Good Grad Program as Back Up for Med School?

Scienceguy1
Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:59:02 +0000

While I do want to go to medical school really bad. I need to go into a program directly out of college because I have a decent amount of student loans and I really won’t be able to afford to pay them off right away. It’s more of being afraid that I wont be able to return to academia if I leave because of all of those loans and my mother is retiring soon, my co-signer. I’m pretty sure that will effect my chances of getting further loans.

I think that NP program sounds like a good deal. I did not know that. It’s a pretty good idea as a back up. I also want more of an engineering or bio science backup. If I don’t get in I will definitely be taking calc II even if its at a community college. I found out today UCSB pretty much ripped up the whole 5 series calculus deal so I have to go to an adviser to see what class to take.

Right now I am involved in some clinical research with a highly respected retina research organization. I’ve designed a couple studies, worked up patients, written IRBs, data analysis and written grant applications etc…

While it is true if I don’t get in it’s probably not best to go into some random grad program but maybe something like a masters program I’m interested, a one year program that might help my chances of getting into medical school at a second attempt.