Homemade Pre-Med program

[New User]

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions. You've really provided a wealth of information on how it is possible to take a non-traditional path into medical school.

I'm not the only person. I know a couple others from EC who made it. If you have a high GPA, decent MCAT, and good extracurricular stuff, I think you would have a good chance.

Two more questions if you don't mind.

First, were the 6 schools you received invites from M.D. schools, D.O. schools, or both? [Not that it matters much, getting into either one is pretty impressive.]

My state had two MD schools, and I applied to 4 out-of-state DO schools. The first acceptance I got was from a DO school, and it was where my family and I wanted to live, so I went with that. No regrets.

Second, you mentioned that you received a degree from Excelsior but you only took 3 courses through them. Did you test out of courses like we do here or go about some other path. If it was a different path, would you mind explaining how you went about earning your undergrad degree?

I had some random credits from the military. I also was awarded a ton of credits for high scores on a foreign language proficiency test. I had maybe 2 semesters worth of credits from a community college I attended like 15 years ago. And then I did some quick self-paced courses and tested out of a couple things.