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Hello all I need some advice on how to proceed with my premed education (and I just think my premed advisor will be too biased for an honest answer).
I am career changer and currently in a post-bacc program that claims to have 90% acceptance rates into medical school, and has plenty of linkage agreements. I chose the school because I wanted to save time completing the premed classes, and this university offered a full summer semester and also linkages.
So I am now finishing up the summer semester, and my GPA may not end up being where I need it to be for the linkages.
So my question is, would it be a red flag on my application if I dropped out of the post-bacc after the summer to try to finish my last classes in a DIY postbacc at a state university? I just don't see much value in the post-bacc anymore if I can't pursue linkage and have already reaped the benefits of taking the summer semster. But I am afraid that since this post-bacc is at a "rigorous" and ivy league school, that it will look bad switching universities to finish organic chemistry and biology.
Also, does the post-bacc's 90% acceptance rate really matter, vs my state school's 21% MD and 53% DO acceptance rates? Or is it safe to assume that the high post-bacc acceptance rate comes more from the caliber of students the program accepts?
Sorry for the long post and all the questions. But I would really appreciate any guidance.
I am career changer and currently in a post-bacc program that claims to have 90% acceptance rates into medical school, and has plenty of linkage agreements. I chose the school because I wanted to save time completing the premed classes, and this university offered a full summer semester and also linkages.
So I am now finishing up the summer semester, and my GPA may not end up being where I need it to be for the linkages.
So my question is, would it be a red flag on my application if I dropped out of the post-bacc after the summer to try to finish my last classes in a DIY postbacc at a state university? I just don't see much value in the post-bacc anymore if I can't pursue linkage and have already reaped the benefits of taking the summer semster. But I am afraid that since this post-bacc is at a "rigorous" and ivy league school, that it will look bad switching universities to finish organic chemistry and biology.
Also, does the post-bacc's 90% acceptance rate really matter, vs my state school's 21% MD and 53% DO acceptance rates? Or is it safe to assume that the high post-bacc acceptance rate comes more from the caliber of students the program accepts?
Sorry for the long post and all the questions. But I would really appreciate any guidance.