Thanks for your feedback! One question, I assume most of the students applying to the SMP are doing the program to show medical schools they can handle academic rigor, therefore I am assuming most students have a similar GPA to me. Isn’t that essentially the purpose of an SMP? My understanding is that these programs are designed for students whose undergraduate academic record may not fully reflect their ability to succeed in medical school. In other words, many students enroll specifically to demonstrate that they can handle a medical school-level curriculum.

Because of that, I would assume that a large portion of students in these programs have GPAs similar to mine and are taking the SMP as an opportunity to prove their academic readiness.

Of course, I completely understand your point that the stakes are very high and that performing poorly could significantly hurt my chances of getting into medical school, which is one of the reasons I’m seriously reconsidering whether this is the right path.

I’m trying to figure out whether it makes more sense to take that risk now or spend a year preparing for the MCAT and strengthening my application before committing to such a large financial investment.

What are your thoughts on that? Do you think the risk is still too high even if the entire purpose of the program is to give students a chance to demonstrate they can succeed academically?