Path to Medical School through Pre-Med Post Bacc Programs

[WayOutWestMom]

I’m still confused as to what classes he’d take in a post bacc since he already has his science classes. Post baccs are for graduates who decided late to apply to med school, and therefore don’t have the premed prereqs.

There are two kind of post-baccs:

**Career changer/b
**Grade enhancing/b

Of the grade enhancing type, there are several flavors:

–some have students re-take undergrad coursework or take additional undergrad coursework (goal: improve UG GPA)
–some are a combination of upperlevel bio classes and grad classes
–some are actual MS degree granting programs
–some are SMPs (Special Master’s Programs), which are essentially taking the first year of med school coursework alongside actual med students (and being compared against them)

The goal of the latter 3 is to present proof that a student is capable of working at a very high level successfully.

I don’t know how the app process works for those post-bacc programs, but why would they accept someone who already has the classes unless they were re-taking the classes for a DO program.

Most post-baccs are big money-makers for bio depts.