>Is anyone returning to pursue a medical career OR >reinforcing their GPA and had to submit AMCAS to >apply to post-bacc programs? If so, which ones >did you apply to? What factors are you going to >use to decide which to attend (location, cost, >alliance w/ med schools, etc)? When did you >submit? Have you gotten feedback from adcoms yet?
I moved from a graduate program in the social sciences into medicine. I checked out a few different postbac programs in Southern California, but all of the formal ones were seriously expensive. I ended up taking classes through UCLA Extension, which was not all that cheap either (but a lot less than the $22k USC was asking!). Downside was that Extension students moved directly to the bottom of the food chain, and it was a pain to get into all of those impacted pre-med classes I never took as an undergrad.
If you can afford it, I guess some of them are pretty good. I heard (unsubstantiated) that the one at Columbia University is quite good and connected with Brown Univ. SOM, but also very expensive. Plus you get to pay rent in NYC ($$$). If you haven't guessed already, my #1 deciding factor was cost.
In my opinion, postbac programs are very handy if you can pay. If not, you can do everything at your local State University if you have the time, patience, and stamina. Happy Hunting.