<p>Since my family lives in Denver, I’ve also been thinking about going to school in that general area for my pre-med requirements. Any recommendations?</p>
<p>If you’re unsure if your CC credits from the AF will transfer or if you want a low-cost re-immersion into academics, or if you want to go part-time until you get your “school-legs” back, look at Red Rocks CC. They have a strong health sciences program (including a fully accredited PA program onsite).</p>
<p>Otherwise, consider the usual suspects: CU (Boulder and Denver campuses–Denver has a large commuter population and the undergrad population skews older than does Boulder), CSU, DU. </p>
<p>Metro State has consistently been ranked “for helping veterans get a high-quality education.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://msudenver.edu/educationally/”>http://msudenver.edu/educationally/</a></p>
<p>The biggest downside of living in Colorado is that there are only 2 med schools in the entire state–CU SOM (MD) and Rocky Vista COM (DO) in Parker.</p>
<p>CU isn’t as protective of instate admissions as many other public SOMs and about 25-40% of the class in past few years has been OOS. This make CU very competitive in admissions</p>
<p>Rocky Vista is private and doesn’t give in-state residency preference.</p>
<p>You are a very independent student since you have been in military for so long. You need not be a dependent of your parents. So just go to a med school friendly state such as Louisiana or Texas and start the residency there. These state protects their residents from their own IS SOM’s.</p>
<p>There was also a joke on SDN that carpet beggars go to Arkansas and reside in some specific remote county just to get in U Ark SOM.</p>