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kolkat

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😉 Hey SDNers-
I'll probably (most likely) be attending the post-bac pre-med program at WCU. I'm just curious to hear about others who attend or who have attended that program.
Thanks! 👍

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kolkat,
I'll try again, hopefully this time it will post...
I did the program last year and am in 1st year of med school now.
The program at WC worked out well for me. I saved a year off the application process by doing the direct link program. If you are interested in Drexel or Temple, I recommend doing the link. You still have to do well on your interview and MCAT though.
I thought the chem department at WC had very good teachers and the class size was small so you could get to know the profs pretty well and ask questions.
The bio department had larger classes but you can still get personal attention if you want to stop in during the office hours.
The cost of going to school there is really cheap if you are a PA resident.
You also posted a question about living in Philly and commuting to WC. Living in Westchester might be a good idea to avoid the horrible traffic, and the town has stuff to do within walking distance and is pretty safe.

kolkat said:
😉 Hey SDNers-
I'll probably (most likely) be attending the post-bac pre-med program at WCU. I'm just curious to hear about others who attend or who have attended that program.
Thanks! 👍
 
You've probably already started somewhere, but for future reference for others I thought I would comment on West Chester, PA. For Jim WC above, it worked out perfectly. He got the required MCAt score and GPA for the link program, so he went on to med school. that's not a bad way to go for sure. The pre-med advsisor will likely tell you about Jim if you talk to her, she's very proud of his accomplishments there.

For others in the post bac program, it hasn't turned out great. What they don't tell you is, you have to get a 27 on the MCAt to even get a letter of recommendation from the Pre-med committee. There has been many post bacs and undergrads at WC who didn't get a 27, even students with a 26 and a high GPA, are not recommended. basically, they want to be sure you'll get in school before they write a recommendation for you, that way their percentage of those accepted from West Chester is very high (that's how they can boast about their 90% acceptance rate of those recommended by the committee).

The other thing they don't tell you is most of the students who get into med schoool from west chester go to an osteopathic school. Not that there's anything wrong with Osteopathy, that's just something they won't tell you if you talk to the pre-med advisor.

The classes are easy at Westchester, PA. Unfortunately, that doesn't help too much with the MCat.

The pre-med committee in general is not there for your best interest. their main job is to bolster the school's pre-med reputation at the student's expense.

If you don't make the cut for their pre-med committee (27 mcat), nobody will stick up for you. Unfortunately, schools in the area (PA, NJ) are looking for that letter of rec from the committee. if there's no letter from the committee, forget it. you might as well go to the carribean.

I recommend Bryn Mawr's program. I've also heard good things about Temple's program. You're own undergrad institution is a good place to pick up the required classes too.
 
I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering if anyone else has any input concerning West Chester's program. Thanks in advance.
 
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