Pre-Health Programs

Are you considering a career in medicine, nursing, dentistry, or another role in healthcare? Our pre-health professions office will help you get on the right track.

Expert Guidance

Brooklyn College’s pre-health professions office combines advising with meaningful programs to help you prepare for a career in healthcare. We offer individualized guidance that helps you thrive as a student and successfully apply to medical, dental, or other health profession graduate programs.

  • Advisement on course requirements
  • Personal statement review and feedback
  • Interview preparation
  • Standardized test support
  • Letters of recommendation
  • Scholarship advice
  • Connections to career, research, and volunteer opportunities

Pre-Med

Information on a career in medicine, connections to medical schools, prerequisite courses, the MCAT, and more.
B.S.-M.D. Program with St. George’s University
Coordinated B.A.-M.D. Program with CUNY School of Medicine
Preparing for Med School

School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences

More Areas of Study

  • Dentistry
  • Pharmacy
  • Physician Assistant
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nursing
  • Optometry
  • Podiatry
  • Chiropractic
  • Diagnostic Medical Imaging (Radiologic Technology)
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Health and Nutrition Sciences
  • Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
Mentor and Assistant Professor in Health and Nutrition Sciences Kiyoka Koizumi with mentee Rhema Mills. Their research looks at similarities in maternal mortality and midwifery between Black women and indigenous Ecuadoreans.

Related Majors

Brooklyn College offers a variety of programs for students interested in pursuing a health-related profession, including programs in health, nutrition, speech-language pathology, and more.

Health and Nutrition Sciences
Communication Arts, Sciences, and Disorders

The pre-health program adviser in 1122 Boylan Hall is available to provide support and answer any questions that are not answered by the Pre-Health Program Handbook (PDF). This program does not take the place of a major; you must complete the major and other requirements in order to graduate. In addition, you must complete the prerequisite requirements listed in the handbook in order to apply to a professional school.

If you are considering a career in health care, visit the Pre-Health Program Office, 1122 Boylan Hall. The office provides a wide range of services, including advisement; pre-health program information; professional school application information; volunteer, research, and internship opportunities; and career resources. In addition, our office maintains a file of letters of recommendation and other materials necessary for professional school applications.

The Pre-Health Program Advisement Office seeks to produce the most qualified, confident, and well-informed pre-health candidates for admission to professional schools by providing guidance with regard to career choices, undergraduate course requirements, course sequences, research and internship possibilities, personal statement feedback, standardized test information, and professional school application procedures. The office seeks to maximize the success of each student in the pre-health programs by helping them deal with academic challenges, organizing review classes for standardized tests, and fostering interactions between them and successful health professionals.

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