How hard is it to get in as a post-bac?

[mahnster13]

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My current plan on study doesn't really allow me the freedom to take the pre-med requirements... I am planning on a triple major in philosophy, classics, and history, and unfortunately I will end up with wayyy too many credits if I try to fit in the last course of chem, the bio series, the organic chem series, and the physics series...

Obviously, I am going to have to do a post-bac program to get my bcpm's in... I really want to go to medical school, but recently I've been thinking about going to grad school for classics or philosophy if I don't get into med school.

How hard is it to get into a post-bac program in the sciences?

 

[EJS1979]

That really depends on what type of postbac program you're looking for. "Postbac programs" can be anything from a do-it-yourself at any local college to the most competitive formal programs (Goucher, Bryn Mawr, Scripps, and Hopkins), with a whole range in the middle (Harvard Extension, Mills, Penn, Columbia, ... the list goes on).

Admission into the more competitive ones will depend primarily on GPA, standardized test scores (SAT, GRE, whatever you have), your overall path-to-medicine- story, and your previous experience in medical settings -- volunteering, etc. -- to prove your interest in pursuing a medical career. The "top" programs boast nearly 100% medical school admissions, so they're looking for applicants that will be promising med school candidates.

Good luck!