Information Sessions

Welcome to UW, new freshmen!

During your orientation, we highly recommend that you attend the optional prehealth session that will help to get you started at UW.

It is important that you have a few weeks of classes under your belt before you complete your prehealth reflection document; therefore, we ask that you do not submit it before week 3 of the quarter. We encourage you to submit the reflection some time during your freshman year. Of course, you are welcome to watch the video right away!

Come meet with a general adviser in our office anytime.

Recommended Reading

Holistic Review – Shaping the Medical Profession One Applicant at a Time
Robert Witzburg MD and Henry Sondheimer MD
April 25th, 2013 New England Journal of Medicine: Vol 368 – pp 1565-1567

The Dog-Eat-Dog World of Applying to Med School
Tamara Livshiz – July 26th, 2009
The New York Times

What Does it Mean to be a Physician?
Michael Whitcomb MD – October 2007
Academic Medicine: Vol 82 – Issue 10 – pp 917-918

I'm pre-med/pre-dent. How do I access advising services? Click on the links below to view the online information session. Before watching it, be sure to review the Pre-Health Reflection and Plan document. Watch the video. Thoughtfully fill out the plan and submit it. Your submission will be evaluated and you will be contacted with information on how to set up an appointment (or you may be asked to watch the video again and make a second try on the plan). In the meantime, there is a wealth of information on the website and the blog, both of which are open-access!

Please note that due to limited resources, advising appointments are only available to matriculated undergraduate UW-Seattle students and alumni.

We look forward to working with you!

Step One		View Pre-Med Presentation (Optional Handout) View Pre-Dental Presentation (Optional Handout)

Step Two		Download and complete the Pre-Health Reflection & Plan document (Word format)

Step Three		Submit your completed reflection

I'm interested in a career in nursing. How do I access advising services? Our in-person nursing information sessions will tell you about prerequisites, competitiveness, the application process, and good ways to prepare for applying to nursing school. Sessions are held in Mary Gates Hall on the dates listed below.

Other UW Pre-Health Information Sessions

UW School of Medicine

Find out what it takes to be a strong medical school candidate. Listen to the focus group sessions presented by Dr. Carol Teitz, Associate Dean of Admissions.