Many students in CALS choose to be in the life-sciences portion of the college and out of this group, a large number of them want to go on to a professional career in some type of health field. If you fit this mold then you may be interested in finding out more about pre-health opportunities at NC Sate
CALS offers the Health Professionals Advising Center also known asHealth PAC on campus. This is an advising center with professionals who are dedication to helping you go on to whichever health career you may choose. They will help you build your resume, get involved with shadowing and volunteer experiences that relate directly to the career that you plan on pursuing, developing your application, writing a personal statement, and passing any tests that are associated with that
career (ex. the MCAT for med students). This advising center also has a website that you can visit to get started with all of this material at cals.ncsu.edu/health_pac.
Aside from that you can also get involved with the pre-health club which is a student led organization filled with all pre-professionals. They meet twice a month and assist each other with becomingprofessionals. They are divided into interest groups that represent each specialty in the health field: pre-nursing, pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-optometry, pre-pharmacy, etc.
Becoming a health professional is a tough and stressful job, but with the right help you can do it quite easily
Posted by: Ashley Porter
I have pre-health interests and have taken advantage of Health-PAC, an office and organization aimed at helping students apply to health professional school as well as enhance their applications. Once you sign-up to be on the listerv, they will e-mail you several times a week about local opportunities to work or volunteer within the realm of health and medicine. It is a great resource, and they include two wonderful advisors who can help you get started with your health profession pursuit.
Posted by: Natalie Umesi
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