summer post-bac courses?

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I am looking for advanced science courses during the summer to boost my undergraduate GPA. I majored in Bio but have a rather low BCMP of 3.1, so I've already taken all the core courses. Most summer programs I see have only the core courses on offer. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[deleted248403]

Where are you located?

I've heard UMDNJ offers some classes

 

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Anywhere in the country is fine, if it's over the summer. I live in Baltimore.

 

[DrMidlife]

I am looking for advanced science courses during the summer to boost my undergraduate GPA. I majored in Bio but have a rather low BCMP of 3.1, so I've already taken all the core courses. Most summer programs I see have only the core courses on offer. Any help would be appreciated.

At my local massive research-university-and-medical-school, UWash, where the upper div science offerings during the school year are nearly infinite, the only upper div science in the summer are genetics, micro, the odd public health offering in pathobio or whatnot, and grad seminars. These classes fill up immediately, and we run late out here (on the east coast "summer" starts in May, right? Here it starts mid-June.)

In your shoes I think I'd scramble through class lists at med schools and vet schools that are attached to undergrad programs. But this is tough - you might have to be an admitted student to see if classes are full or not.

There are some really cool structured summer programs, like Georgetown's GSMI http://som.georgetown.edu/prospectivestudents/gsmi/, and the SMDEPs. These tend to be competitive, and the deadlines are usually April-ish, but you might find something.

Best of luck to you.

 

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O the georgetown thing sounds like just what I was after; thanks. If anyone knows any more like this, let me know.

 

[plausible]

O the georgetown thing sounds like just what I was after; thanks. If anyone knows any more like this, let me know.

I did it last summer and wrote a review:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=606425

You can PM me if you've got any questions for someone who did the program.

 

[72531]

Anywhere in the country is fine, if it's over the summer. I live in Baltimore.

UMBC or UMCP probably have some.