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Health Professions Advising Center

The Health Professions Advising Center is available for all Cal Poly students interested in health professions, regardless of their major. It is staffed by two full-time staff advisors who are available on a walk-in and appointment basis to help students with all aspects of their academic and career pursuits.

Pre-health professions students can:

  • Receive help with creating an application timeline.
  • Receive assistance with selecting the appropriate prerequisite coursework for professional school, including whether to use Advanced Placement (AP) credit in lieu of college level prerequisite coursework.
  • Receive guidance on obtaining applied experiences (such as community service, health-related and overseas studies).

Get assistance with all aspects of the application process including:

  • Advice on how to prepare for and whether or not to repeat entrance exams.
  • Guidance and critiques on writing the personal statement essay.
  • Guidance and critiques on interviewing skills.
  • Guidance and critiques on choosing authors for letters of recommendation/evaluation.