should i do a post bac to raise the gpa? if so, how does the post bac work do i take more bio classes at a CC? I also was looking into a Masters program but not sure if that is better than retaking classes. My pre req gpa is above 3.0 but my overall science and cumulative is around 2.8
You will get accepted into podiatry school if you apply. Read the pre-pod forums.
Nearly everyone gets into podiatry school... most with a scholarship.
If you passed most/all undergrad classes, took the MCAT, can get approved for student loans, and can speak English fairly well... then you are in (
I wish I was joking).
The podiatry schools would have taken 100 more students than they did this 2023 year, but they didn't get the applications.
The tuitions have gone up, the training gets same/longer with incomes roughly same, and they've opened new podiatry schools and seats.
The acceptance rate for podiatry is nearly 100%... just read the pre-pod forums. Sure, some students don't get into all of the podiatry schools as some will fill or get stronger apps than other schools, and some accepted choose to attend some other degree program instead. But yeah, do as well as you can on MCAT and do some podiatry shadowing, but podiatry school acceptance is sadly just not hard.
The challenge and uncertainty lies in podiatry
success: graduating, doing well in pod school, and getting a good residency from the relatively limited few that exist in podiatry. Podiatry schools flunk out many students, and a lot of residency programs are just not very good. Think of pod school like Caribbean med school... easy to get in, still many pitfalls after you get in (flunk out, pass boards, do well in match, job income usually not great relative to USA grad MD/DOs, etc). Podiatry also has some of the problems of chiropractic or optometry (many low pay jobs, pretty saturated with docs out in practice, overlap with MD scope for some of the better parts of the job, etc). You will see this if you shadow... or even if you Google podiatrists in any area and compare density to other specialists (MDs, like orthopedic, ENT, cardiology, whatever).
If you want to potentially practice podiatry in NYC, do some shadowing. If you like it, then apply and get accepted. It usually makes sense to go wherever you get the lowest cost (tuition, housing/living, and considering any reasonably sustainable scholarship), but that's a personal call. Realize getting in is the easy part. Work hard in pod school, find mentors, pass boards, get the best residency you can anywhere (there are average at best ones in NY... most NYC are bottom of the barrel), and then go back there and try it. It will be a tough road... much competition and a ton of DPMs in NYC/NJ. There are easier paths, but some do well.
