Pre-Health Secondary Applications

What is a secondary application? 

After submitting your primary application to schools, they may choose to send you back a secondary application. These supplemental essays can range in the amount and types of questions (from "Yes/No" to short essay), and can

What are “pre-reqs”?

Prerequisite coursework, or “pre-reqs” for short, are courses that are required in order to apply and potentially be accepted into a specific program. In this case, it is courses that you are required to complete before you begin applying for your health profession school

Hey there! My name is Veronica Gutierrez and I graduated from UVA in the Fall 2022 with a double major in Biology and Cognitive Science. While at UVA, I was involved in a wide variety of extracurricular activities such as volunteering as an EMT at the local rescue squad, working as a bartender

My name is Miriam and I’m a graduate student in the Master of Public Health program here at UVA, which I’ll be finishing up in May. That means pretty soon I’ll be a double Hoo, because I also did my undergraduate degree here in medical anthropology. I chose these programs because I am passionate

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I attended the Georgetown University School Of Medicine (GUSOM) Information Session hosted for UVA students and I’m so glad that I did! With Georgetown being one of the highest ranked medical
schools in terms of application volume, I was intrigued to learn what

John Han graduated from UVA with his undergraduate degree in May 2020 and received his master's degree in Philosophy from UVA in May 2021. He is now a first-year medical student at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. He is now sharing advice for things he wish he knew before

Over the years, medical school tuition has become increasingly expensive, with almost a 600% increase in student loan debt in 30 years. Because of this, financing medical school has become a growing concern for incoming medical school students. While most turn to student loans, there are other

I recently attended an information session for Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine (CUSOM) and it was undoubtedly a beneficial experience. Like many students, I’ve heard a lot more about MD programs than DO, and that’s because of the abundance of resources and information related to

After an interview, you may receive notice from a school informing you that you have been placed on the waitlist. It is appropriate (but not required) to submit a letter of interest to these schools to indicate your continued interest in their program as well as provide a relevant update about