Starting over after college

mikemac
Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:29:35 +0000

If your plan is to become a doctor then you don’t need a 2nd degree in biology. What you need is one of the post baccalaureate programs for people who are missing classes required to apply to med school. A number of colleges offer these. In addition to the coursework you will get counseling to help apply to med school, since this is the whole point of the program. You should talk with several programs about whether your plan is realistic given your existing GPA. Often these programs are expensive but there are some public options.

The real thing to think about now is how do you know you want to be a doctor? Have you been doing volunteer work in a medical setting? Have you explored other options in the medical area that require less training and are far less expensive? Or is this just a “I don’t know what is my life, why not become a doctor” type of decision?