How to Establish Yourself with the Pre-Health Advisory Committee (PHAC)
During your first semester, you will attend a PHAC Orientation session with Reneldo Randall, Director of Advising. He is your first point of contact for all things pre-health.
During this initial meeting °¼Í¹ÊÓƵ students will be provided the following information:
- Introduction to the application process
- A timeline and action steps
- Introduction to the services offered by the Pre-Health Advisory Committee.
Pre-Health Process by Year
- Prioritize your coursework and aim for a competitive GPA as a foundation.
- Join clubs and/or organizations to stay involved with your campus.
- Begin building relationships with your professors and advisors.
- Attend Pre-Health orientation.
- In the spring, begin searching for summer research and/or volunteer opportunities.
- Create resume and portfolio.
- Continue to expand upon your foundation from freshman year.
- If you fell short in one area your first year, be sure to compensate for that your sophomore year.
- Attempt to gain leadership roles in your clubs/organizations
- Begin looking at the MCAT/DAT/GRE/PCAT exam process.
- Start to build a list of prospective professional programs.
- Try to gain some clinical experience.
- Begin studying for your MCAT/DAT/GRE/PCAT.
- Become familiar with the professional school application process.
- Continue acquiring clinical and volunteer experience.
- Look for more research opportunities.
- Be sure to keep in contact with first- and second-year professors for prospective letters of recommendation.
- Begin to draft your personal statement.
- Have ready an up-to-date version of your academic resume and portfolio.
- Finish up professional school prerequisite coursework.
- Have taken or take the required professional school entry exam.
- Begin the process for the Pre-Health Committee Letter.
- Sign up for a Pre-Health Mock interview.
- Finish and submit professional school applications.