Pre-Health Professionals Advising

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Admission to postgraduate health professional schools is very competitive. UMass Lowell Pre-Health Advising team is here to support our students and alumni who plan to apply to:

  • medical schools
  • dental schools
  • veterinary schools
  • physician assistant programs 
  • pharmacy schools
  • optometry school
  • podiatry schools

Our team of advisors will assist students and alumni in navigating the admissions process, including making decisions regarding choice of major, satisfying admissions requirements with the appropriate courses, ideas on how to obtain clinical and volunteer experiences students and alumni should seek out to prepare for a vast array of careers in the health and medical sciences by guiding them toward applying to professional schools.

Alumni and Student Support

Pre-Health Advising will provide:

  • workshops on writing an effective personal statement,
  • what letters of recommendation will be needed,
  • practice interviewing and
  • feedback on your application from our Pre-Health Committee. 

Together, we can get you ready for an exciting and rewarding career as a health-care professional.

Make Advising Appointments Online

Choose your advisor and add yourself to their calendar. 

Meet the Pre-Health Advisors.

Sheila Chapman looks on as Dhanvi Kalimireddy explains something on a paper.

Prestigious Early Medical School Selection Program (EMSSP) Offered to UMass Lowell Students

Undergraduates can study during their senior year at Boston University.

Meet Our Students

Sara is standing against the north campus sign at UMass Lowell
Sara Aldahabi '23
Biological Sciences

Between UML’s rigorous coursework and vast extracurricular activities, Sara Aldahabi feels ready to take on dental school.

UMass Lowell is more than a school. It’s a home.
Emmanuelle Oliveira poses outdoors holding hands with her husband and four children.
Emmanuelle Oliveira ’10, ’12
Biological Sciences/Biotechnology

Despite multiple roadblocks, biological sciences alum Emmanuelle Oliveira ’10, ’12 is on her way to becoming a doctor.

UMass Lowell offered scholarships that allowed me to go to college.
Benedicta Agyemang-Brantuo works in a lab
Benedicta Agyemang-Brantuo '22
Chemistry

Benedicta Agyemang-Brantuo won the 2021 MLK Service Award for starting a club to address health disparities – amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

There’s a Martin Luther King quote that inspired me: ‘Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.’
Francesca Kamwa on a spiral staircase in the nuclear reactor at UMass Lowell
Francesca Kamwa '22
Radiological Health Physics

Francesca Kamwa ’21 nearly dropped out when her father died. Thanks to support from UML faculty, she’s now applying to medical schools.

There have been a lot of ups and downs, but UMass Lowell has given me so many opportunities.
Daryle Lamonica stands with two other students, all in suits, holding certificates for completing a summer enrichment program
Daryle LaMonica '21
Biology

Marine Corps veteran Daryle LaMonica is on the fast track to becoming a doctor through the UMass Medical School Baccalaureate to M.D. Pathway Program.

I have a new appreciation for arts and the humanities.