Pre-Professional Health Advising at Xavier
As a Xavier student planning a career in a health profession, you have unique goals and educational plans. Careful consideration and long-range planning must begin now if you wish to join the many Xavier graduates practicing medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, podiatry, optometry, pharmacy, and physical therapy among other rewarding fields in professional health care.
The Xavier University Health Sciences Committee helps students prepare for admission to professional schools, such as medical and dental schools. The committee includes a pre-professional health advisor and faculty members who teach natural sciences. The committee provides students with guidance on:
- Course selection
- Time management
- Information on medical schools and other graduate professional health programs
- MCAT, GRE, DAT and other standardized test preparation for professional health program admission
- Mock admission interviews
The committee also writes a single, composite letter of recommendation for students, which is preferred by most professional schools.
Approximately 86% of our students who applied to medical school were accepted, compared to 44% nationally.
Visit our alumni-outcomes page to view the growing list of medical and other professional health schools in which Xavier graduates have been accepted.
Professional health is a challenging and demanding career path, yet it can be an extremely rewarding one. Admission into these professional health programs is extremely competitive. You must be well-informed, well-prepared, and very personally motivated to work very hard to gain admission. To view important statistical information about the quality of grades students should earn in order be competitive for medical school or for other graduate health professions, follow this link.