how many credits to take for post-bacc?

[erin714]

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So I've had three interviews and have two more to go later this month.
I've been waitlisted to one of them (NYU), while no decisions have been made on the others.

I think its about time for me to come up with plan B.
I've completed my undergrad last May, with a cum gpa of 3.32 and sci gpa of 3.2. My dat scores were AA21, TS21, PAT24.
One of the interviewers at my state school told me that i have a very interesting transcript in that my GPA fluctuates very much each semester...
(I've had a rough college life in terms of family and other personal issues....)

I think i should take post-bacc classes to show that I can get more stable, higher grades. I've been thinking to enroll in summer classes and next fall semester to complete my post-bacc classes.

The question is, how many credits should I take? I've heard in other posts that they took 30-60, or even 90 credits... but is this really normal? I was thinking a max of 30 credits..... would that be too little?

Any input would be appreciated.
Thank you.

 

[Dent001]

I'm in basically the same position as you. I've had 4 interviews with 1 more this month. I've been rejected from one of them and the rest haven't made a decesion yet.

gpa/sgpa 3.5/3.4
pa/aa/ts/bio/gc/oc/rc/qr
19/20/21/23/21/21/18/17

I think I'm kinda taking the risky route and not taking any classes. I really hope I get into at least 1 school. My plan B is to just retake the DAT and aim for a 21+. I graduated this past may too and have been working full time as a orgo and chem tutor so I know i can get higher in those sections.

I think if i wasn't confident in retaking the dat then i'd prob take some post bacc classes.