1. 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

2. Preparing for Pre-professional Journey MD, MD/Ph.D, DMD, DO, PharmD, AMCAS, DAT, MCAT Appointments/group advising Online office hours (http://gvsu.edu/clasadvising/online-office- hours-via-blackboard-im-178.htm) Online office hours Etiquette-email, voicemail, Facebook Start your own personal professional file

3. Gather Information What do I enjoy doing in my spare time? My strengths, (http://gvsu.edu/counsel/career- development-117.htm) both personal and academicstrengthshttp://gvsu.edu/counsel/career- development-117.htm CLAS Academic Advising Website (http://www.gvsu.edu/clasadvising/professional-programs- 14.htm) CLAS Academic Advising Website Fact Sheet Do 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 youwww.explorehealthcareers.org Interview a professional in the field What is this Profession all about?

4. Building Your Application Objectively Start off strong and stay strong! Course work (http://gvsu.edu/clasadvising/clas- major-requirements-guides-28.htm) Course work Science GPA and Overall GPA Few or no Repeated courses AP Credit and Community College Courses Select a Major/Minor/gen ed & electives Majors Fair Wednesday, November 2; 11 am-2 pm, GRR Majors Fair myPath You can choose any major you like so long as you’ve fulfilled the pre-requisites for your professional program

5. Can you calc a GPA? SCIENCE COURSES INCLUDE ANY COURSE IN: Biology Biomedical Sciences Chemistry Math Statistics Physics

6. Use your pre-professional Fact Sheet!

7. CAMPUS SUPPORT Your Professors! Science Success Center (http://www.gvsu.edu/ssc/) Science Success Center Structured Learning Assistance (SLA) (http://www.gvsu.edu/sla/) Structured Learning Assistance (SLA) Student Academic Success Center (SASC) (http://www.gvsu.edu/sasc/) Student Academic Success Center (SASC) Writing Center (http://www.gvsu.edu/wc/) Writing Center Mathematics and Stats Labs (http://www.gvsu.edu/mathcenter/) Mapworks

8. Building your application subjectively Community Service Learning Center (http://www.gvsu.edu/service/) Community Service Learning Center On-Campus Jobs oMentoring oTutoring/Facilitating (S 3, SLA, SASC) Women’s Center Office of Multicultural Affairs Office of Student Life Students Against Cancer, Alternative Breaks American Red Cross Club Join a Pre-Professional Organization Leadership

9. Building your application subjectively Shadowing Contact Lists by Program (http://www.gvsu.edu/clasadvising/professio nal-programs-14.htm) Area Hospitals Spectrum Health St. Mary’s Metro Health Red Cross Humane Society Walker Medical (CNA/Phlebotomy Training) Walker Medical Study Abroad

10. Building your application subjectively Research Faculty Van Andel Institute Student Scholarship Day Summer research opportunities Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (OURS)-10/2; 5-7 pm in KCOURS

11. Relationships Meet your faculty advisor and professors! Professionals in the field The CLAS Academic Advising Center’s Pre- Professional Advising Team To support the process of developing a pre- professional plan To assist in the development of parallel plans To be a resource for questions on preparing for and applying to professional programs

12. 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 myPath Mapworks

13. The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. ~ Arthur C. Clarke