-listed as both an undergrad and grad class (you know, one of those upper-levels for both advanced undergrads and master's students). Trouble is, it's listed as the grad class on his transcript even though it was taken with undergrads, and because of this, it did NOT count in undergrad GPA. Even though the simple act of entering in a different registration number when he was signing up would have allowed it to count.

It would STINK BEYOND STINKING to go through a post-bacc for the express purpose of GPA repair, only to not have any of it count for GPA repair. Which is why it's very important for the OP to be aware of this, and it seems like s/he's not, based on his/her posts.

 

[jamcat]

I am personally very well aware of post-baccs and SMPs, being 2+ years into a GPA repair journey myself. The OP seems confused about this whole thing, and I just wanted to clarify this so he doesn't get himself into the same mess the other guy got in.

Also, SMP stands for Special Master's Program. I'm unaware of any SMP that calls itself a SMP that does not give you a master's degree. Temple, for example, has what we think of as an SMP, but it actually calls itself an "advanced post-baccalaureate certificate program" or something like that. It is NOT an SMP.

I think it's pretty clear that if you are taking graduate-level or med school coursework, it counts as GR. If you're enrolled in some program that has you taking undergraduate classes with undergraduates, it counts as PB. Your hypothetical SMP, assuming students were not taking undergraduate classes, would count as GR.