Health Professions Advising at Mason

Postgraduate Programs

Finding a postgraduate premedical program in the DC area is not that difficult. When choosing a program, one should be aware of the costs for attending the program as well as how the program addresses the individual's deficiencies in the application portfolio. Here is some general advice about what postbaccalaureate programs are and the differences among programs.

Here are a links to a few programs, taken from a fairly comprehensive list at Syracuse University's Health Professions Advising Program website.

• Georgetown University Summer Medical Institute
• Johns Hopkins University Postbaccalaureate Program
• New York College of Podiatric Medicine Prematriculation Program
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Certificate of Graduate Study in Biomedical Sciences
• San Francisco/UCSF/Pacific Predental Program for economically or educationally disadvantaged postbaccalaureates (limited number of non-California spots available)
• Towson University Postbaccalaureate Premedical and Predental Program
• Virginia Commonwealth/Medical College of Virginia Postbaccalaureate Basic Health Sciences Certificate Program
• University of Virginia Postbac Premed Program
• University of Maryland Science in the Evening Program
• University of Pennsylvania Special Science Program

You can also search postbaccalaureate premedical programs at the AAMC website.

Delayed Applicants and Reapplicants
Introduction

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Why I wasn't offered

Postgraduate Programs

Employment Options

External Links
List of summer programs (Syracuse)

List of postbac programs (Syracuse)

Searchable list of postbac premedical programs (AAMC)