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You're in a tough situation. Formal postbacs will often admit you if you've taken Gen Chem, but not if you've taken a semester each of physics and bio as well; they would consider that too many of the prereqs. Thus, you can eaither finish up with your major and do the informal route, taking only the classes you need, or (my recommendation) you can (if you have time) finish the prereqs for med school now, then take a year off to work/study for the MCAT/apply, if you'd like. Also, SMPs are generally for people who want to improve their GPA and get some more experiences in the advanced sciences. Since your GPA is fine, I don't see why you'd want to go there, nor do I think they'd accept you. Good luck to you.
 
I agree with Newman. I don't think you would be eligible for an SMP however you would be a eligible for the Special Sciences Program through Penn's Post-Bac program. That is intended for students who have science pre-reqs complete and need to increase their GPA by finishing pre-reqs or higher level science courses. This is the website: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/postbac/premed/specialscience/

I am not sure if other post-bacs have such a program but it might be worth checking out. Also, it might be in your best interest, financially or otherwise, to just stay at your school and complete your pre-reqs. I don't think it's going to matter whether or you go through a post-bac as much as it is going to matter that you do well wherever you are and do well on the MCAT.
 
Why not just take the courses yourself informally? You don't need any formal program for that. Just take the courses and do well in them. If you want a formal program, Harvard's HCP program or Penn's Special Science will work fine, but they are not necessary.
 
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