Please help me choose a Post-Bacc

[UTman7777]

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[dapmp91]

hey! I'll offer my .02 cents. With that low GPA (which is understandable since your a engineering major) I would apply to DO SMPs. First one comes to mind is PCOM biomedical, AZCOM, VCOM has one I think. Many of the better elite SMPs like georgetown have GPA cutoffs, and DO SMPs tend to have a little lower admission requirments. If you get lucky you will score well on the MCAT if your taking it this month, because I know you should have that taken care by now.I'm guessing you wanna do the SMP Fall 10'. Hit up DO SMPs and if your lucky you'll get into one. If not, apply to your state school and get that Ugrad GPA close to a 3.00. This is the minimum for many programs. Hope this helps!

 

[mbm54]

LECOM also has a good post-bacc program and i you do well, you will be granted admission into the MD program at LECOM.

 

[UTman7777]

hey! I'll offer my .02 cents. With that low GPA (which is understandable since your a engineering major) I would apply to DO SMPs. First one comes to mind is PCOM biomedical, AZCOM, VCOM has one I think. Many of the better elite SMPs like georgetown have GPA cutoffs, and DO SMPs tend to have a little lower admission requirments. If you get lucky you will score well on the MCAT if your taking it this month, because I know you should have that taken care by now.I'm guessing you wanna do the SMP Fall 10'. Hit up DO SMPs and if your lucky you'll get into one. If not, apply to your state school and get that Ugrad GPA close to a 3.00. This is the minimum for many programs. Hope this helps!

I do not think I qualify for an SMP because I am missing a lot of the prereqs like BIO I & II and Gen Chem II and ORG Chem I & II. That is why I am looking into a Post-Bacc. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Also I am more interested in MD than DO. It is not for any prestige but just my personal difference with some of the foundations of DO.

Do you have any other recommendations?

 

[UTman7777]

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[dapmp91]

I do not think I qualify for an SMP because I am missing a lot of the prereqs like BIO I & II and Gen Chem II and ORG Chem I & II. That is why I am looking into a Post-Bacc. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Also I am more interested in MD than DO. It is not for any prestige but just my personal difference with some of the foundations of DO.

Do you have any other recommendations?

If your more interested in the MD route then it will take a lot to rectify a sub 2. something GPA. It will be long and hard to get an MD in the US. Only way you may get an MD is if you go to the carribean, and those are high risk high reward situation. You gotta keep it real, your 26 years old, your not getting younger. I don't discourage, but if being a doctor is your dream, you gotta be realistic. You definitely have the brain power to be an MD. And keep in mind Allopathic (MD) don't have grade replacement like Osteopathic schools do, so keep that in mind. Besides going to the carribean, you can do a postbacc to increase your GPA to a 3.00 and have a competitive MCAT (30 or higher) and then apply to an MD SMP like Georgetown, Drexel IMS, or Boston GMS. It will be a long and hard road ahead.

 

[racerwad]

LECOM also has a good post-bacc program and i you do well, you will be granted admission into the MD program at LECOM.

Just to clarify, LECOM is an osteopathic school. You can be successful there and matriculate at an MD school but to take advantage of LECOM's linkage you would need to be ok with being an osteopath.

 

[UTman7777]

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[faith2]

I am not prejudging you i am just trying to help....are basing your mcat score on genetics meaning because your siblings scored x and z youu pedict y?

If your prediction is correct for MCAT scores you do not need a SMP for carribean.

since your gpa is low look at smp attached to medical school so that you increase your chance at thier school...georgetown UPENN etc

good luck

I thought my plan was realistic. I had never studied before in my entire life because I never had a real idea of what I wanted to do until now. I feel that if I studied I can score well in all the classes I needed.

Let me state what I was thinking and let me know if it has a shot and/or is realistic.

I wanted to get into a post-bacc and do well and raise my science GPA. I feel that my cumulative GPA might make it to 3.00 if I am lucky but my Science GPA can get to a 3.55 if I do well in the sciences I have not taken. Here is what I got so far as far as my science GPA is concerned

Community College:

Gen Chem 1 and lab (4) = A
Biology I and lab (4)= A

UT Austin:

Seq, Series&MultiVar Calc(3) =A
Advanced Calulus I (3) = B
Engineering Physics I (3) =B
Lab for Physics I(1) = B
Engineering Physics II(3) = C
Lab for Physics II (1) = B
Matricies and Matrix Calc =C

Pre-Reqs Needed🙁Taken in Post-Bacc program)
Biology II
Biology Lab
Gen Chem II
Gen Chem II Lab
Org Chem I
Org Chem II

I need to take the MCAT also. My little brother scored a 31 and my older sister scored a 33. I feel that with the work I am putting in I can score in that range.

