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Is there anyone in the Masters Program in Biomedical Sciences at UMDNJ? Do you guys like it? Any comments/suggestions would be great. Cheers
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i was just accepted to that program.... as well as a post-bacc at Duquesne and a masters in cellular and molecular biology at Tulane... i'm so confused right now. I'm trying to get into dental school and my UG GPA is 3.21. My science gpa is 2.98, and my DAT is 20 TS/ 20 AA/ 17 PAT
Any suggestions would be really appreciated!
Any suggestions would be really appreciated!
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I am considering applying to this program...Dreamerofmd is your DAT consider high/competitive? Those numbers are foreign to me considering I am applying to medical programs only....
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UMDNJ's biomedical science program is being offered at two different campuses. One is at Newark (15 min away from NY). I believe this one is listed on the AAMC postbacc site. If you qualify, you can take classes w/ MD med students. So, I guess its program gears towards the allopathic (but not necessarily). The other one is at Stratford campus. This is in Philadelphia I believe. The biomedical students @ this campus take classes w/ DO med students if they qualify. I don't think many people know about this program though. My guess is that the program @ stratford gears towards the osteopathic medicine (but not necessarily).
Newark campus Biomedical science application is due June 15th or something. Stratford campus biomedical science application is due July 15th or something.
Newark campus Biomedical science application is due June 15th or something. Stratford campus biomedical science application is due July 15th or something.
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I actually applied to both of those programs and was told that there isn't any significant difference between them. Both classes offer a number of courses, of which I believe 5 or 7 credits can be taken with medical school students, or dental school students in my case.
My DAT is in the 91st percentile for academic average and total science. I think that's fairly competitive, but I'll be taking it again to do better in July.
My DAT is in the 91st percentile for academic average and total science. I think that's fairly competitive, but I'll be taking it again to do better in July.
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they just accepted me as a nonmatriculated student.
so i can take up to 15 credits, and if I get 3.0 and above, they will allow me to matriculate into the program
I am so hoping for Drexel now.
so i can take up to 15 credits, and if I get 3.0 and above, they will allow me to matriculate into the program
I am so hoping for Drexel now.
I took 1 course in this program a few years back.
At the time I was working full time with family obligations and etc.
Instructors were great. The program administrators are great. Facilities were poor (improved greatly since then but still not near the standards of what you would expect of a good university environment).
Although there are many p/t options, course scheduling was very much oriented to making the program a full-time, exclusive committment, or for someone with a very flexible and undemanding employer. As a p/t student with other inflexible obligations I found it almost impossible to make any schedule work. I would have continued to take some courses if I could have ever figured out a way to make the schedules work.
To take the SOM med school basic sciences courses (only certain ones and with a maximum number of credits) you needed to be a matriculated degree student, and you will wind up having class committments both day and evening; forget any ideas about any kind of job/work schedule. Although this is an option for p/t students, its really only an option for students who are making a f/t time committment.
The campus is great, but classes are scheduled at the evening rush hour, and traffic in the area at those times can be horrible, so unless you are travelling by PATCO plan a generious commuting time allowance in your time budget and on brown-bagging your dinner to class.
Core corses are basic sciences, right out of a text, no lab or clinical componant. One reason I did not continue was my interest in finding the lab/clinical componants.
Tuition and fees are very high for a state school, and rising much faster than state schools generally. The following semister I took a graduate course at Rutgers for 1/2 the cost per credit. Some couses options are joint/crossregistration with Rutgers, and for those, as a GSBS student, you pay both schools; double tuition.
I understand that about 10 students from the GSBS program are in the incoming SOM class, which is a very high percentage of the GSBS students. The program does seem to work well as a feeder program of better prepared students for SOM.
At the time I was working full time with family obligations and etc.
Instructors were great. The program administrators are great. Facilities were poor (improved greatly since then but still not near the standards of what you would expect of a good university environment).
Although there are many p/t options, course scheduling was very much oriented to making the program a full-time, exclusive committment, or for someone with a very flexible and undemanding employer. As a p/t student with other inflexible obligations I found it almost impossible to make any schedule work. I would have continued to take some courses if I could have ever figured out a way to make the schedules work.
To take the SOM med school basic sciences courses (only certain ones and with a maximum number of credits) you needed to be a matriculated degree student, and you will wind up having class committments both day and evening; forget any ideas about any kind of job/work schedule. Although this is an option for p/t students, its really only an option for students who are making a f/t time committment.
The campus is great, but classes are scheduled at the evening rush hour, and traffic in the area at those times can be horrible, so unless you are travelling by PATCO plan a generious commuting time allowance in your time budget and on brown-bagging your dinner to class.
Core corses are basic sciences, right out of a text, no lab or clinical componant. One reason I did not continue was my interest in finding the lab/clinical componants.
