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Your Pre-Health@Penn Canvas course

Pre-Medicine

  • Preparing for a career in medicine
  • Planning gap year opportunities
  • Applying to medical school
  • Navigating the medical school admissions process

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Pre-Dental

  • Exploring a career in dentistry
  • Preparing for a career in dentistry
  • Applying to dental school
  • Navigating the dental school admissions process

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Other Health Professions

  • Discover opportunities in various health professions
  • Understand required coursework
  • Plan your academic career
  • Explore programs for professional education

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Schedule an Appointment

Schedule an appointment to meet with a pre-health advisor or sign up for Pre-Health Quick Questions.

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Statistics for Penn Applicants

Review the programs and institutions attracting Penn pre-health students.

Medical School Statistics                                       Dental School Statistics

Resources for Pre-Health Applicants

View a selection of resources for clinical volunteering, community engagement and the application process.

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Expanding Cancer Treatment Horizons at Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Aria Osborne, COL ’26, Fairfax, VA

When I initially received my job offer to work as a student researcher at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, I didn’t quite know what I was in for. I applied for the job seeing it …

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Healthcare Beyond the Horizon: Exploring Korea’s Healthcare System

Aaron Lee, COL ’27, Marlboro, NJ

I still remember anxiously checking my phone, waiting for my turn to receive care.

5:03 a.m.? How is that even possible?

What began as a health scare and ambulance trip to the Hospital of …

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Adventures in Drug Discovery: A Cell Biology Summer

Kamara Holmes, COL ’25, Smyrna, GA

This summer, I was fortunate to continue the molecular biology phase of my independent research project under the guidance of Dr. Elizabeth Heller in the Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics here at …

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My Summer Experience in the Jurado Lab

Yennifer Barajas, COL ’27, Danbury, CT

Before my first year at Penn, I was not very familiar with what research truly was. I simply understood that researchers formed hypotheses and tested them. However, how they formed such complex hypotheses or …

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Don’t “Mind the Gap”: Things you need to know about gap years before applying to health professions programs

During the Pre-health@Penn Presentation of New Student Orientation a few years ago, a freshman asked, “How does a ‘gap year’ happen?” as if talking about a nasty virus against which we should all be vaccinated.

We all laughed, of course, …

By Doris Tabassum
Doris Tabassum Associate Director, Graduate School Advising
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Address

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3935 Walnut Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Tuesday 9am-5pm
Wednesday 9am-5pm
Thursday 9am-5pm
Friday 9am-5pm