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[karachutes]

 Is it possible for a UF alum (finished a bachelors in 2010) to take undergraduate classes at UF as a non degree-seeking student? I emailed an advisor and the answer I got was essentially "not really but come in if you want to talk about it." I can't go to academic advising due to work schedule, hoping someone on here knows one way or the other.

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[karachutes]

It does indeed help! You hit the nail on the head, I want to take prereqs for med school.
If anyone has more information about applying as a post bac, please chime in.

[sirensdiamond]

I work in UF COM admissions, so I can help you with this.

You have to fill out an application as a non-degree seeking student. On that application, they ask why--you say something about med school. Then it has to get approved (usually does for that reason as long as you graduated in good standing--if you sucked, they will say no.). Also--you will be the LAST person to register, as non-degree seeking I believe you can only register during drop-add.

I think they have a limit on how many classes and semesters you can attend.

Phone number for UF's grad school is 392-6622, for regular admissions is 392-1365. And if you have med-school prereq specific questions, call us: 273-7990.

[karachutes]

Thank you so much for responding! I'm sure you deal with annoying questions all the time, so I apologize in advance, but I am confused. This is an email I got from academic advising:
Hi Kara,
You can still meet with a pre-health advisor via walk-in advising, but unfortunately UF does not allow students to take the pre-health prerequisites if they have already earned a bachelor’s degree (we don’t allow any post-bac work unless you are in a graduate program).

Originally I sent an email asking if I could take the pre-med requirements as a non degree seeking student and they just said "no."

So you're saying that is wrong and I can take classes as a non degree seeking student providing that my application gets approved?

[sirensdiamond]

Okay I made some phone calls and this is what I found out from Christina at UF Admissions:

You cannot be a POSTBAC student, but you can be a NON DEGREE SEEKING student. UF doesn't actualy have any postbac programs, which is why you can't take postbac work (some schools have specific postbac programs). They do caution you to contact the medical schools you want to apply to to see if they will accept non-degree seeking student work for your prereqs, as some of them do not (UF does--we have a lot of non-traditional applicants).

So in other words, you can apply to take the prereqs as a non degree seeking. Avoid using the words postbac with anyone here at UF, it confuses them, as there are a couple of programs around the country that are postbac work for medical school (but a lot of them don't cover all the necessary prereqs--they are more for people who had a crappy GPA).

[sirensdiamond]

(why can I not spell this morning??? Excuse the errors. *actually, not actualy)

[karachutes]

You are my hero!