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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Enroll in either a post-bac (Pitt) or the SMP (Georgetown).

Good Luck![/quote]

A lot of people mentioned post-bac.

Isn't it mainly for humanities major folks?  So that they could take required courses (stem requirement math/chem/bio).

What's the point of post-bac if you were already on premed track and just gap for a year?

What post-bac can offer that you can't do on your own?
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No, it is not mainly for humanities folks. I'm very familiar with this, and I can say that Georgetown's program is mainly students who had majored in science and had been pre med in college who were rejected their first cycle of applying, or who knew their stats were not good enough to be applying immediately. The point is that it shows med schools you can be successful with this kind of material at the grad level. [/quote]

+1 The GTown program was extremely popular and successful for borderline GPA candidates from my elite private 25 years ago. They loved admitting students from our school, and our students usually did very well, graduating near the top and getting into med school afterwards. Premed advisors pushed this and similar programs instead of applying--so as to put the best foot forward with the first application. That recommendation has not changed. The students are often compared to each other with direct rank in these programs and can be more competitive than undergrad premed depending on where one attended undergrad. One has to be careful to choose one where the competition will be the right mix. [/quote]

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