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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a new poster- I was also a nontraditional medical student.

TJ -> UVA and went into multimedia development, mostly web but also some web based educational software. I volunteered at a hospital because I liked it. After a few years I decided I would really rather be in medicine and started taking the courses I would need to apply. A post-bacc was really expensive and I was going to be paying on my own. So, I went to community college at night (NVCC and LFCC depending on offerings) and took a job as a medical assistant and medical office manager for a single physician practice. Studied a lot on my own and did well on the MCAT. Fortunately got in to an MD program on my first round of applying! No debt because I went through the military- has pros and cons but medical school has become so expensive, esp if you know you want to go into a lower paid specialty.

Having outstanding grades and high test scores is important, but I agree that the application process is holistic and looks at the whole applicant- it helps to have something different about you, and something you're passionate about. [/quote]

Very interesting. My DC1 is at Brown and they won't take CC science classes. [/quote]

Brown Medical School? The undergrad school does not have to accept the post bacc classes.[/quote]

Yes. A quick google search points that other med schools also discourage science classes at CC
https://www.upstate.edu/com/admissions/faqs.php[/quote]

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