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Thanks for your interest in the Post Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Certificate Program at Montana State University. 

 

This post-bacc certificate program is a for students who have completed a bachelor's degree and is a career-changing opportunity afforded to students by Montana State University through the Health Professions Recourse Center office.  As a ‘career-changing’ program, students accepted into this program have earned a non-science bachelor’s degree and have often been employed prior to deciding to pursue medicine or health care (see requirements). Undergraduate students pursuing a pre-health pathway are NOT eligible for this program.

Students who apply to health professional schools after completing the full program have an acceptance rate of nearly 90%, well over national rates of acceptance.  That includes applications primarily to medical schools, but also any pre-health career.  The entire student cohort (undergraduate and post-bacc) applying from MSU is often accepted to well over 30 different medical schools each year, suggesting students are broadly competitive. 

The Certificate program was approved in 2005 as a ‘career-changing’ program and the first students matriculated in May 2006.  The program is 12-15 months (or up to 4 semesters) in length if students are enrolled fulltime. 

Program Pre-requistes:

  • Be in career changing status and thus have taken very few, if any, science courses in college.
  • Have a bachelor's degree
  • Have a GPA of 3.00 or greater
  • Demonstrated math proficiency within past 5 years.
    • Must have completed College Algebra (M121Q or equivalent) prior to course registration and program matriculation.
    • If you have had a math course at another institution in the last 5 years, check the MSU transfer equivalency to see if your previous math course meets the College Algebra or equivalent requirement.
 

Steps to Apply:

1. Click the Apply Now button or go to the MSU Admissions website at: https://my.msuadmissions.org/apply-get-started 

Choose the following criteria:

  • I am applying as a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident of the United States.
  • I have already earned a bachelor's degree, and I am applying to pursue an additional bachelor's degree.
  • In the application under Education Goals, choose, "degree-seeking"
  • Also, within Education Goals under, Please indicate your area of academic interest, choose in the drop-down:

-Pre-Medicine (includes Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dental, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Physician Assistant)

Fill in all other required information and submit. 

 

Please Note: MSU will need you to send transcripts from every college or university you have attended and received credit from. If you have questions, please contact the office of undergraduate admissions.