Non traditional premed student / poor grades in the past

[Question]

10 years ago I completed an engineering degree. I wasn't too concerned with grades, I got out with around a 3.0. I had a bad case of senioritus, and after a job offer was fine with grades of C-. I took one chem class and no biology.

Now I'm thinking of going and doing a premed program. If I got good grades (3.5-4.0), and did well on the MCAT, would my degree from 10 years ago throw me out of the running? How much would it hurt me?

[ericismyname]

It all depends on what your exact grades were and if that chem class counted for a premed req.

[jameslynton]

See if you can get in a good post bac program. This will save you tons of trouble. For most US schools what you did ten years ago means ZERO!~ They want to know what you can do now!!!! I will be posting some research on Post bac programs very soon as a sticky.