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