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Pre-Professional Advising

Cental Advising Service, 109 Miller Hall
(859) 257-3383

Central Advising Service and Transfer Center offers Pre-Professional advising to students planning to further their education in one of the Pre-Professional fields. The areas that our unit can offer advising with include: Pre-Law, Pre-Medicine, Pre-Podiatry, Pre-Dentistry, and Pre-Optometry.

Pre-Professional Advisors

Pre-Law

Suanne Early (859) 257-4755
Amy Luchsinger (859) 257-4792

Pre-Med, Pre-Dent, Pre-Optometry, and Pre-Podiatry

Freshman and Sophomore Advisors

Last name A-M: Lesli Hall, (859) 257-7137
Last name N-Z: Kathy Hestand, (859) 257-1525

Last name A-M: Danita Turpin, (859) 257-8707
Last name N-Z: John Hurak, (859) 257-4036

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Services provided

• A list of required prerequisite courses for medical, dental, optometry and podiatry schools in the United States and information for osteopathy and chiropractic schools
• Help planning the schedule of pre-professional courses with the requirements of your major
• Suggestions for additional courses outside the prerequisites
• Connections to the pre-professional organizations on campus
• Guidance for volunteer work and medical-related experiences
• Information on ways to prepare for and when to take the MCAT, DAT and OAT (Medical College Admission Test, Dental Admission Test, Optometry Admission Test)
• Information regarding the application process
• Pre-Law students should follow this link to get additional information

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Schedule an Appointment

A pre-professional student should meet with a pre-professional advisor at least twice during the Freshman/Sophomore years and at least three times during the Junior/Senior years. We want to meet you and get to know you as you pursue this goal.

Pre-med et. al. advisors host group sessions in the fall and spring term. Group information is posted to the Pre-Med listserv regularly.

Pre-professional advisors are not available for appointments during priority registration and the summer months of June and July.

Appointment scheduling will become available online in August.

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Stay informed

Central Advising Service posts information about pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-optometry and pre-podiatry to the Pre-Med listserv. If you would like to subscribe email a message to listserv@lsv.uky.edu. In the body of the text type: SUBSCRIBE PRE-MED-L

Pre-Law Students can consult UK's pre-law chapter of Phi Alpha Delta (PAD). PAD Facebook Group website: http://utk.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2201182751; If you are not a member already, join!
PAD Listserve email address is: phialphadelta@lsv.uky.edu; to be added contact nicole.eovino@uky.edu

Letter of Recommendation Service

Central Advising and Transfer Center provides a campus wide service that assists with the collection and dissemination of letters of recommendation to medical, dental, optometry, and podiatry schools. For more information, go to our Letter of Recommendation page.

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