The Medical Science Preparatory (MSP) program is a one-year certificate program designed to help students enhance their credentials for application to medical school. The curriculum offers graduate and undergraduate coursework as well as an in-house MCAT preparation review course. The program has been designed to help students improve their academic science background as well as offering preparation for the MCAT or improvement upon existing MCAT scores. Students in the MSP program must have already fulfilled undergraduate premedical requirements and demonstrated mastery of the material at a minimum grade of “C”. These requirements include a year of biology, chemistry, physics and organic chemistry including respective laboratory sections.

Curriculum

Students in the MSP program take four graduate level courses in anatomy/histology, biochemistry/cell biology, pharmacology, and physiology. Also included are undergraduate level review courses in physics and chemistry, a laboratory component, and participation in community service activities. In addition, there are weekly reviews in the verbal reasoning, biological science, and physical science sections of the MCAT. Mock MCATs are given during the year. Students are required to take the April MCAT.

Drexel University College of Medicine
Office of Professional Studies in the Health Sciences
Room 4104 NCB
245 North 15th Street, Mail Stop 344
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Telephone: 215-762-4692
Email: postbac@drexel.edu