Contents

• Main Site
• Prospective Students
  • About the Health Professions Advising Office
  • FAQs for Prospective Students
  • International Students
  • Parents' Guide
  • Underrepresented Students
  • Visiting Purdue University
• Current Students
  • Applying to a Professional School
    • Professional File Service for letters of recommendation
    • Purdue's Application Guides PDFs
    • Preparing for Interviews
    • Asking for letters of recommendation
    • FAQ for Medical/Dental School Applicants
    • FAQ for all professional school applicants
    • Writing a Personal Statement
    • Aptitude Tests
  • Career Information
    • Information on Specific Careers and Educational Requirements
  • General Information
    • FAQs for Current Students
    • Information for International Students
    • Prehealth Student Organizations
    • Tips for Academic Success
    • Information for Underrepresented Students
• Faculty And Staff
  • General Information
  • Letters of Recommendation
    • FERPA Waivers
    • Purdue's Professional File Service
    • Timing of Letters
    • Tips for Writing Letters
  • Resources
• Links
  • Professional Organizations
  • Application Services
  • Health News Sites
  • Aptitude Tests

News and Events

AMCAS (the application for MD programs) is now open

AACOMAS (the application for DO programs) is now open

AADSAS (the application for dental programs) opens June 1, 2009

Welcome

The Office of Health Professions Advising at Purdue University provides you with the information you need to prepare for a career in a health profession--from choosing the right career for you to figuring out what credentials you need to enter that field and apply to various programs. We also offer a professional file service that stores and distributes your collected letters of recommendation to health professions programs.

Students from all majors and with interests in any healthcare field are welcomed and encouraged to make use of the Health Professions Advising Office as a supplement to their academic advising. Appointments can be made by calling (765) 494-4747. Students may e-mail questions to prehealth@purdue.edu.

Health in the Headlines

It's Application Time:  If you are applying to medical or dental school this spring/summer (for the starting class of Fall 2010), you need to be working on this process and submitting in June or very early July at the latest.  Remember to follow all directions on the application!  Please contact the Health Professions Advisor if you have any questions at prehealth@purdue.edu.

Social Networking Can Haunt You: A University of Florida study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine examined the Facebook pages of over 300 medical students and found information faculty considered inappropriate for future doctors.  Only 37% of the medical students in the study had set their pages to "private."  Researchers speculate that in the future these pages could be used against physicians during malpractice lawsuits.  So control access to your site and refrain from posting items that may cause you embarassment as a professional.