Thank you in advance for the advice!! My question is primarily, which college courses would be the highest yield in prepping for the MCAT. Secondary question, which courses are an absolute must before applying. The schools I’m looking at have very loose pre-reqs which I could easily meet by next cycle. I plan on taking a full year of non-engineering physics starting in the fall, MCAT & apply in the spring 2021.

I’m a VERY non-traditional student, age 33, 4 years practicing as a PA w/ 13,000 hours of healthcare experience before becoming a PA... my science courses are both old AND lacking when compared to the traditional pre-reqs. I’ve taken Gen Chem I, Intro to OChem & biochem, Gen Bio I, II, III, A&P I, II, Micro, stats, 2 psych courses all of my grad school clinical medicine, patho PHYS, A&P etc (these are all coded as professional school NOT basic sciences)

My undergrad GPA is 3.1 which includes 3.9 in post-bacc sciences. My grad school GPA is 3.95ish. I have a pretty compelling backstory: I served 7 years in the US Navy, have 2 kids - the first of whom had and beat cancer, built a house, went to bible school & pastored for a year , completed PA school, and transitioned genders all before age 30. I’m a trans woman wanting to serve the trans community as a surgeon... my current job doing robotic colorectal surgery is directly sharpening my surgical knowledge and skills that will be directly applicable to my future as a surgeon doing (hopefully) robotic colovaginoplasty, peritoneal pullthrough vaginoplasty etc.

Any advice in general is very welcome! Thank you <3