I finished the post bac\u00a0program in May 2024. After finishing the program, I moved back home to Houston, Texas. There, I took two additional classes (genetics and organic chemistry II) and began studying for the MCAT. I am currently taking a break from MCAT studying and I am spending some time with my partner in Istanbul, Turkey. I am really enjoying the culture here, so I am considering picking back up studying here before\u00a0I go back home! I am planning to take the MCAT in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aside from my medical tutorial, the best part about my experience in the post bac was the wonderful people that I met. The post bac is rigorous, but my encouraging friends, professors, and advisors kept me motivated.\u00a0My cohort was collaborative, and I could always count on my friends to help me work through a tricky physics problem set or to meet up for a group study session at a local coffee shop. We also scheduled\u00a0regular\u00a0Bachelorette nights and time to play sports together which was a great way to de-stress.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For my medical tutorial, I shadowed Dr. Glenn Treisman at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Psychiatry Service at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. My medical tutorial was always the highlight of my week as it gave me the opportunity to see the day-to-day work of a physician. We saw many of the same patients each week, which allowed me to get to know each patient well. This was a highly disadvantaged patient population with many patients not only managing HIV\/AIDS and a psychiatric disorder, but also substance abuse,\u00a0unstable housing, and community violence.\u00a0It was very special for me to be able to be a part of their wellness journey and follow their progress.\u00a0It really showed me what it meant to serve disadvantaged communities and how crucial this work is.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My advice for students interested in the program would be to thoroughly consider if you would like to pursue a one or two-year program. Taking all of the pre-requisites in one year is doable but it is intense. I personally needed all of the prerequisite coursework, which meant that I was taking 16 credit hours of science coursework each semester. However, I was also financing the program myself and I knew that a one-year program would best fit my needs, even if that meant I would need to commit most of my time to schoolwork for a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, if they would like to pursue a one-year program, JHU is a great place with numerous resources to do that! The program is rigorous, but I left feeling like I had a strong science background and that I was prepared for the medical school application process. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1461,"template":"","profiletype":[78],"class_list":["post-1460","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profiletype-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/postbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/postbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/postbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/postbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/postbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1460\/revisions\/1462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/postbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/postbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profiletype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/postbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiletype?post=1460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}