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PRE-MEDICINE

Pre-Professional Training for Medicine and other Doctoral Degrees in Health Sciences

Students wanting to enter into doctoral level professional training programs in the health sciences often find it advantageous to have a strong background in the physical and biological sciences. Completion of a biology and/or chemistry major along with the cognate requirements provides such a background and includes the required courses for entering schools of medicine, dentistry, optometry, osteopathic medicine, podiatry, and chiropractic. However, a major in any discipline is acceptable to these schools as long as their pre-requisite courses are taken prior to matriculation.
Most of these schools prefer candidates with a bachelor’s degree; the exceptional student may gain admittance into certain programs after two or three years of undergraduate work. Students who desire to gain entrance into a school of veterinary medicine may find it appropriate to transfer to a university with more specialized courses after two years of study at Trinity. All of these schools require a specific entrance exam; students should work closely with the adviser to be sure they are
ready for the exam at the appropriate time. Each student will develop a program of study based on the type of program and the particular school they want to attend.