How to Contact Us for Pre-Health Advising
For pre-health advising, use Bio Sci Chat or schedule an appointment with an advisor:
- Chat for quick questions (15 minutes or less)
- Schedule an appointment for conversations longer than 15 minutes
Before scheduling an appointment, please watch the Preparing for Health Professional Schools: Part 1 & 2 video clips.
New incoming freshman or transfer students can attend the workshops above and will learn more about pre-health planning in Bio Sci 2A or Bio Sci 190.
A strong application to med school and other health profession schools starts early in college! This page contains info to get you started, and all Bio Sci advisors provide pre-heath advising.
Pre-Health Workshops
Fall 2025 Dates:
All workshops will be held via Zoom.
- August 28, 2025: 1pm – 2pm
- August 29, 2025: 11am – 12pm
- September 15, 2025: 10am – 11am
- September 18, 2025: 1pm – 2pm
- October 15, 2025: 3pm – 4pm
- October 17, 2025: 10am – 11am
- November 13, 2025; 1pm – 2pm
- November 14, 2025: 11am – 12pm
- December 3, 2025: 3pm – 4pm
- December 4, 2025: 1pm – 2pm
Preparing for a Health Profession
Part 1: Pre-Health Advising Resources
Part 2: Program Prerequisites and Academic Requirements
Part 3: Components of an Applicant Profile
Clinical and Community Volunteer Opportunities (view pdf)
- AMCAS – American Medical School Application Service
- Allopathic medical schools (MD) – Association of American Medical Colleges
- AAMC Applicant Interview Preparation Guide
- AACOMAS—American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service
- Osteopathic medical school (DO) –American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
- Medical School Requirements
- Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR)
- Preparing for DO Medical School
- Medical Applicant and Matriculation Statistics
- Nursing programs and resources – American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- Pathways to Nursing
- PharmCAS—Pharmacy Centralized Application Service
- Pharmacy School Requirements – ref. PSAR Table 1, 6, & 8. and Course Pre-Requisites by School
- Pharmacy schools – American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Is Right For Me
- PTCAS—Physical Therapy Centralized Application Service
- Physical Therapy programs – American Physical Therapy Association
- ExploreHealthCareers – “Everything you want to know about a wide variety of health careers”
- Literature Suggestions – A list complied by NAAHP pre-health advisors, current medical professionals, and health profession admissions representatives
- UC Irvine School of Medicine
- UC Irvine School of Medicine Postbaccalaureate Program (Academic Enhancer)
- UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences Baccalaureate Premedical Program (Career Changer)
- UC Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing | Contact and Email (nssao@uci.edu)
- UC Irvine School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences PharmD. Program *Inaugural class entering 2021
- UCI School of Medicine – PRIME Academy