Medical JHU Post-Bacc Pre-Med?

[TheBoneDoctah]

I am currently a 4th year student at Boston University majoring in Math & CS with a 3.3 GPA. Before transferring to BU I attended community college and got 2 C's, one in Physics 1 and the second in General Psychology. Those 2 C's aren't shown on my BU transcript. However, after that first year, I picked it up and haven't gotten anything below a B-. Aside from the 2 classes mentioned above, I haven't taken any pre med classes so I believe I'm a fit for the JHU Pre Med program. I also have quite a bit of student loan debt.

My question is in regards to the difficulty of the program. From what I've read, the program is designed to weed out a lot of the students in it. Is the intensity over exaggerated and do you think that if one simply puts in the work necessary, they'll be able get through it?

I have a job potenially set up after graduating and I don't really want to take the risk of losing it if there's a big chance of being washed out of the JHU Post-Bacc program. However, after some analyzing of my character, I think I would be much happier being an MD rather than anything related to SWE. Thank you.

If you put the work in that's necessary, then yes you will make it through... not sure what you're asking?

What is your end goal here? Medicine? Sorry, just a little confused.

 

[Goro]

I'm not familiar with the JHU program. All I can say is that any post-bacc program has a built in washout factor. Meaning, if you do poorly, you're not going to med school. Are you interested in the JHU because it's linked to the med school?

You could simply do a post-bac DIY. It's also not necessary to retake Cs, even in pre-reqs.

 

[tantacles]

It sounds like you have a plan set up. Only you can determine the amount of work necessary to do well in a post-bacc program. Some people do exquisitely well while having a job and being in school, and some do terribly. It's your job to figure out your limits and do well.

I strongly suggest you post this question (you can leave out identifying information like your grades) in the general forums so that people who have participated in this program can reach out.