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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, this is an option, but there is a cost. Time and money. A post bacc takes at least an additional 2 years of education. That’s 2 additional years of tuition and living expenses. Probably around $100K.  Also wondering if the OP got ALL their medical school required classes while in post grad education.  Some medical schools want pre reqs within a certain period of time.  A 6 year old biochemistry class might not be accepted.  [/quote]

Yes, but you have to spend that time anyway in most cases. Most med students don’t go to med school right out of college these days. The average age of first year med students is 24. Med schools. Want to see something besides pre-med, with high gpa and and MCATs. A member of my family sits on the admissions committee of a top 5 med school and says that admissions is holistic. These other things matter, so her kid is spending a year after college doing something else before applying to med school. The PP is right on the money.[/quote]
Right, but there is also MONEY. Post bac programs generally cost $30-40k and you [b]cannot[/b] take out federal loans or get fin aid for them. So you'd either have to get private loans ( :thumbdown: ) or have loaded enough parents who can cough that money up. That's not realistic for many (most?) students. [/quote]

OP again just wanted to point out I was able to get some federal aid for the post-bacc. I owe about 12,000. Good news is that many job offers for physicians have loan repayment baked in so hopefully it won't be too bad. [/quote]

This is mostly if you work in underserved community.[/quote]

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