Pre-Health is a track not a major. In addition to the courses required for your major, there are certain academic requirements you must meet as a student on the pre-health track. Please review the student guide for additional information.
The pink sheet is an evaluation of your professional suitability based on a UM course instructor/faculty member’s observation. It consists of a table where you are ranked superior, very strong, strong, average, poor, or no observation in the following categories: character, emotional balance, maturity, motivation, communication skills, intellectual ability, judgment, and perseverance. A pink sheet request form is submitted by the student to online to the professor/instructor. The professor/instructor will receive an email alert with instructions and link to complete their evaluation and upload the recommendation letter. Both are placed in the student’s pre-health file and posted on Blackboard upon receipt.
A maximum of six (6) individual letters of evaluation are submitted as part of your committee or cover letter packet: 3 from science faculty 1 from a non-science faculty 1 from a health professional 1 "wild card" (i.e. research mentor, employer, etc.)
Faculty who teach courses in the below departments count as science faculty for committee letter purposes: Note: Science courses that count for committee letters may not be designated as a Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Math (BCPM) science course with the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). For additional information, please review the AMCAS Course Classification Guide.
Students should seek out varied clinical experience. In addition to shadowing health professionals, you may volunteer at hospitals, clinics, private offices, institutions, nursing homes, hospice care facilities, and blood drives. You may want to get certified as an emergency medical technician (EMT) or become a licensed certified nursing assistant (CNA). Or you may want to participate in a medical mission trip. We suggest students contact any of the pre-health clubs’ shadowing coordinators for opportunities. Click here to visit our clubs’ page. Network and use your family contacts. What is most important in all these activities is to have patient contact.