Today I talk with a nontraditional premed student in his 30s about whether he should retake his old med school prereqs. His grades in those classes were pretty bad—but he's in a Special Master's Program doing much better now. So does he still need to go retake the old prerequisites?

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Our student this week is a nontrad with a 2.5 undergraduate GPA from his past. He's now doing well in a systems-based Special Master's Program (SMP) that is very anatomy- and pathology-based.

His question: Should he retake his old prereqs (like general chemistry, organic chemistry, general biology, etc)? My two-part answer: It depends on what the specific medical schools you're applying to require, and it depends on if you needs them to prepare for the MCAT.

We also talk about a few other issues:

• The dangers of doing too much at once (SMP, MCAT, and ECs)
• Being an overrepresented minority applying to med school
• What made his grades slip in undergrad
• Why you shouldn't have a plan B

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