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The application process for health professions schools can be lengthy and intensive. Applicants formally begin the process during the Fall semester one and a half years prior to when they plan to matriculate to health professional school. This means that an applicant hoping to matriculate to medical or dental school in the summer of 2029 will start by attending a workshop in the Fall semester of 2027.

Below are timelines created as images to help students (and their supporters) better understand the timeline when applying for Pre-Medical, Pre-PA and Pre-Dental health professional programs.

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Pre-Dental Senior + Growth Year(s)

This is the more common timeline for the majority of medical matriculants nationally.

The growth year timeline sets students up to take purposeful time between the end of their undergraduate career and the start of Dental school.

The amount of …

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Pre-Dental Timeline (Applying Junior Year)

The “traditional” timeline sets students up to enter Dental school after four years of undergraduate education, with no break or “growth year.”

This timeline requires that students take the DAT no later than May of their junior year, apply to …

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Pre-PA Timeline (Applying as an Alumni)

The timelines below set students up to enter health professional school after four years of undergraduate education, and 1-2 break or “growth years.”

90% of PA applicants take 1-2 growth years to gain an average of 3,000 – 4,000 hours of …

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Career Service Hours

Day of the week
Office Hours Drop-In Career Advising
Monday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm  
Tuesday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Wednesday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Thursday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm  

During the academic year (except Holidays and Career Fair days)

*Check in at the CCEE reception desk when you arrive

Pre-Health Drop-In Advising

Monday 10:00am - 2:00pm
Tuesday 10:00am - 2:00pm
Wednesday 10:00am - 2:00pm
Thursday 10:00am - 2:00pm

During the academic year (except Holidays and Career Fair days)

*Check in at the CCEE reception desk when you arrive