Pre-Health Professions Advisement

The office for Pre-Health Professions Advisement (PHPA) provides valuable assistance as you work towards your career goal of enrolling in a health professional school. PHPA offers guidance to students preparing for admission to professional schools of medicine (MD & DO), dentistry, physician assistant, veterinary, chiropractic, pharmacy, optometry, podiatry, and physical therapy.

Services Provided 

• Assist in setting up a timeline for the application process
• Identify requirements for application and admission to various programs
• Advisement with recommended and required courses
• Collection of letters of recommendation
• Opportunity for a committee interview and letter
• Assistance with personal-statement writing
• Career counseling
• Interview preparation
• Assistance with test preparation services
• Exposure to professional school recruiters

Availability & Requirement for PHPA

• Students must have an overall GPA of at least 3.0
• Must be a matriculated Farmingdale State College student in any undergraduate curriculum (Bioscience, Science Technology & Society [STS], Health Sciences, etc.)
• Post-baccalaureate students enrolled in the Sciences for the Health Professions Certificate
• Recent alumni of Farmingdale State College