Pre-Health Programs
Pre-Health Programs helps current Auburn students and alumni explore, prepare, and apply to health professional schools. Our goal is to help applicants to professional schools become strong candidates. Students can engage with our office through individual appointments, workshops, events such as mock interviews and professional school fairs, and Pre-Health courses. Pre-Health Programs’ events are consistently updated on Handshake.
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Pre-Health 4-Year Plan
This is a general 4-year plan for Pre-Health students and is not intended to replace academic advising or Pre-Health counseling. Students should create an individualized plan that allows them to work toward their specific professional school goals.
Freshman Year
- Begin taking pre-requisite courses.
- Attend an info-session.
- Develop study skills.
- Get involved in extracurricular activities that interest you.
- Explore health careers.
- Begin shadowing.
- Attend Pre-Health school fairs.
- Begin thinking about research interests.
- Explore summer opportunities
Sophomore Year
- Continue taking pre-requisites courses.
- Continue shadowing.
- Continue gaining service and leadership experience.
- Participate in Pre-Health school fairs & mock interviews.
- Consider opportunities to gain clinical and research experience.
- Search for summer opportunities.
- Attend Boot Camp.
Junior Year
- Finish pre-requisite courses.
- Join the Pre-Professional Application Course (PPAC).
- Continue gaining research and clinical experience.
- Continue shadowing.
- Continue gaining service and leadership experience.
- Begin studying for your standardized entrance exam (i.e., MCAT, PA-CAT, DAT, OAT, etc.)
- Participate in Pre-Health school fairs & mock interviews.
- Search for summer opportunities.
- Apply to professional school.
Senior Year
- Continue gaining research and clinical experience.
- Continue shadowing.
- Continue gaining service and leadership experience.
- Participate in Pre-Health school fairs and mock interviews.
- Search for Growth Year Opportunities.
- Join PPAC if taking a growth year or reapplying.
