Our pre-med shadowing study abroad programs offer students the unique opportunity to gain firsthand insights into global health, broaden their cultural competencies, and strengthen their medical school applications. These programs are designed to immerse students in foreign healthcare systems and give the...
College What’s It Like Being Pre-Med at Harvard? By Veronica H. Paulus • September 27, 2024 For many pre-med and pre-health students, the pressures of the Harvard environment — combined with limited advising — can make for a challenging four years. ...
“I have gotten the feeling from speaking with upperclassmen as well as pre-med advisers that it has become much more common to take a gap year before medical school,” Yasmin Siraj ’18 said. “I do not know if I want to take a gap year or not, but now I know it is an option...
Keith R. Karasek, director of experiential learning and career development at SEAS, estimated he is doing 30 to 50 percent less advising than he did in the previous year. Karasek added that when the pandemic first hit, companies focused more on their current employees than onboarding new hires...
we need to expose college students to a greater variety of viable science career options. This exposure can take the form of more involved science-related career advising akin to the myriad pre-med resources that already exist at most competitive institutions. It should also involve significant exp...
And his class in Quincy House was a prime example of house randomization working—McCarthy says the sophomores were an unusually social, well-balanced group that helped Quincy shed its “Asian pre-med” reputation. Now, it’s known as “the people’s house.” ...
Hopper says he still plans to enroll in six courses his senior fall, when he will be finished with his premed requirements. Like Hopper, Walleck faced an uphill battle trying to convince his advisors to allow him to take six courses. Walleck said his academic advisor and resident dean init...