Late to the game - feeling overwhelmed

[saturdazed]

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I am a junior at a large state school studying Finance. Before coming to college, I planned to major in Bio and go to med school. Ended up changing my mind before school started mostly because of the time/money required to become a doctor (I've now gotten over this). I've spent the last 6 months interning with a F500 in a finance/accounting role and I hate it. I have not taken any pre-reqs and would not be able to complete all of them before graduating. My GPA is 3.82 and I have no volunteer or research experience, although I plan to do some volunteering/shadowing this coming summer.

I am feeling overwhelmed in regards to what I have to do to build a strong application. A few things I am considering:

- I am graduating a semester early (Fall 2018). I was planning to use the Spring of '19 to volunteer/research or find a job as a scribe. I would also apply to some of the more established post-bac programs (BM, Goucher, JHU, Columbia, etc.). Good idea/bad idea?

- Delay graduation for 1.5-2 years to take my pre-reqs at my current undergrad school. This will be cheaper, but I like the structure/linkages the post-bac programs provide. Are there any other benefits to doing this vs. a structured program?

Would anyone be able to help put my mind at ease with all of this? Any recommendations/advice for what I should be doing other than what I mentioned?

Thanks for any help.

 

[calivianya]

If your current university's cheaper, I'd just do the pre-reqs there and delay graduation. Just look into how many credit hours you can take before you start getting charged for overages. Some schools do that - raise your tuition rate once you hit a predetermined max hours. You can likely get around that by declaring a second major or a minor in the sciences.

 

[Sharknad0]

I’d say do a structured Post-Bacc with a successful track record of sending people to med school. Graduate with your degree, take a 1 or 2 year post-bacc and find time to shadow and volunteer during it. Then set your eyes on the MCAT and applying to med school.

Search through these forums and read up as much as you can on Post-baccs, and then read about programs online and see which program sounds the best to you.


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