{"id":141,"date":"2022-12-21T15:22:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2023-01-17T17:15:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T17:15:05","slug":"advising","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/advising\/","title":{"rendered":"Advising"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Work with Your Advisor<\/h5>\n<p>If you are planning to apply to medical or other health profession school &#8212; or even if you&#8217;re just considering applying &#8212; it&#8217;s imperative that you talk to an advisor and then continue to meet with them regularly throughout your undergraduate years. Be sure that your advisor is aware of your goals &#8212; they can help you develop a four-year plan that incorporates requirements for your major, additional courses that may be required by schools you&#8217;ll apply to, and courses and other experiences that will help make you a strong candidate in a very competitive field. An academic advisor can offer advice and support in a variety of areas, including those summarized on this page.<\/p>\n<h5>Course Selection<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Be aware of course requirements for your major (and course prerequisites). Work with your advisor to determine which courses you should register for each semester, and to make a plan in case any courses are full.<\/li>\n<li>Look at the courses required by programs and schools you&#8217;ll apply to &#8212; it&#8217;s likely that you&#8217;ll need to take some classes that are not required by your major.<\/li>\n<li>For many professional health programs, non-science majors need to show that they&#8217;re able to handle more than one science course per semester &#8212; that level of rigor will be typical of many health profession schools.<\/li>\n<li>On the other hand, science majors need to consider which humanities and social science courses will be required or recommended to strengthen their applications.<\/li>\n<li>Health profession schools will be looking at your courses and grades to see if you demonstrate an ability to handle the rigor of their programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Choosing Schools to Apply to<\/h5>\n<p>Deciding which schools you will apply to is an important step toward your health career &#8212; different schools and programs will have their own course requirements, application processes, and timelines that you&#8217;ll need to become familiar with early on. Professional association websites like the ones linked here are good sources for learning more about schools that offer the programs you&#8217;re interested in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Medicine\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lcme.org\/directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allopathic Medicine (MD)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacom.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osteopathic Medicine (DO)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aota.org\/education\/find-a-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupational Therapy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ptcasdirectory.apta.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physical Therapy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.registerednursing.org\/aprn\/programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advanced Practice Registered Nurse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.registerednursing.org\/schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registered Nurse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-pa.org\/accreditation\/accredited-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physician Assistant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/optometriceducation.org\/about-asco\/asco-member-schools-and-colleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Optometry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmcas.org\/school-directory\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pharmacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chirocolleges.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chiropractic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adea.org\/godental\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dentistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/caate.net\/Students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Athletic Training<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Becoming a Strong Candidate<\/h5>\n<p>In the competitive world of medical and health profession school admissions, it&#8217;s vital to be mindful of the many ways you can make your application stronger. <a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/?page_id=40&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for tips you can follow starting in your first semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work with Your Advisor If you are planning to apply to medical or other health profession school &#8212; or even if you&#8217;re just considering applying &#8212; it&#8217;s imperative that you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/advising\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Advising&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208,"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dept.keene.edu\/premedprehealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}