{"id":539,"date":"2024-02-26T17:37:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T17:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/?page_id=539"},"modified":"2024-08-26T19:00:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T19:00:49","slug":"the-pre-health-advisor-and-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/for-students\/the-pre-health-advisor-and-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pre-Health Advisor and Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p>In addition to academic advisors, there is a committee of Pre-Health Advisors made up of faculty members who work specifically with pre-medical and pre-dental students. Students interested in other types of healthcare careers work with the Pre-Health advisor through the entire process. During the years leading up to the application year, students and alums interested in medical or dental school consult with the Pre-Health Advisor for any kind of advice in becoming a prepared and competitive applicant for their chosen health professions career goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the year prior to submitting an application for admission to medical or dental school, students are assigned to a specific faculty Pre-Health Advisor who is part of the Pre-Health Committee works in conjunction with the Pre-Health advisor to prepare students for the application process.&nbsp;Our goal is to do our best in helping students and alum construct an application that is as competitive as possible given individual achievements, experiences, and personal qualities. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Committee firmly believes that many students can enhance their probabilities of successful achievement of careers in the health professions by early consultation with the Pre-Health advising office. The office is located on the first floor of Main at the Center for Career Education and our phone number is\u00a0<a href=\"tel:+18454375285\"><a href=\"tel:+18454375285\">(845) 437-5285<\/a><\/a>.\u00a0Anyone can email PreHealth@vassar.edu with questions; students and alum can make an appointment on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vassar.joinhandshake.com\/edu\">Handshake<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to academic advisors, there is a committee of Pre-Health Advisors made up of faculty members who work specifically with pre-medical and pre-dental students. Students interested in other types of healthcare careers work with the Pre-Health advisor through the entire process. During the years leading up to the application year, students and alums interested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"parent":416,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-539","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":579,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions\/579"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/pre-health-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}