First and Second Year Student Preparation for Pre-Professional
Programs
Beginning your Pre-Professional Journey:
Presented by the CLAS Academic Advising Center’s Pre-Professional Advising Team:
-JoAnn Litton, Senior Academic Advisor for Pre-Professional Programs
-Julie Amon, Academic Advisor-Joanie Hodson, Office Coordinator
-Nick Woodward, Graduate Assistant
Preparing for Pre-professional JourneyMD, MD/Ph.D, DMD, DO, PharmD,
AMCAS, DAT, MCATAppointments/group advisingOnline office hours
(http://gvsu.edu/clasadvising/online-office-hours-via-blackboard-im-178.htm)
Etiquette-email, voicemail, FacebookStart your own personal professional file
Gather InformationWhat do I enjoy doing in my spare time?My strengths, (http://
gvsu.edu/counsel/career-development-117.htm) both personal and academic
CLAS Academic Advising Website (http://www.gvsu.edu/clasadvising/professional-programs-14.htm)
Fact SheetDo my strengths align with this career
choice?What could be a parallel plan for me?
Utilize www.explorehealthcareers.org to explore other careers of interest to you
Interview a professional in the field
What is this Profession all about?
Building Your Application Objectively
Start off strong and stay strong!Course work
(http://gvsu.edu/clasadvising/clas-major-requirements-guides-28.htm)Science GPA and Overall GPAFew or no Repeated coursesAP Credit and Community College Courses
Select a Major/Minor/gen ed & electivesMajors Fair Wednesday, November 2; 11 am-2 pm,
GRRmyPathYou can choose any major you like so long as
you’ve fulfilled the pre-requisites for your professional program
Can you calc a GPA?
SCIENCE COURSES INCLUDE ANY COURSE IN:
Biology
Biomedical Sciences
Chemistry
Math
Statistics
Physics
Grade Quality Points # Credits Total Quality PointsA 4.0 4.0A- 3.7 3.7B+ 3.3 3.3B 3.0 3.0B- 2.7 2.7C+ 2.3 2.3C 2.0 2.0C- 1.7 1.7D+ 1.3 1.3D 1.0 1.0F 0.0 0.0
Total 0.0 25.0GPA 0.0
Use your pre-professional Fact Sheet!
CAMPUS SUPPORT
Your Professors!Science Success Center
(http://www.gvsu.edu/ssc/)Structured Learning Assistance (SLA)
(http://www.gvsu.edu/sla/)Student Academic Success Center (SASC)
(http://www.gvsu.edu/sasc/)Writing Center (http://www.gvsu.edu/wc/)Mathematics and Stats Labs
(http://www.gvsu.edu/mathcenter/)Mapworks
Building your application subjectively
Community Service Learning Center (http://www.gvsu.edu/service/)
On-Campus JobsoMentoringoTutoring/Facilitating (S3, SLA, SASC)
Women’s CenterOffice of Multicultural AffairsOffice of Student Life
Students Against Cancer, Alternative BreaksAmerican Red Cross Club
Join a Pre-Professional OrganizationLeadership
Building your application subjectively
Shadowing Contact Lists by Program(http://www.gvsu.edu/clasadvising/professional-programs-14.htm)
Area HospitalsSpectrum HealthSt. Mary’sMetro Health
Red CrossHumane SocietyWalker Medical (CNA/Phlebotomy Training)
Study Abroad
Building your application subjectively
ResearchFacultyVan Andel InstituteStudent Scholarship DaySummer research opportunitiesOffice of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (OURS)-10/2; 5-7 pm in KC
Relationships Meet your faculty advisor and
professors!Professionals in the fieldThe CLAS Academic Advising Center’s
Pre-Professional Advising TeamTo support the process of developing a pre-
professional planTo assist in the development of parallel
plansTo be a resource for questions on preparing
for and applying to professional programs
Your pre-professional journal
Update your journal as you get more experiences
Periodically assess: Is this what I want to do?
myPath (myBanner.gvsu.edu) –Student Records
Mapworks
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into
the impossible.~ Arthur C. Clarke
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