I was planning on starting this Post-Bacc in the summer. and taking the MCAT in January 2011 and applying May 2011.

I am currently taking my EMT-B certification course. After completion I am going to be volunteering with EMT's at a local hospital.

I am also currently volunteering at a hospice and I am shadowing an emergency medical doctor at a local hospital.

I am trying to find out is if I do well in my classes and I score a 32-33 on my MCAT will I have a shot at an MD school when I apply. I will be applying DO as well but I want MD because of basic foundational differences between DO and MD.

I am willing to go to the Caribbean.

I would love some advice from you guys and maybe some direction. I have been all over this forum and soaked as much as I could already but I feel like I needed some personal advice.

Thanks in advance guys. <3 SDN =)

 

[UTman7777]

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[faith2]

Again this is not to offend anyone, but I would never go to a carribean school as someone with a 2.49 UG GPA i did SMP to improve that is what i suggest. An intersting thing a about carrib school the success of the board pass rate is not reflective of the students that began together for example 120 students start but whn it is time to take step one only 80 of them take it i do not think that is good because that is only 66 percent...I am kinda skeptical of schools that take people without decent MCAT scores or good GPA's again this is my opinion.

lol I know its a bit of a reach to base it on my brother and sister. So I will say my goal is 32-33.

Based on what you said that if I score a 32-33 I can go right into a Caribbean School. Knowing what you know about my background would you suggest an SMP to go to a US Med school or go straight to a top Caribbean school like st. George's if I am able to get in there?

Thanks in advance for the information Faith =)

 

[UTman7777]

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[dapmp91]

yea, you really need to take and finish Gen chem, and Organic Chemistry, along with bio. Probably spend a year finishing those and some extra classes along with hardcore studying MCAT so you don't have to take it multiple times will get you into a decent SMP. And from there your set. Getting into medical school is like a marathon, not a sprint.

 

[faith2]

well are you looking for public or private school? because you could finish your pre req at your local community college there it is cheap, and you probably will not have to worry about moving. I went to Barry for my SMP which was good for me but you have to be willing to find and do your own EC to strenghten you apps. I heard that tulane was good. What is your state of residence?

 

[faith2]

I am sorry I just reread your original post...please do not tell me Texas is your home state if so you are lucky when it comes to med schools you need to do your SMP at one of your own schools....but any advice is kinda mute until you take your MCAT and finish your pre reqs....but I would stay in TX if I was you wow

 

[UTman7777]

I am sorry I just reread your original post...please do not tell me Texas is your home state if so you are lucky when it comes to med schools you need to do your SMP at one of your own schools....but any advice is kinda mute until you take your MCAT and finish your pre reqs....but I would stay in TX if I was you wow

My residence is Texas. I have been looking at numerous Post-Bacc programs. One of them is at University of Texas at Dallas. It has a 1 year program which will give me guaranteed interviews if I do well. So do you suggest I stay in state and do all my schooling here even if I get accepted to a Temple, Goucher, or Brynn Mawr Post-bacc?

 

[faith2]

DUHHHH!!!! Texas is the best...great schools and cheap tuition unless you got a full scholarship and they promised you that all your children can go there for free LOL stay in texas buss out a post bac take your mcat then decide if you need a SMP If you need one stay in TX and do it DO NOT GO CARRIBEAN once you have all of that you can apply to TX schools and also others

My residence is Texas. I have been looking at numerous Post-Bacc programs. One of them is at University of Texas at Dallas. It has a 1 year program which will give me guaranteed interviews if I do well. So do you suggest I stay in state and do all my schooling here even if I get accepted to a Temple, Goucher, or Brynn Mawr Post-bacc?

 

[NewmansOwn]

My residence is Texas. I have been looking at numerous Post-Bacc programs. One of them is at University of Texas at Dallas. It has a 1 year program which will give me guaranteed interviews if I do well. So do you suggest I stay in state and do all my schooling here even if I get accepted to a Temple, Goucher, or Brynn Mawr Post-bacc?

I'm not exactly sure how it's done, but many of my classmates at Bryn Mawr kept their respective state residencies during the program. Theoretically, you could attend Bryn Mawr/Goucher and still be a Texas resident.

That being said, if you aren't 100% positive you can pull that off for whatever reason, stay in Texas. There are med schools a-plenty, the U-Texas ones are state-mandated to accept 90% Texas residents and they're absurdly inexpensive compared to other medical schools in the country.

And no offense, but it's kind of a moot point anyway -- you won't be getting into Bryn Mawr or Goucher with that GPA. Probably best to just stay in Texas, establish some relationships (perhaps via research or volunteer work) with Texas medical schools, and take a few years to bring the GPA up.

 

[UTman7777]

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