Admissions: Structured Cohort
Designed for Professionals Interested in a Career in Clinical Health CareÌý
The structured Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions Program at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder is a highly selective program designed for peopleÌýwho:Ìý
- Already hold a bachelor’s degree and were strong students in college,
- Have a strong history of clinical and non-clinical service to others,
- Plan to takeÌýallÌýof the undergraduate-level science prerequisites needed for professional school,
- Are interested in a full-time, comprehensive, one-year post-baccalaureate program with a summer start date, and
- Appreciate a cohort-based learning experience with dedicated mentors and tutors.Ìý
This program is characterized by rigorous academics in an accelerated format; a supportive, cohort-based peer group while enrolled in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder's main campus science courses; exceptional pre-health advising; and dedicated tutors and mentors. From your initial inquiry to your acceptance to professional school, we work hard to understand your individual goals and challenges and to provide you with strategic advice that sets you up for success. We are proud of the success of our program; since rolling out the current version of our program in 2016, 94% of our students who have completed the program and have gone on to apply for the career they had originally selected as their field of interest have been accepted to professional school. Our students regularly earn MCAT scores in the 90-99th percentile after completing our program (median for each of the past four cohorts: 516).Ìý
To maintain the outstanding quality of our program, we intentionally limit the size of each cohort to roughly 10 to 20 students per year. To maintain the cohort experience, all students in the program take all of their courses together; we do not allow course substitutions.
Program Features
We offer an extraordinary level of individualized advising and support from mentors and tutors in addition to the resources of the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder.
Year after year, our students achieve close to a 100% admission rate to professional school. Moreover, unlike most career-changer post-baccalaureate programs, we offer a close-knit, cohort-based learning experience.
This program is designed for students pursuing the following professions:Ìý
- Anesthesiologist Assistant
- Dentistry
- Medicine (MD and DO)
- Naturopathic Medicine
- Optometry
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy
- Physician Assistant*
- Podiatry
- Veterinary MedicineÌý
* Note: Not all PA schools require all of the courses included in this program.Ìý