Which Post Bac school to choose?

[alkhansa]

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Hello,

I have been considering Post Bac Programs with the following universities:

- LaSalle Univ
- MUA
- NY univ
- Roosevelt univ
- Columbia univ
- Univ of Maryland
- Mount Holyoke


Can anybody answer my questions?

- Which one among the above univs is the best Post Bac provider?
- How many univs should I apply for to increase acceptance chances?
- Does the Post Bac school I graduate from matter at the time of application to Med school provided I have a high GPA?
- What others schools/univ would you recommend? Provided they are affordable and provide scholarships.

Please help.

Thanks,

Alkhansa

 

[njbmd]

Moving to Post Bacc Forum.

 

[alkhansa]

Scholarships are tough to get after you've earned a Bachelor's Degree, particularly if you continue to enroll in undergraduate courses. Pell grants disappear entirely.

Need more info to answer your questions. What state do you live in? What is your background? Why are you pursuing a post-bacc program?

Just be careful in messing with your state of residence. You don't want to wind up as an applicant without a state.

I live in Georgia but I am not American. I am an international student having an exchange training here. I have a Bachelor in Marketing and Communication and currently preparing a Master degree in Supply Chain Management.

I am pursuing a post bac to acquire the Admissions Prerequisites before I can apply for Med School.

 

[Doctorita]

As Ice Nine said, it's pretty unlikely that you're going to get financial aid/scholarships for postbac programs. Particiularly at private schools (like Columbia, NYU, Mount Holyoke, etc.) postbac programs exist in large part as moneymakers for their home institutions. In attendance are people who can pay their entire way for a year (or more) with no help from the school itself, and the money therefore goes straight into the school's coffers.

That being said, there are some schools not on your list with more affordable programs. The NY City schools with postbac programs (Hunter -- http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/, City College -- http://www.ccny.cuny.edu) both offer much less expensive postbac programs, and grant some financial aid as well (even to postbac students, if I'm not mistaken). At their programs you will get significantly less handholding, and will have to do a lot more of the planning yourself, but they are official programs, have advisors who will write your committee letter when the time comes, and allow for strong coursework, research ops, etc. Harvard Extension also has a program that's more expensive than CCNY, Hunter, etc., but less expensive than Columbia, depending on how much of a concern money is.