University of Michigan - Flint

Pre-Medical Program

Science Advisors: Dr. Steve Myers and Dr. Robert Stach

There is keen competition for the limited number of places available in medical schools. Therefore, prospective applicants are urged to plan an alternate career option as they pursue a bachelor's degree. Students are also advised to obtain exact information from their prospective medical schools concerning requirements for admission.

In general, medical schools stress scholastic achievement, especially in the sciences, as a major criterion for admission. Premed students may major in any discipline so long as the requirements of the medical program to which they are applying are fulfilled. Medical schools are looking for well-rounded students with a broad, liberal arts background. Such a background can be demonstrated by pursuing a non-science major or minor, or focused sequences of courses in multiple disciplines. Such factors as the quality of the undergraduate college and the recommendations supplied by its faculty, results of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), and residence are also considered. Personal qualities such as integrity, motivation, leadership, and maturity are often discernible through the applicant's record of nonacademic activities, an autobiographical statement, and the personal interview at the medical school.

Each student who plans to apply for admission to medical school should seek the assistance and guidance of an advisor from the Biology or Chemistry/Biochemistry Departments at the University of Michigan-Flint. As a minimum, the following courses should be completed before applying to medical school:

• BIO: 111, 113, 326, 328.
• CHM: 160, 161, 162, 163 or 165, 330, 331, 332, 333.
• ENG: One year (typically 111 and 112).
• MTH: Wide variation; some require integral calculus.
• PHY: 143 and 145; or 243 and 245.
• Pre-medical advisors, in addition, highly recommend: BIO: 409, 410, 432, 435.
• CHM: 450, 452.
• The following courses are also of special value and should be selected according to one's area of concentration in consultation with one's advisor: BIO: 412, 425, 450.
• CHM: 340, 366, 367, 451, 453.

Pre-Dental Program

Science Advisors: Dr. Steve Myers and Dr. Robert Stach

The Council on Dental Education recommends that potential applicants for admission to dental schools seek a baccalaureate degree, although a few well-qualified students have entered dental schools without completing such a degree. Detailed information should be sought early from the professional schools to which the student may wish to apply for admission. Recommended courses for the pre-dental student are similar to those for the pre-medical student. (See "Medical Studies Information," "Pre-Medicine.") Pre-dental students may major in any discipline so long as the requirements of the dental program to which they are applying are fulfilled. Dental schools are looking for well-rounded students with a broad, liberal arts background. Such a background can be demonstrated by pursuing a non-science major or minor, or focused sequences of courses in multiple disciplines.

Applicants for admission to dental school are evaluated on the basis of their academic performance and the reputation of the college they attended, as well as other available information. The Dental Admission Test is designed to assist prospective dental students, advisors, and dental schools in evaluating the probability of success of these students in dental school.

The dental schools of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and of the University of Detroit use the centralized application service of the American Association of Dental Schools. Each student who plans to apply for admission to dental school should seek the assistance and guidance of an advisor from the Biology or the Chemistry/Biochemistry Departments at the University of Michigan-Flint.

Pre-Veterinarian Program

Admission to Veterinary Schools is extremely competitive. Each student who plans to apply for admission should seek the assistance and guidance of an advisor from the Chemistry Department or the Biology Department. As a minimum, the student should follow the curriculum outlined above for a Pre- Medicine program. Additional courses would include BIO 408 and 431.