What are the pros and cons of post-baccalaureate programs for the health professions?
It’s becoming increasingly common for pre-med students to complete some, or all of their pre-requisite courses in post-baccalaureate programs. This means that the pre-med courses are completed after graduating from college, either on an ad-hoc basis by taking the courses on your own at any college or university, or in a formal program structured for this purpose. The former is typically more economical and flexible, but you are pretty much on your own (except for our advising, which is available to alumni); the later is geared toward completing the courses, and usually includes intense preparation for the MCATs and advising through the application process. Typically, the formal full-time programs have competitive admission and tend to be very expensive (many are comparable to Skidmore tuition levels) but these programs may have very high success rates. If you enter such a program, you may find it more useful to apply through that program’s pre-med committee rather than Skidmore’s, depe
