Essentials sessions

We offer essentials sessions in:

Essentials Sessions are designed for undergraduate and post-bachelor students pursuing pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-PA, and pre-nursing, pre-optometry, pre-veterinary, pre-health sciences, or pre-OT.  Held year-round, essentials sessions will familiarize students with the required and recommended prerequisite coursework, major and minor selection, extracurricular activities and healthcare experiences, professional exploration, the application timeline, and other helpful campus resources.

Pre-Medicine

Pre-Med advisors request that you attend an Essentials Session prior to scheduling a one-on-one appointment.

Sessions will be held either in-person or via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

Thursday, February 22 at 2pm on Zoom

Wednesday, March 20 at 6pm on Zoom

Thursday, April 11 at 3:30pm in the University Advising Center

Sign up for a Pre-Med session

Pre-Dental

Pre-Dental advisors request that you attend an Information Session prior to scheduling a one-on-one appointment.

Sessions will be held either in-person or via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

Wednesday, March 20 at 6pm on Zoom

Wednesday, April 24 at 2pm in the University Advising Center

Sign up for a Pre-Dental session

Pre-Physician Assistant

Pre-PA Essentials sessions are geared towards students taking undergraduate level coursework at Wayne State in order to apply to any Physician Assistant program in the country. Pre-PA students need to attend an Essentials meeting prior to scheduling a one-on-one appointment. Non-WSU students planning to transfer to WSU are welcome to attend. Please note: These meetings are not an overview of the College of Pharmacy and Health Science Master's in Physician Assistant Studies program.

Sessions will be held either in-person or via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

Thursday, February 22 at 6pm on Zoom

Wednesday, March 6 at 4pm on Zoom

Thursday, March 28 at 2pm in the University Advising Center

Tuesdsay, April 16 at 3pm in the University Advising Center

 

Sign up for a Pre-PA essentials session

Pre-Nursing

These sessions are designed to share the "essentials" of a competitive application to the College of Nursing.  Each session includes suggested resources and experiences that pre-nursing students can use as they prepare their applications.  The session includes supplemental materials review at the College of Nursing Information Sessions.  

Sessions will be held either in-person or via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event. All of the winter offerings have been completed. Please check back for summer essentials session dates. 

 

Pre-Optometry

All sessions will be held via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event. All of the winter offerings have been completed. Please check back for summer essentials session dates. 

 

Pre-Veterinary

All sessions will be held via Zoom. Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event. All of the winter offerings have been completed. Please check back for summer essentials session dates. 

 

Pre-Health Sciences

These essentials sessions are designed for undergraduate and post-bachelor students interested in the pre-health sciences: pre-medical laboratory science, pre-mortuary science, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, pre-radiation therapy technology, and pre-radiologic technology. Meetings will cover all aspects of preparing for and applying to the programs. 

All sessions will be held via Zoom.  Signing up is recommended. A reminder email will be sent 24 hours before the event.

Thursday, February 22 at 2pm on Zoom 

Thursday, March 21 at 2pm on Zoom

Thursday, April 18 at 2pm on Zoom 

Sign up for a Pre-Health Sciences Essentials Session

 

 

Questions?  Contact us at premedadvising@wayne.edu