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[lialalala]

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I am Class of 2020 majoring in biology and finished post bacc in 2021.
I am applying this year but I saw that I would be considered as non trad.
Even though I am applying this year, to show my academic competency, I am considering to take some courses.
Should I take some master’s courses or to save money, just high level science in community college?

For the master’s, I found two places
* University of Florida – Online Master’s in Medical Physiology
* Drexel University – M.S. in Molecular Medicine

They both have many programs I can choose from. Would love to hear any reviews from both schools!

Thank you in advance

 

[Wamuu]

Are you taking the courses just because? I fail to see why one would do this unless their undergrad GPA was not satisfactory, though there are other things that can be done to remedy that such as working or showing upward trend across the four years. The cost of the degree at UF is about 16,500 without fees and at least one year of your time, just FYI.

If you plan to use any sort of advisor help for your application, a community college will not have the networking or personnel for that.

 

[lialalala]

Are you taking the courses just because? I fail to see why one would do this unless their undergrad GPA was not satisfactory, though there are other things that can be done to remedy that such as working or showing upward trend across the four years. The cost of the degree at UF is about 16,500 without fees and at least one year of your time, just FYI.

If you plan to use any sort of advisor help for your application, a community college will not have the networking or personnel for that.

I was worried that my grades from undergrad (2020) and post bacc (2021) have been long enough that I might have to take courses to show I am still academically competent. I have a variety of experience in the past 4 years, but do you think taking courses is not necessary?

 

[Wamuu]

I was worried that my grades from undergrad (2020) and post bacc (2021) have been long enough that I might have to take courses to show I am still academically competent. I have a variety of experience in the past 4 years, but do you think taking courses is not necessary?

I feel like the best answer I can give depends on what your GPA is. Does it show an upward trend from gen-eds to degree coursework? Mine did, and it's why I elected not to go for a second degree no matter how tempting it was, not that it would've been a bad idea.

For some perspective, I also graduated in 2020 and took my remaining prerequisites over the course of two years after because I 1) Changed paths from PA to med, necessitating more classes and 2) couldn't afford to do them all in the same year.

Just out of curiosity, what sort of work experience have you had over the past few years? FWIW, the most recent interview I had was with an older doctor who was very big on holding work experience over getting more degrees. It's stereotypical, but ADCOMs who work/worked in medicine tend to be this way.