Pre-Medical/Pre-Dentistry/Pre-Veterinary Medicine/Pre-Health-related Profession
Faculty members at The College of Saint Rose help to ensure that students who want to go to medical or other health related schools have the advice, course work, and support they need to help them prepare an effective application. At Saint Rose, these students are guided by a committee of six faculty members who are dedicated to keeping students on track for medical or other health related schools. All students interested in health related fields should take advantage of the services offered by the Pre-Medical Advisory Committee.
Composition of the Committee
The Pre-Medical Advisory Committee includes four faculty members from the Sciences, one Psychology department faculty member, and one faculty member from Arts or Humanities.
Course Work
Students in the Saint Rose pre-medical advisory program must submit completed evaluation forms (obtained from the Committee chair—currently, Dr. Becky Landsberg) for each of the following:
- Two Biology courses
- Biochemistry
- Two English courses
- MAT 190 Calculus (MAT 191 recommended)
- MAT 195 Statistics
- PHY 190 and PHY 191 Fundamentals of Physics 1 and 2
- Four Chemistry courses (including one in General Chemistry and one in Organic Chemistry)
- PSY 110 Foundations of Psychology I
- SOC 111 Intro to Sociology
- PHI /RLS 102 Ethics and Values and PHI 381 Bioethics (or similar course)
Credential Review
Each spring semester, the Pre-Medical Advisory Committee offers an optional review of each pre-medical student’s progress by examining individual academic progress reports and performance in core courses (listed above). Qualified students receive the Committee’s written recommendations and advice to resolve any problems and to promote strong academic performance.
Mock Medical School Interviews
As a part of the ongoing evaluation and support process, the Committee offers each pre-medical student an opportunity to participate in mock interviews designed to prepare students for this important part of the medical school application process.
Letters of Recommendation
In the fall of the senior year, the members of the Pre-Medical Advisory Committee conduct a thorough evaluation of the pre-medical student’s performance and subsequently compose a Committee letter of evaluation to support the qualified student’s applications to medical school. Students must also solicit letters of recommendation from individual faculty members who have taught them during their undergraduate program.
Additional Activities
Because entrance to medical school is highly competitive, we advise our pre-medical students to participate in a variety of extracurricular activities to enhance their medical school application packages. Many pre-medical students prepare for the required Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) by supplementing the strong instruction we offer in core courses with an MCAT preparatory course. The Pre-Medical Advisory Committee also encourages students to attend our monthly Science Colloquium Series on current issues in science. Pre-medical students are further advised to participate in the many opportunities we offer for undergraduate research and to engage in volunteer and service-learning activities that bring science and medicine to life. Many pre-medical students choose to pursue internships in a variety of exciting clinical and professional settings. In addition, medical professionals are regularly invited to visit with and answer questions from our pre-health students.
Contact Person:
Becky Landsberg, Ph.D.
Pre-Medical Advisory Committee Chair
The College of Saint Rose
432 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
(518) 454-2868
landsber@strose.edu