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[baller4lyfe]

<p>if you just graduated college with a ba in social sciences how can you start getting ready for med school if you suddenly changed your mind and now want to do medicine? this is out of curiosity and i'm wondering, technically, can you not apply to med school by just taking a bunch of chem/sci classes at a community college and then someday take the mcat despite your social sciences degree?</p>

[ysk1]

<p>Post Bac is for people like you.</p>

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Lastly, I would add that there is a new trend popping up: some schools are now offering post baccalaureate courses in just the pre-med requirements. These courses are for students who realize they want to go to med school a bit late in their college years (or even after they’ve graduated) and now need to undergo the dreaded Organic Chemistry “trial by fire”. </p>

<p>The bottom line is, while there’s more than one way to skin this cat, you will need good grades and MCATs to be considered.

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[baller4lyfe]

<p>thanks for your message, i never said i wanted to go it was just a thought, at least for now. but, for instance, how would you enroll in the post bac program? what school would you have to go to; you can’t just enroll in any university and take these post bac classes after you’ve graduated from undergrad. how does this work?</p>

[baller4lyfe]

<p>and, all the chem/science courses you would take at the post bac institute: are med schools going to count grades you got in the post bac program in addition to your undergrad gpa, or are these classes solely meant to prepare you for the mcat and do not show on your application?</p>