Pre-Health Planning

The road to professional school is challenging and requires intentional planning. Most health profession programs require a minimum of two years of prerequisite courses and extracurricular activities, as well as a competitive GPA, entrance exam score and evidence of emotional intelligence, maturity, empathy, and leadership.

Students should meet with a pre-health advisor every semester, after attending a pre-health 101 workshop, to ensure they are building a holistically competitive application.

Pre-Health Timeline

Common Prerequisites

Recommended Gen Ed Courses

AAMC Core Competencies

Pre-Health Tracks

Pre-health students may pursue any academic major while building a competitive application for professional school. The tracks listed below are intended to be completed alongside an academic major. Pre-health students are strongly encouraged to meet with their academic advisor and a pre-health advisor each semester. 

Pre-Med Track

Pre-Dental Track

Pre-Occupational Therapy Track

Pre-Optometry Track

Pre-Pharmacy Track

Pre-Physical Therapy Track

Pre-Physician Assistant Track

Pre-Veterinary Medicine Track

Pre-Health Fillable Worksheets

Below are helpful documents to assist students plan their pre-health journey with their academic advisor and pre-health advisor.  

 

3 Year Plan

(no gap year)

3 Year Plan

(with gap year)

4 Year Plan

(with gap year)

4 Year Plans (by Major)

Below are a sampling of four year plans for majors commonly selected by pre-health students. However, professional schools do not require or prefer specific majors. Pre-health students may pursue any academic major while building a competitive application for professional school. Regardless of the major selected, students will be encouraged to complete prerequisite coursework and build a holistically competitive application. Time to degree and total credit hours required is dependent on the degree selected, pre-health goals, and individual academic progress. Please see a pre-health advisor to discuss further.