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General Resources
Preparing for College:
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Visit your public or school library and ask the librarian to help you find books on health careers or physicians.
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Volunteer in a health care facility such as a hospital, clinic, or nursing home. To get information on how to do this, telephone or visit these facilities and ask to speak to the director of volunteers.
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Ask your own doctor what it is like to be a doctor, how s/he trained to become one, and if s/he likes this career choice.
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Look around your community to see which other health care professionals work closely with physicians to help keep people healthy. Ask these professionals about their careers. You will learn about other work world possibilities and also find out more about today's health care team.
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Read newspapers and magazines, watch T.V. programs, and listen to the radio to learn more about important health issues in your community, country, and world.
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Develop good study habits.
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Take a lot of courses in science and math because this knowledge will help you do better in the college courses required of premedical students.
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Find out more about what it is like to go to college because you must go to college before you can go to medical school.
Thinking ahead about applying to medical school (suggestions)
1. Take as many upper division or advanced science and math courses as your school provides.
2. Take the ACT and/or SAT college entrance exams.
3. Apply to undergraduate colleges.
4. Participate in medically-related experiences. (e.g., Med-Start and local conferences about health careers)
5. Do some volunteer work if you have time during the summers or during after-school hours. Good places to volunteer are hospitals, clinics, daycare programs or nursery schools, the Red Cross, etc.
6. Learn what it takes to become a doctor. Read career books in the library. Ask a doctor you know to let you spend some time observing in his or her office or clinic.
7. Try subjects other than the sciences so you know that a career in medicine is what you really like. You might try drama, music, or business education classes.
8. Take some subjects which will help you in college. Typing and speed-reading are two good ones.
9. Start thinking about college early. What it will be like and where would you like to go? Read up on those colleges you might like to attend and talk to people who are now going to college.
10. Begin your college applications early in your senior year. See your counselor for help.
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Scholarship Opportunities and Resources
The Gate Millennium Scholars
Hispanic College Fund Scholarships
College is Possible
Scholarship Resource Network Express
Financial Aid Resource Center
FastWeb Scholarship Search
Search Colleges in the USA
UA - Financial Aid and Scholarships
College of Medicine Financial Aid
College of Pharmacy
Financial
Aid
Multicultural Health Resources
African American Health Network
Minority Health Network (MHNet)
Minority Health Resources
National Institutes of Health
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
Related Links
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)
Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP)
National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)
National Association for College
Admission Counseling (NACAC)
National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
National Medical Association (NMA)
Student National Medical Association (SNMA)
Career Guide for Health Professions
Summer Opportunities for Minority Students
Summer Medical and Dental Education Program
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