What are my chances?

[kwk712]

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I'm a junior undergrad right now in Pennsylvania, and I've decided to try to go to a "career changer" post bacc after graduation. I was wondering what my chances are of getting in to a program were like?

I'm majoring in psychology and sociology, and have a 3.5 cGPA. I got 1220 on the SAT and 28 on the ACT. I have worked as an undergraduate research assistant, I am a volunteer for a rape hotline, I will be completing an internship this summer for an addictions recovery center, and in fall I will be a volunteer in a hospital working one-on-one with geriatric patients. The problem is that I took biology my sophomore year and got a D-. However, upon retaking it I received an A. Biology is the only science course I've taken.

With this in mind, how do I look? What can I do to improve? Thanks!!

 

[Soco9087]

Why not just do on a few more semesters and finish premed courses with A's? Will probably save you a lot of money and you should have access to an advisor and a committee letter depending on what school you're at.

 

[kwk712]

My thought was that if I'm spending extra time in school, it'd be nice to do a post bacc program so that I could potentially take advantage of a linkage program.

 

[johnnyscans]

My thought was that if I'm spending extra time in school, it'd be nice to do a post bacc program so that I could potentially take advantage of a linkage program.

Its a nice waste of money in your case. Work hard and get As from here on out.

 

[Soco9087]

My thought was that if I'm spending extra time in school, it'd be nice to do a post bacc program so that I could potentially take advantage of a linkage program.

You'd be spending a lot of extra time since you still need to graduate and then enter the program. Not to mention those programs are generally very expensive. Since you're still in school just start this summer and work hard form here on out with a 3.5 GPA right now it shouldn't be very hard to raise up with some good old fashioned hard work.

 

[bkprodigy]

^ agreed. Not to mention formal post-bac programs are harder than your average undergraduate course work. Prove yourself that you can handle the course load by doing undergraduate then do the post-bac if necessary.

 

[deleted248403]

Not to mention formal post-bac programs are harder than your average undergraduate course work

This is fact and base-less - what on earth are you basing this on?

And yes, OP stay at your own school for now

 

[mjone4]

I feel like I'm in a very similar situation.... I'm currently an Athletic Training/ Exercise Physiology student but don't have time in my schedule to complete the classes next year and complete my degrees.... Trying to figure out what my chances are to get in to these programs.... most of my pre-req classes are from AP so most programs wont accept them anyways...

 

[DrMidlife]

Not to mention formal post-bac programs are harder than your average undergraduate course work.

This is fact and base-less - what on earth are you basing this on?

The bio that the OP took and got a D- in isn't any different at a formal postbac.

OP's case aside, students at Bryn Mawr/Goucher/etc are non-science majors (like psych). If they haven't seen any real math or science yet, yes indeed the postbac work will be substantially harder than their average undergrad course work.

But bio/genchem/ochem/physics/math are no different in a formal postbac than at any school. The OP should assume he/she'll get another D- in bio until proven otherwise.

 

[kwk712]

Thanks for everyone's help! I'm meeting with a pre-med advisor at my school tomorrow to discuss my options.

For clarification, the first time I took bio I received a D-, but upon retaking it I received an A.