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While many applicants to medical school do not attempt to negotiate a scholarship, it is a viable option for strong applicants who have already been accepted into two programs. For other tips on how to lower the cost of medical school, check out our 8 tips on how to lower the cost of medical school […]

Medical school is expensive. And it’s getting more expensive every year. At my school, tuition alone costs $38,000 per year for in-state students and $67,000 for out-of-state students. A decade ago, it was half that price. Add in cost of living and you could end up with a $200,000 – $400,000 bill after four years. […]

Like medical school admissions committees, the post-bacc admissions committees emphasize diversity. While certain forms of diversity are immutable (e.g., racial/ethnic background, sex, country of origin, age), other aspects of diversity are within your power to change.  Medical schools — and especially the most desirable programs — consider diversity of life experience an invaluable form of […]

Many traditional and non-traditional premeds are asking us how to get clinical experience during the COVID pandemic. Being a medical student has some advantages, including direct access to a medical school dean. Before delving into her insight, let’s first explore the rationale for clinical experience in the medical school admissions process. For premed students, the […]

*Note: there is no standardized spelling for postbac so we will use postbac, post-bac, post-bacc, and post bacc interchangeably.  Students often are confused by pre-medical post-baccalaureate programs. There are so many to choose from. In general, premed postbac programs can be separated into two distinct types of programs: (1) remedial programs for college pre-meds who […]

As a post-bacc, I volunteered with the admissions office to assess prospective candidates. After the program director had interviewed a candidate, post-baccs in the program would have lunch with them. Although it was just a friendly lunch, rest assured that the program director asked for our impressions of and insights into the interviewees. In that […]

Last updated September 2026 One of the most difficult aspects of comparing career changer postbacc programs is getting all of the information in one place.  For all the non-traditional career changers out there, you are in luck. We’ve assembled a table of the best 10 premed post-bacc programs for career changers. That is, for individuals […]