<p>Anyone know about post bacc programs? Specifically UC Berkeley's extension program.
My major is psychology but I can't help but feel like med school would be a great option and I could eventually become a psychiatrist. </p>
<p>Anyway, I definitely want to have it open as an option. In case I decide not to pursue grad school for clinical psychology. I've decided I'm not going to try to squeeze in premed courses in with my undergrad studies. Instead of this, I would rather go for a post bacc education.</p>
<p>I came across this old post earlier which helped a lot. </p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1166388-post-bac-pre-med-programs.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1166388-post-bac-pre-med-programs.html</a></p>
<p>I have a couple specific questions though.</p>
<p>If I had a BA in psychology from let's say UCLA, a high GPA, but barely any premed requirements, would Berkeley's premed postbacc program get me on track for an med school acceptance?</p>
<p>How long would this program take? And how much would it cost? Berkeley's extension site doesn't really give any details.</p>
<p>While each med school has their own list of requirements, you can find that information easily and also figure out what’s pretty basic. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Organic Chemistry, math (could be college level, calculus, or statistics depending on the school). There are also some new ones being added, like Genetics or Psychology.</p>
<p>How long the program will take will depend on how many pre-reqs you need to fulfill and whether you will be attending the program full time or part-time.</p>
<p>Chem is generally taken as a 4 semester sequence (gen chem followed by ochem). That may be the rate determining step.</p>
<p>Most career-changer post baccs take 12-20 months of full time attendance.</p>
<p>In theory, all of the pre-med courses are common lower division courses available at any community college.</p>
<p>However, medical schools are generally thought to look down on applicants who complete all of the pre-med courses at community colleges, which creates the market for (more expensive) post-bac pre-med programs at four year colleges.</p>
<p>How long completing the pre-med courses would take depends on how many of them you take at any time. Figure about ten semester long courses, or fifteen quarter long courses, with each course being a 4 credit unit course (so about 40 semester credit units or 60 quarter credit units), most with labs. As noted above, chemistry is usually a four semester or six quarter long sequence.</p>
<p>One additional factoid (since you asked about the cost of the UCB- Extension post-bacc and elsewhere mention you’ll be a CCC transfer)–there is NO FA for post-bacc programs except unsub loans.</p>
<p>Here is the fee schedule for UCB-Extension classes:</p>
<p>[Information</a> and Policies — UC Berkeley Extension](<a href=“Concurrent Enrollment | Student Services | UC Berkeley Extension”>Concurrent Enrollment | Student Services | UC Berkeley Extension)</p>
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<p>Then look into the expensive programs: Brywn Mawr, Scripps, Goucher and in NorCal, Mills.</p>