Preprofessional Health Advisory Program

The Preprofessional Health Advisory Program operated by the College of Science provides a number of services to students of the University: general counseling about degree requirements, career choices, and personal decisions; assistance in selecting courses to meet admission requirements of the professional schools; aid in preparation for national tests (such as DAT, GRE, and MCAT); information about professional programs and careers in the health professions; aid in preparation of applications to professional schools; and submission of letters of evaluation in support of applications.

A student interested in entering medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, veterinary science, or allied health sciences should contact the Preprofessional Health Advisory Program at the Department of Physics office, North Science 231 (510-885-3401) for information and registration in the program. The Preprofessional Health Advisory Program at the Department of Physics office will direct the student to a Preprofessional advisor to receive program information and individual counseling about meeting the requirements for admission to professional schools.

The Director of the Preprofessional Program is Dr. Oscar Wambuguh. For further information, the Preprofessional Health Advisory Program may be reached at 510-885-3401. Email inquiries may be addressed to preprof@csueastbay.edu

Information about specific health and veterinary fields, schools, admission requirements, applications, etc., is available through numerous online documents. The national health profession associations (AAMC, AACOM, AADS, AAVMC, etc.) have listings of schools which may be linked to from their sites. In addition, brochures and other information about specific schools and programs are available in the Career Development Center in Warren Hall 509, and also in the Director's office, North Science 113.