Post-Bacc in Texas?

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Anyone know of or attended a good post-bacc program anywhere in Texas? I had a decent, but not great 2.8 GPA in undergad and decent MCAT score and graduated in 2002. But as I have had a couple years off, I am looking to boost the GPA as well as brush up on the sciences in preparation for the MCAT again....

I am glad I found this forum, as it seems like there are lots of answers! I had put off the idea of medical school for a while, but have been very interested in pursuing it now, though I must confess, being out of college, I feel a bit out of the loop as to go about the whole process of how to increase my chances!

Any advice is appreciated 🙂

 

[DrTex?]

Welcome to sdn. I am glad that I found this forum too.
I have been looking pretty hard for the past two months at options in Texas and it doesn't seem like there are too many. My situation is a little different from yours though. It seems like you had plenty of science as an undergrad... I was all economics.
I have come accross two programs that seem like the may be good for you.
1. UNT- They have a formal post-bacc program. This is a certificate granting program.
http://www.hsc.unt.edu/education/gsbs/programs.cfm
2. TCOM
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=114188
Good luck on finding something that suits you... Where in Texas are you?

 

[jxu66]

If you don't have good GPA, you could check out "Texas restart", get rid of bad grades by retaking all of them. I know a couple of friends in CC try to do that. Don't know if you qualify. But never hurt to check it out.

 

[cher25]

Please do tell more about the Texas restart. Is it formal? How to apply? Any info would be well appreciated. Thanks.

 

[TiggidyTooth]

Please do tell more about the Texas restart. Is it formal? How to apply? Any info would be well appreciated. Thanks.

I believe that in order to qualify your old grades must be 10 years or older.

Tooth

 

[DuckGirl]

How can we find out more about the Texas Restart program. I tried to google it, but there was no info. Do you have a website that will provide further info?

 

[TiggidyTooth]

How can we find out more about the Texas Restart program. I tried to google it, but there was no info. Do you have a website that will provide further info?

The only reason I knew about it is because of my pre-med advisor. Try googling "texas freshstart"

Tooth

 

[TiggidyTooth]

The only reason I knew about it is because of my pre-med advisor. Try googling "texas freshstart"

Tooth

OK, I found the link to the fresh start idea, I have never heard of anything called re-start in texas so maybe the op got a little mixed up.

http://www.utsystem.edu/tmdsas/frshstart.htm

Tooth

 

[jxu66]

Sorry about that. Fresh start is what I mean.