PRE-HEALTH
Office of Admissions 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508 (800) 872-6798 transy.edu
ADM1718-0916 PRE-HEALTH SOME OF THE COURSES WE OFFER: Transylvania will help prepare you for success in medical, Anatomy and Physiology dental, pharmacy, veterinary science, physician's assistant Microbiology and other health profession schools. Our broad curriculum Immunology exposes you to new ideas and builds your communication Advanced Cell Biology skills—a must for success in graduate school. Neuroscience Athletic Injuries and Rehabilitation You’ll work closely with our health profession advisors, Biomechanics who suggest prerequisites and prepare you for admis- Calculus sion tests. You'll have opportunities to do research with Physics your advisors, co-authoring papers for publications and Chemistry presentations. OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PROGRAM: A solid background in the sciences is critical for a career in health, but you're free to select any major. You’ll still Pre-Health Club take all the typical health prerequisites like biology, Phi Delta Epsilon honorary society organic chemistry, physics and biochemistry. Clinical opservation at hospitals or clinics Shadowing health professionals Approximately 90 percent of the students we recommend Interview skills, practice interviews to health profession schools are accepted, compared with Resume preparation help a national acceptance rate of about 50 percent. Assistance with review and writing for personal In addition, our students get priority applicant status at statements and essays for admittance to University of Kentucky graduate programs, including: graduate school College of Dentistry College of Health Sciences (Physician Assistant, POSSIBLE CAREER OPTIONS: Physical Therapy, Speech Language Pathologist) Dentist College of Medicine Physician College of Pharmacy Nurse College of Public Health Optometrist Our 3-4 Pharmacy program gets you a three-year B.A. Pharmacist from Transy and a four-year Pharm.D. from UK. Veterinarian Physician's assistant Chiropractor Podiatrist
SOME OF THE MEDICAL AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS OUR GRADUATES HAVE ATTENDED: Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine Baylor University Emory University Johns Hopkins University Mayo Clinic Medical School of Virginia Stanford University Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine Tulane University University of Kentucky Our classes prepare you to develop knowledge and the confidence University of Louisville that goes with it—a must for the practicing professional and helpful Vanderbilt University for tests like the MCAT, PCAT, DAT, etc. We also have problem-based Washington University in St. Louis learning labs and research-quality equipment for our students. Eva Csuhai, professor of chemistry