Are there any good post acc programs that will take anyone with any gpa/MCAT score?
You can do a post bacc program yourself, basically, take required courses at any 4 year college without matriculation. This is only good mostly to make up pre-requisites that are missing from your college degree. What you get in the process will be evaluated by the adcoms. It is not a program like SMP that will enhance your chances if your GPAs (sGPA and cGPA) are not med school worthy.
@artloversplus what schools offer SMP?
@artloversplus Do you know of any formal post bac programs that improve chances in which they admit anyone regardless of scores/numbers?
Start with the AAMC list here: https://apps.aamc.org/postbac/#/index
@artloversplus @allyphoe are you all familiar with the uc Berkeley extension post back program
I’m not familiar with anything med school related. I just know how to use the Google.
@allyphoe well using Google is one thing. Getting personal experience is another.
“What schools offer SMPs” is the kind of question made for Google. 
@allyphoe my last comment was intended for the UC Berkeley question though. I obviously know that I can just google the question , but I want the answer to fit within the parameters of my original question which google won’t necessarily do.
@allyphoe in other words, if I just wanted the answer to that question only; I wouldn’t have wasted time to post it on CC. However, I didn’t specify this initially with @artloversplus. I should have worded my question to include the parameters. In addition, others may have more info to offer than what is on a search engine.
All SMP programs are offered by med schools, they basically teach med school subjects. All SMP programs require a decent MCAT and a competitive GPA, admissions to SMP are competitive.
Don’t know much about Berkeley’s post bacc programs, admissions to that program will be competitive, based on the Name alone, but it is not an SMP.
There is a long thread on SDN that discusses post-baccs and SMPs. (It’s in the Interdisciplinary Forum in the Postbaccalaureate Program sub-forum.)
I suggest if you want first-hand reviews, you try there.
Post baccs (even grade enhancing post baccs) generally require a minimum GPA. 3.0+ is typical but there are some that will consider a lower GPA. Most do not require a MCAT score.
SMPs have a much more competitive admission process, not much different from the med school admission process. Each program will have GPA minimums, a MCAT minimum, require LORs form science & non-science professors, a personal statement and robust pre-med EC resume.
@WayOutWestMom what about extension post acc programs?
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Berkeley extension requires at least a 3.0 sGPA to be considered for admission. Most students will have a significantly higher GPA/sGPA.
Harvard extension requires a 3.0 GPA/sGPA for admission consideration, but the typically admitted student has GPA of 3.5 or higher.
UCI extension requires a 3.3 GPA for admission.
UCSD requires a 3.0 GPA/sGPA for admission and the accepted students last year had 3.4 GPA/3.3sGPA average.
UCLA requires a 3.0 GPA/sGPA for admission, but accepted students averaged a 3.4 GPA last year.
If you’re interested in a specific extension program, please check the admission website for the specific program.
Would Med schools like to see you do a post bacc or a master’s program in any area you want? Which one would better boost your chances?
Except for a SMP, getting a grad degree will not help you gain a medical school acceptance. Getting grad degree in an unrelated field will actually harm your chances for medical school acceptance.
If you need to remediate a poor undergrad GPA, you need to do a post bacc.
If your GPA/sGPA is too low to gain entry to post-bacc programs, you have only a limited range of options.
1) take more upper level BCPM coursework until you sufficiently raise your GPA to become eligible for a post bacc or SMP. Depending on how many science/math credits you currently have, this may require several years.
2) consider alternative healthcare careers. [Explore</a> Health Careers](<a href="https://explorehealthcareers.org%5DExplore">https://explorehealthcareers.org)
Be aware that many healthcare professions have strict admission criteria that include an excellent GPA in required BCPM coursework and often require several hundred hours of hands-on patient care experience.
3) attend an overseas medical school. If you want English language instruction-- the Big 3 Caribbean schools, Jagiellonian University in Poland, Australian medical schools (see: Ochsner, in particular), Sackler in Israel, Irish medical schools have the best reputation and appear to have the greatest success in placing their grads into US residencies. See [Charting</a> the Outcomes for the Match for International Medical Graduates]( <a href="https://www.ecfmg.org/resources/NRMP-ECFMG-Charting-Outcomes-in-the-Match-International-Medical-Graduates-2014.pdf%5DCharting">https://www.ecfmg.org/resources/NRMP-ECFMG-Charting-Outcomes-in-the-Match-International-Medical-Graduates-2014.pdf)
ETA:
- The Academic Fresh Start program. This program is only available to Texas residents attending TX colleges and who will attend a TX medical school. AFS also requires you have been out of college for at least 10 years to be considered for the program.
You have been asking a wide range of questions, from naturopathic to post bacc and SMP. I think here is what you should do on CC. In stead of you asking what programs are available in health care field, you should post your academic stats and status so ppl on CC can focus on making recommendations to your specific backgrounds, information like:
- State of residence or if it is an international student.
- Financial situation, including parents affordability, marital status etc.
- GPA details, such as major subject, years of completion, cGPA, sGPA and what classes intended to take in the future if a degree is not completed. If MCAT or GRE have been taken and the results.
- If it is a HS student, UW GPA or SAT/ACT and intended major, geographic and school preferences.
As you know most of the answers given by CC members are searchable on the net, so, please ask more specific questions after you have made your own search.