Student Services

1. Schedule an appointment with a pre-health career coach and start the conversation about what are your first steps in the process of exploration and preparing for a career in the health professions.
2. Prior to your appointment, review the Pre-Health First Steps Planning Meeting guide to prepare for common topics of conversation in your exploration and planning process.

1. Review and reflect on experiences commonly gained by competitive applicants prior to applying to health professional school, especially those valued by your profession.
2. Watch a short video on becoming a competitive applicant
3. After thinking about your own experiences and what you’d still like to gain, schedule an appointment with a pre-health career coach to talk about becoming more competitive.

1. Review our interview guide.
2. Schedule a 45-minute practice interview with a Pre-Health Career Coach by calling 612-624-9717 where you can receive personalized coaching to improve your interviewing skills. Once you’ve scheduled your appointment, e-mail a pre-health career coach and indicate if you would like practice with the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format of interviewing, utilized by many medical schools, or the traditional style of interviewing, utilized by many other health programs across the country.

Review some of our networking tips for pre-health students. Follow up with an appointment with our career staff for more information on building your network.

1. Review our gap-year guide to learn more about what a gap year is.
2. Meet with a pre-health career coach to determine how you may best spend your time after graduation before health professional school!

1. Review our resume guide and cover letter guide. Also review resume samples if you're interested. (Sample one, sample two, and sample three)
2. Watch a quick webinar on résumé writing 101.
3. Bring a draft résumé to a career coaching appointment for tailored feedback based on your goals. 

CBS currently offers courses that may be useful to students in planning their careers:

• BIOL 1021: Introduction to Careers in the Life Sciences
• BIOL 3696: Professional Experience in the Biological Sciences

If you have completed the Chemistry for the Life Sciences course sequence, CBS has created some resources to assist you in applying to health professional school.

1. Visit this website page for application support related to applying to health professional school after completing the Chemistry for the Life Sciences sequence. You can refer health professional schools you're apply to for more information about the sequencing.