Tuition and fees are very high for a state school, and rising much faster than state schools generally. The following semister I took a graduate course at Rutgers for 1/2 the cost per credit. Some couses options are joint/crossregistration with Rutgers, and for those, as a GSBS student, you pay both schools; double tuition.
I understand that about 10 students from the GSBS program are in the incoming SOM class, which is a very high percentage of the GSBS students. The program does seem to work well as a feeder program of better prepared students for SOM.
I took 1 course in this program a few years back.
At the time I was working full time with family obligations and etc.
Instructors were great. The program administrators are great. Facilities were poor (improved greatly since then but still not near the standards of what you would expect of a good university environment).
Although there are many p/t options, course scheduling was very much oriented to making the program a full-time, exclusive committment, or for someone with a very flexible and undemanding employer. As a p/t student with other inflexible obligations I found it almost impossible to make any schedule work. I would have continued to take some courses if I could have ever figured out a way to make the schedules work.
To take the SOM med school basic sciences courses (only certain ones and with a maximum number of credits) you needed to be a matriculated degree student, and you will wind up having class committments both day and evening; forget any ideas about any kind of job/work schedule. Although this is an option for p/t students, its really only an option for students who are making a f/t time committment.
The campus is great, but classes are scheduled at the evening rush hour, and traffic in the area at those times can be horrible, so unless you are travelling by PATCO plan a generious commuting time allowance in your time budget and on brown-bagging your dinner to class.
Core corses are basic sciences, right out of a text, no lab or clinical componant. One reason I did not continue was my interest in finding the lab/clinical componants.
Tuition and fees are very high for a state school, and rising much faster than state schools generally. The following semister I took a graduate course at Rutgers for 1/2 the cost per credit. Some couses options are joint/crossregistration with Rutgers, and for those you pay both schools; double tuition.
I understand that about 10 students from the GSBS program are in the incoming SOM class, which is a very high percentage of the GSBS students. The program of well prepared students does seem to work well as a feeder program for SOM.
At the time I was working full time with family obligations and etc.
Instructors were great. The program administrators are great. Facilities were poor (improved greatly since then but still not near the standards of what you would expect of a good university environment).
Although there are many p/t options, course scheduling was very much oriented to making the program a full-time, exclusive committment, or for someone with a very flexible and undemanding employer. As a p/t student with other inflexible obligations I found it almost impossible to make any schedule work. I would have continued to take some courses if I could have ever figured out a way to make the schedules work.
To take the SOM med school basic sciences courses (only certain ones and with a maximum number of credits) you needed to be a matriculated degree student, and you will wind up having class committments both day and evening; forget any ideas about any kind of job/work schedule. Although this is an option for p/t students, its really only an option for students who are making a f/t time committment.
The campus is great, but classes are scheduled at the evening rush hour, and traffic in the area at those times can be horrible, so unless you are travelling by PATCO plan a generious commuting time allowance in your time budget and on brown-bagging your dinner to class.
Core corses are basic sciences, right out of a text, no lab or clinical componant. One reason I did not continue was my interest in finding the lab/clinical componants.
Tuition and fees are very high for a state school, and rising much faster than state schools generally. The following semister I took a graduate course at Rutgers for 1/2 the cost per credit. Some couses options are joint/crossregistration with Rutgers, and for those you pay both schools; double tuition.
I understand that about 10 students from the GSBS program are in the incoming SOM class, which is a very high percentage of the GSBS students. The program of well prepared students does seem to work well as a feeder program for SOM.
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bumpage........anyone care to share stats of this program's success? what percentage of students make it into medical school the following year? or any other informative info about the program??? 🙄
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I've been informed they accept approximately 100 students for the newark campus program.....I don't understand the 10 students part of the question....😕
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Hi MDempress...
how soon do they accept you at UMDNJ as a nonmatricualted student? My application has been complete except for my mcat score which I will be taking much later. I talked to a lady and she said she would tell me in July if I will be accepted as a nonmatriculated student....seems kinda late. what do you think?
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how soon do they accept you at UMDNJ as a nonmatricualted student? My application has been complete except for my mcat score which I will be taking much later. I talked to a lady and she said she would tell me in July if I will be accepted as a nonmatriculated student....seems kinda late. what do you think?
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aug 1st is the deadline for non matric students.
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does anyone know how many students does UMDNJ accept as non-matriculated?
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Has anyone gotten their financial aid packages yet? If so, when was your financial aid application complete? I've been complete for a while, and no one has gotten back to me yet. 🙁
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Define "crappy MCAT"... I had a just-below average MCAT score and sent my app fairly late in April, but was accepted as a matric at the Newark campus.
I did indicate on my app that I'm re-taking the MCAT this summer, but I'm not sure if that helped in any way.
I did indicate on my app that I'm re-taking the MCAT this summer, but I'm not sure if that helped in any way.
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