The Prehealth Science Committee works directly with students interested in pursuing vocations in the healing arts. Committee members advise prehealth science students and will write letters of recommendation for students applying to graduate programs. A student interested in a prehealth science field should contact the program chair during the first week at ULV so that an academic advisor on the Prehealth Science Committee appropriate to the student’s field of interest can be assigned.
La Verne’s prehealth science programs are designed to meet the requirements for admission to all accredited health science programs in medical, dental, pharmacy, optometry, veterinary, and nursing schools. The high school program should include biology, chemistry, physics, trigonometry, and a foreign language, such as Spanish or German.
The health science student is entering a difficult and demanding program, and there are many steps to be taken in preparation for graduate study. First, a broad, well-balanced, general education background is essential. Second, although a health science student may select any college major, the prescribed courses in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and English must be completed. These courses are required by most graduate health science schools, and they are essential preparation for the highly competitive entrance examinations (e.g., MCAT, DAT, PCAT, etc). Competition for admission to graduate schools is increasingly keen, with the average GPA of those accepted at about 3.8. Other important factors in determining admission include interviews, admission exam results, letters of recommendation, grade trends, extracurricular activities, intensity of the academic programs, and work experience.
Information on this page is subject to change. Official program and course information is available in the University of La Verne Catalog.