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What is Disadvantaged Applicant

Chapter 8
Handbook of Research on Advising and Developing the Pre-Health Professional Student
Generally thought of as a first-generation college student or applicants from educational environments where the majority of students do not attend college.
Published in Chapter:
Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medicine Programs: A Non-Traditional Route to Graduate Medical Education
J. Barton Gillum (The George Washington University, USA), Nicole DeVaul (The George Washington University, USA), and Souheil Ghannouchi (The George Washington University, USA)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9617-3.ch008
Abstract
Medical school and other graduate medical programs are increasingly drawing non-traditional applicants, some of whom have already been out in the work force and some of whom decide later in their academic career to go into medicine. Additionally, some pre-health students underperform during their undergraduate courses and end up with a less competitive grade point average (GPA). Historically, these students have had to take science prerequisite courses as non-degree-seeking students at community colleges or universities. More and more students are choosing post-baccalaureate or graduate programs to take needed courses or enhance their GPA for their graduate medical program applications. Pre-health advisors should make every effort to stay up to date on post-baccalaureate programs and offer resources to these particular niche students.
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