<p>I am unsure of what to do next either do a Post bacc or a MA in biomedical science ?</p>
<p>I have completed all my pre req for med school and took one upper division level bio chem class. My BPCM GPA is around 2.8/2.9. My total undergrad gpa is at 3.18. I am a U of Washington graduate. I really struggled through out my whole undergrad career since I was in the process of coming out and had to deal with extreme trauma with my family and being a Muslim also an immigrant who grew up half of my life in Pakistan and half of my life in USA. It took its toll on my BPCM gpa. I have excellent ec 2 years of GAY city health project (caters to serve gay men and transgender folks) 4 years of maps (Minority Association of Pre-Health Student) leadership in many lgbtq student orgs. </p>
<p>I really want to be a physician to serve underserved population like the lgbtq community, and maybe one day go back to Pakistan to help others that don’t even have access to health care.</p>
<p>I am unsure about what should I do next? Should I do a post bacc at a place like Cornell, U of Oregon or a MA in biomedical sciences in Boston U , Loyola u of Chicago, u of south Carolina ? I am leaning more towards post bacc since it effectively allows me to raise my BPCM gpa through taking upper level BPCM courses. Any advice would be helpful since advisors at our college are pretty useless.</p>
<p>Most true post-baccs are designed for students who none or very few of their pre-reqs completed. Grade enhancing post-baccs are almost exclusively graduate certificate or degrees.</p>
<p>This means any grades earned won’t change your undergrad GPA in any way. </p>
<p>The Cornell program offers a certificate in health studies thru the nutrition science dept and the school of continuing ed. This is a post-bacc certificate program, and I don’t believe these classes will be included in your undergrad GPA calculations, but reported separately as grad coursework. </p>
<p>Any grade enhacing degree or certificate is not going to offer you FA except for unsub loans.And they tend (esp at private universities) to be very expensive. Typically $40,000+. The question is: Can you afford one?</p>
<p>Before choosing a particular program, research the med school acceptance rates for each program. Many have really lousy acceptance rates. (<30%)</p>
<p>Realistically, you need to raise your s-GPA to 3+ to be competitive for a high quality post-bacc. You will also need a much higher GPA to be accepted to a decent Master’s program.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would sign up for more undergrad science courses at U-Dub or your local 4 year Uni and earn nothing but A’s. Before you consider grad-level courses – Cornell ain’t happening – you have to prove to the adcom (and yourself) that you can earn A’s, and a bunch of them. If you can’t earn A’s one-science-course-at-a-time, you’ll slowly realize you should consider Plan B.</p>
<p>This will save you a lot of money (but cost time).</p>
<p>edited to add: if you are an international, the chances of acceptance to an allopathic med school are close to zero.</p>