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Hello all!
To cut to the chase, I'm looking to enroll into a postbacc program in biomedical/ biological sciences to enhance my poor undergraduate academics (I'm looking to graduate with a 3.0 overall gpa from my university in December.. I KNOW it is low, so please spare the "tough luck" stance I've seen so many people post in the SDN forums.). I'm feeling a postbacc is my second chance ticket to better my academic history, and also to study in a specialized field before attempting medical school.
I had originally planned on taking the MCAT in spring of 2016 and applying for postbacc by June, but as life would have it, I find myself relocating to New York City in April of 2016. There goes my time slot for taking such a huge test, which I've decided I'm not going to attempt in the midst of settling into a new city and applying for jobs.
So here I am looking at a few gap years before I apply for medical school, and was wondering if anyone had experience in applying with a postbacc degree?
I'm interested in achieving an MS just to have some nice looking credentials in a specialized field of study, and to have large research experiences under my belt, which I don't have much of right now. But is it worth it?
I suppose in my case, I'm SOL if I DON'T take a post-bacc (even assuming I get amazing MCAT scores by some miracle), but I haven't found a good enough reference point to see how well postbacc graduates fair in the medical community.
Any feedback would help! Thanks!
To cut to the chase, I'm looking to enroll into a postbacc program in biomedical/ biological sciences to enhance my poor undergraduate academics (I'm looking to graduate with a 3.0 overall gpa from my university in December.. I KNOW it is low, so please spare the "tough luck" stance I've seen so many people post in the SDN forums.). I'm feeling a postbacc is my second chance ticket to better my academic history, and also to study in a specialized field before attempting medical school.
I had originally planned on taking the MCAT in spring of 2016 and applying for postbacc by June, but as life would have it, I find myself relocating to New York City in April of 2016. There goes my time slot for taking such a huge test, which I've decided I'm not going to attempt in the midst of settling into a new city and applying for jobs.
So here I am looking at a few gap years before I apply for medical school, and was wondering if anyone had experience in applying with a postbacc degree?
I'm interested in achieving an MS just to have some nice looking credentials in a specialized field of study, and to have large research experiences under my belt, which I don't have much of right now. But is it worth it?
I suppose in my case, I'm SOL if I DON'T take a post-bacc (even assuming I get amazing MCAT scores by some miracle), but I haven't found a good enough reference point to see how well postbacc graduates fair in the medical community.
Any feedback would help! Thanks!