post bacc plan

[avaAdore]

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hi everyone,

hopefully this will be one of the last questions i'm squeezing in there before i take on my DIY post-bacc. 🙂 thanks in advance for any insight and advice.

i'm planning on doing an informal post bacc and here is a rough outline:
-i've graduated with a molecular biology degree, so lots of science... 3.05 sGPA and 3.04 cGPA. hence, i need to do a gpa enhancing post-bacc.
-all my pre-reqs are done with good grades, with the exception of physics.
-all of my pre-reqs were completed 9-11 years ago. by the time i apply, they'll be 12-14 years. holy crap.

in my post-bacc i will be (taking 2 courses/quarter while working full-time and nagging my kid to do her hw 😀):
-retaking a year of physics
-taking some upper division biochem, developmental, and cell bio courses.
-anatomy and physio and stats (but they're not upper div, but geared for pre-health students)
-one or two more humanities classes (needed for my certificate)

hopefully my post-bacc (~55 units) will help in improving my gpa. does this seem like a decent plan? is there anything missing in your opinion? us DIY post-bacc kids need all the advice we can get since there's no structured pre-med support system at our schools... (well at least at mine). 🙂

this website has proven to be a Godsend!!! your advice is invaluable, and... happy friday to all of you!

 

[kevintech]

Hi avaAdore, do you plan on taking the MCAT soon? I suggest you account for the time to study for it because I'm anticipating it'll be 100x harder than the GRE.

 

[avaAdore]

Hi avaAdore, do you plan on taking the MCAT soon? I suggest you account for the time to study for it because I'm anticipating it'll be 100x harder than the GRE.

hi!

provided that all goes well, my last class will be taken either in summer quarter of 2013 or fall quarter of 2013. i plan on then taking an MCAT prep course and using whatever time i have to study and take the mcat in spring of 2014. 😀
hope my current plan of action is ok... i just hope my pre-reqs being so old will not hurt my MCAT score and that the review course will help bring me up to speed.

thanks a million!!! 🙂