The most important things to accomplish as a first-year are getting situated academically and socially, adjusting your time management skills.  Here are some resources to use to help you reach these goals.

• Preparing for a Career in the Health Professions, Class of 2024 (pdf) and Frequently Asked Questions (pdf) - recommended reading for all students in the first semester. This will take you through the basics of academic and non-academic preparation as a prehealth student.
  • Read the "Preparing Guide" online via issuu
     
• HPA Peer Advisers & Jock Docs – for a peer perspective, all of these students have volunteered to talk with current students about their plans. You can contact any HPA Peer Adviser in any residential college.
   
• HPA on Facebook – we share news, pictures, events reminders, and other useful information via our Facebook page. Like us to stay in the loop!
   
• HPA Listserv – You will be automatically added to our listserv if you indicated an interest in health professions when you provided academic information as an incoming student, or when you come to a meeting with HPA advisers. We send out Vitals, our weekly e-newsletters, and a few other announcements via our listserv. Sign up for our listserv.
   
• Gaining clinical experience is critical as you prepare for health professions schools. Here are some ways to get involved locally.
   
• HPA Student Organizations – student groups are a good place to meet like-minded peers. Groups range from social to educational to philanthropic, and sometimes all of the above!

Highlighted FAQs

• The Basics of Medicine
• AP Credit
• Doubling Up on Science
• EEB 211
• Integrated Science
• Math: the more, the better?
• MOL 214 as a First-Year
• First Semester Grades
• Getting Academic Help
• Getting Involved in Prehealth Student Organizations
• International Students and Medical School
• What is Clinical Experience?
• Letters of Recommendation as a First-Year
• Making the Most out of Meeting with HPA Advisers