self-study before starting post-bac?

[orangeblossom]

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i got into a post-bac program (yay!). i havent taken bio, chem, physics, etc since high school! so i figured it'd be a good idea to self-study a bit before starting the program in May
any suggestions as to where to start? im totally lost on this one

 

[jtbball33]

I'm in the pretty much the same boat as you! I've been using Khanacademy.org, which is a great resource. Any others out there?

 

[Gko]

khanacademy, mitopencourseware, any other open universities...

I found the old or recent syllabi's of the classes I was gonna take and bought the textbooks from there. Especially in these 1st year classes, the material isn't really going to deviate much from each other, so you'd be on top of everything just using the textbooks.

 

[EJS1979]

i got into a post-bac program (yay!). i havent taken bio, chem, physics, etc since high school! so i figured it'd be a good idea to self-study a bit before starting the program in May
any suggestions as to where to start? im totally lost on this one

I'm sure it depends on what type of program you are going to be starting, but if it's one of the formal, fast-paced, one-year programs, I would suggest that you spend the time between now and then relaxing rather than studying. You and your classmates will likely all be in the same boat in terms of your science background, and you're going to be working harder than you might have thought possible once classes start, so enjoy the time you have between now and then.

 

[paradoc]

Thats true, you should prooobbably just relax, try to get in shape (seeing as time will be scarce) and get yourself in a routine-type mode.

However, if you really want to study, here's something I wish I would've done before I went to undergrad and took o-chem/gen chem/phys with TERRIBLE professors (I was a science major): Try getting some MCAT study/prep material and look it over. Not to learn it, but just to get a basic idea of some of the concepts. I remember the first time I started studying for the MCAT thinking 'man, i wish i had seen this stuff before I took (and did mediocre) in a lot of my undergrad science classes.' Several of the prep books kinda digest the information and give it to you in a way you can understand, so I think it would probably help if you looked at that beforehand. Also, several of the post-bac course curriculums are geared toward the stuff specific to the MCAT and medicine, seeing as the range of students isn't as wide as a normal undergrad course.
There's my 2c. Take it, leave it; nonetheless, its gonna be a crazy year. Good luck!