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I will be taking a non-traditional approach to getting into medical school, and I am very interested in attending a pre-med post-bac program to do all my needed pre-req courses. I was wondering if anyone could offer any advice on the top rated post-bac programs. I’ve looked online, but I can’t seem to find ratings for pre-med post-bac programs anywhere, and there are so many programs that I feel a bit lost. Thanks so much in advance for all your help!

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I had a question about my med school admission potential. I recently graduated with a degree in Philosophy and Linguistics with a 3.93 GPA. I was in the honors program and have tons of ec’s and volunteer experience (medical and otherwise), and I will be starting a Nursing Masters program this fall at my state medical school which is intended for students who have an undergrad degree in anything other than nursing. I have always had in the back of my head that I wanted to go to medical school, but thought that CRNA might be the better route for time/admissions security reasons. However, I have recently decided that medical school really is the way I want to go, but now that I have accepted admission to a program at my state med school, I feel that I have to follow through or if I did ever want to apply to med school there in the future, it would be an automatic strike against me since I accepted admission to a program and then didn’t matriculate. The program lasts 16 months, and I was thinking about working for about a year and half as an RN before starting a post-bac program and applying to medical school. I was wondering that all things pending (future grades, MCAT, etc.), if I would still be a viable candidate for med school, or if my academic background may make me appear too flighty, unsure, etc. I REALLY want to become a doctor, but I just wanted to make sure it’s not a pipe dream before I put so much time and effort into something that isn’t really a realistic option in the first place. Any advice is much appreciated!! Thanks so much in advance for all your help!

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