<p>I am currently a 3rd yr (going to be a senior after summer) pre-med student @ UC Berkeley, but my GPA is not very high.
There are many reasons behind this...for ex, I took ochemI, bioI, linear algebra, physicI during my 1st semester of freshmen yr...so ya i fk-ing bombed my fresh yr, but I still got least C- for all the classes...etc</p>
<p>Overall GPA: 3.45
BCPM GPA: 2.8
Major: MCB
(Have not taken MCAT)</p>
<p>Should I just consider postbac? And how effective is the program?</p>
<p>Yes you should, and you should repeat all of those courses and get As. This will at least put you in the running for DO schools and some MD schools depending on how many courses are involved in your BCPM GPA. </p>
<p>My knowledge of pb programs is focused on those that have yet to take the classes. So I can´t comment on how effective they will be in your case.</p>
<p>Don’t consider a post-bacc until you have some idea of what your MCAT score will be. If it’s not going to be competitive anyway, then don’t bother with a PB. If it’ll put you in the running, then a PB might be a good idea.</p>
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<p>Depends on the program - for you, who’s taken all of the pre-reqs already and just needs a credentials boost, you’d be looking at what are called “Special Masters Programs” (SMP) in which you take many of the first year medical school courses with the med students. There are a few which have excellent records of getting their students into medical school. The smaller programs (~20 students) like University of Cincinnati and Eastern Virginia Medical School have historically had >85% success without a glide year. Larger (and usually more established) programs with ~200 students per class such as Georgetown, BU, Chicago Med (RFU), etc. have much lower success rates, but to a larger variety of schools and usually with a glide year.</p>
<p>Once you take the MCAT, start looking into one of these programs.</p>