dantezribaldi
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I am 7 years out of an arts undergrad in which I took no hard science and had a fairly low gpa. As I require aid for any program that goes beyond 1 or 2 cheap courses, originally I was planning on starting pre-reqs at a local CC and then at some point either applying to the one or two Postbaccs that allow Grad PLUS or an SMP once I get some courses established and some EC experience.
However, because I love self-studying so much and would prefer to accelerate the process of getting to the point of actually applying basic science to medicine, I was wondering if it might be conceivable to place into upper division courses and then take a good amount of those to form the basis for med school admission?
Obviously this is assuming I could find a program that would allow this... Shoreline in Seattle has a handful and I could try that to start maybe. But also I'm just wondering if this sounds feasible / how med school adcoms would view it? I know there is a trend towards "competency based admissions" - I wish that there were more flexible, cheap or aided paths for non-trads that helped with the red tape.
However, because I love self-studying so much and would prefer to accelerate the process of getting to the point of actually applying basic science to medicine, I was wondering if it might be conceivable to place into upper division courses and then take a good amount of those to form the basis for med school admission?
Obviously this is assuming I could find a program that would allow this... Shoreline in Seattle has a handful and I could try that to start maybe. But also I'm just wondering if this sounds feasible / how med school adcoms would view it? I know there is a trend towards "competency based admissions" - I wish that there were more flexible, cheap or aided paths for non-trads that helped with the red tape.