1. Newport Premedical Consulting, LLC
Preparing for Premed
Jennifer Nemecek
Newport Premedical Consulting, LLC
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2. Selecting Undergraduate College
Right Fit
Supportive environment to help you succeed
Advising, Tutoring Services, Career Center Services
How easy is it to change your major?
Science vs. N0n-science major
Seek a broad liberal arts education
Look up premed advisor and check premed websites
Look for specific prerequisites for premed or science track

3. Explore your Academic Options
Take a diverse curriculum in your first year to try out disciplines that are new to you.
Don’t view this exploration as a ‘waste of time.’ Many of these classes will fulfill university distribution requirements such as Social Science and Literature, for example.
Sociology, Psychology, Languages, Philosophy, Public Health, Ethics
Find your passion and follow it! Your grades will increase. Feel more balanced. Find research and internships will enhance curriculum.
Major in what you love!
Business & Architecture = more challenging to fit in premed.

4. What are the Med Schools Saying?
UC Riverside School of Medicine
We value broad academic backgrounds that include humanities, foreign language, social sciences and the arts to help prepare future physicians for interacting with increasingly diverse patient populations, health care professionals and colleagues.
Harvard Medical School
We adhere to the important principle that the college years are not, and should not be, designed primarily to prepare students for professional schools. Instead, the college years should be devoted to a creative engagement in the elements of a broad, intellectually expansive liberal arts education.

5. Premed Requirements
Traditional List of Premed Courses (+/- 48 hrs) Math Inorganic Chemistry
Biology Organic Chemistry
Physics Biochemistry
English Psychology & Sociology
Advanced Biology (Physiology, Cell Biology, Genetics)
Freshman Year consider taking 1-2 of the following:
Biology
Chemistry
Math
How you are going to use AP?

6. 4 Sections of MCAT:
Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems
Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems
Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior
CARS: Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills

7. Requirements for Application to Medical School
Timeline: 3-5 years
Academics
Balance of Science & Non-science courses
Major in what you love
Earn strong grades that show upward trend
MCATs
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English, Psychology, Sociology
7.5 hr. test so build you stamina
50% science + 50% non-science
Like training for a marathon
Essays & 15 Experiences
Volunteer, Clinical, Leadership, Research, Work, Study Abroad
Why do you want to be doctor?
Ground this interest in medicine. Don’t tell me show me!
3-5 Letters of Recommendations
Start freshman year by getting to know 2 faculty each semester WELL

8. What can you do while still in High School?
Read, read, read.
Be a lifelong learner
Be open to new opportunities
Embrace a good challenge!
Other careers may interest you
“Others Centered” Activities
Tutoring, volunteer, camps
Develop Leadership & Team building skills (get involved and step up)
Don’t stress about “applying on time”
Strongly encourage you to think about Study, Work or Volunteer Abroad
Manage your stress.
Clean up social media
Plan ahead and be proactive
(Transferrable to any profession)

9. Resources Newport Premedical Consulting, LLC
Summer, research, overseas opportunities
Resources for Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Senior
Resources for High School students and Transition to College
Applicant Resources, Blog, Twitter, Facebook
Association of American Medical Colleges
MCATS, AMCAS, Financial Aid, Residencies, 4 Year Plan
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine