Freshman Year
- Make sure you are on the health professions e-mail list.
- Attend health professions meetings sponsored by the office of Health Related Sciences.
- Begin to get to know your faculty. You may want to ask them for a letter of evaluation later.
- Begin taking the appropriate pre-requisite course work in the sciences such as chemistry and biology. If unsure, make an appointment with the Health Professions Advisor (610-519-4833) for advising.
- Plan on getting involved in a community service project or volunteering in a health profession setting of interest during the summer.
- Read, Read, Read….for learning, for fun. This will help your verbal skills for any standardized test.
Sophomore Year
- Attend health professions meetings sponsored throughout the year by the office of Health Related Sciences.
- Continue taking appropriate science pre-requisite courses.
- Continue to get to know your professors and strengthen your relationships with them.
- Attempt to expose yourself to a health profession field through volunteer or paid experiences. This may be done during the school year or in the summer.
- Seek out your areas of interest. Explore them in depth.
- Read, Read, Read….look at what issues are out there in the health professions.
Junior Year
- Plan on how you are going to prepare to study for the entrance exams (MCAT, DAT, OAT, GRE, PCAT).
- Put the above plan into effect.
- Attend health professions meetings sponsored throughout the year by the office of Health Related Sciences.
- Make sure you are on the health professions e-mail list.
- Make an appointment with the Health Professions Advisor (610-519-4833) by mid-April for an informational interview for the committee letter. Submit all necessary forms at this time.
- Meet with faculty from whom you would like to request a letter of evaluation. Provide them with the appropriate form.
- Make plans for a summer experience in health care/community service setting/research.
- Take entrance exam (MCAT, DAT, OAT, GRE, PCAT - release scores to Villanova Health Professions Advisor.
- Complete online application by mid to late summer and request transcripts. allopathic, osteopathic, dental, optometry, physical therapy, physician assistant, pharmacy, podiatry
Senior Year
- Submit Authorization and Release Form to the office of Health Professions Advising. This form authorizes us to release your committee package to the schools to which you applied.
- Finish up supplemental applications.
- Prepare for interviews.
- Update the schools with new information.
- Keep in touch with the Health Professions Advisor.
