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WPI: Your Pre-Health Partner

WPI’s traditionally strong academic programs and its unique project-enriched curriculum are outstanding building blocks for students looking ahead to a career in the health professions. The university recognizes that even the best students can benefit from expert guidance and special support programs geared to those pursuing pre-health studies.

Unlike similar programs at many colleges, WPI’s Pre-Health Advising Program is open to all students considering applying to medical, veterinary or dental school. No application to the program is required, and no students are turned away. The program provides special opportunities designed to provide both an enhanced college experience and an advantage in the competition for admission to the best professional schools:

• Pre-health advisors in every academic department to help students choose appropriate courses and projects
  
• Firsthand exposure to a wide variety of medical professions
  
• Preparation for interviewing and for graduate admissions tests, including the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT)
• Veterinary College Admissions Test (VCAT)
  
• Dental Admissions Test (DAT)
  
• Seminars involving successful practitioners and other leaders of the medical profession
  
• An active Pre-Health Student Organization that hosts frequent talks by speakers from the medical professions A sense of camaraderie with other pre-health students
  

 

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