Current Students
In Continuing Education at the University of Colorado Boulder, we offer individual pre-health advising to active nondegree students who are preparing to apply to professional school. We delight in working with nontraditional students; our students range in age from their early 20s to their 40s and beyond. Some of our students have been interested in a career in the healthcare field from a young age, but were unable to pursue that path at a younger age due to life circumstances. Most originally embarked on a different career path altogether, only to develop an interest in a career in healthcare at a later age.
If you are a degree-seeking student in need of pre-health advising, please visit CU Boulder's Office of Pre-Health Advising website.
Our pre-health advisors in Continuing Education work with current and former* students enrolled in our structured, cohort-based Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions program and those enrolled as Individually Designed post-baccalaureate students, which offers a flexible, personalized approach to completing prerequisite coursework. We are proud of our students' outstanding application success rates into clinical programs.
We provide a high level of individualized support to our pre-health students, which includes:
- Individual pre-health advising:
- Creating your personal pre-health preparation timeline:
- Mapping out your term-by-term coursework plan
- Offering suggestions and referrals to appropriate activities that will enhance your candidacy
- Providing feedback on your current areas of strength and areas needing further development as a prospective applicant to professional school
- Offering resources, support, and options should you encounter a setback on the pre-health path.
- Providing guidance as you navigate the professional school application process
- Creating your personal pre-health preparation timeline:
- Coaching on your written application materials:
- Comprehensive guidance and 1:1 coaching on the most effective content and format for your personal statement, experience descriptions, and essays for supplemental applications
- Comprehensive guidance and 1:1 coaching on the most effective content and format for your personal statement, experience descriptions, and essays for supplemental applications
- Coaching on interview skills for the professional school application process
- Group meetings designed to prepare you for the types of questions that are asked at professional school interviews and the most effective approaches to answering them:
- Interview Strategies for Applicants to Professional Schools
- Ethical Decision-Making for Interviews and Situational Judgment Tests
- Multiple Mini Interview Practice Sessions
- 1:1 Interview Prep coaching sessions
- Group meetings designed to prepare you for the types of questions that are asked at professional school interviews and the most effective approaches to answering them:
- Group meetings on topics such as:
- How to Get Involved in Research and How to Get the Most Out of It
- MCAT Prep Tips
- How to Use Anki
- What to Expect in Your Application Year
* Former students are eligible to continue to work with our pre-health advisors in Continuing Education if they completed at least 18 credit hours of pre-health prerequisite courses as a nondegree student at CU Boulder.