Pre-Health Advising serves undergraduate students at Syracuse University who are on a pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-optometry, or pre-podiatry track. These health professions prefer or require a committee letter for admission.

All other College of Arts and Sciences students are served by their Academic and Career Advisor on the Health and Sciences Advising Team.

To be assigned to a Pre-Health advisor students must meet eligibility requirements:

• Declare a major, and
• Complete one year at Syracuse University, and
• Have a cumulative Syracuse University GPA of a 3.4, and
• Complete a minimum of 10 credits of biology, chemistry, physics, or math (BCPM) coursework with a minimum 3.4 BCPM GPA at Syracuse University.

Students submit their Pre-Health Advising Declaration form in MySlice under the eForms tab.

Students with declared majors in the College of Arts and Sciences who declare pre-health advising will be assigned a pre-health advisor their sophomore year. They will be notified by email that their advisor has changed. Their pre-health advisor serves as an academic and career advisor and is responsible for assisting with registration, processing university forms, and graduation requirements in addition to pre-health advising.

Students in other schools or colleges at Syracuse University who declare pre-health advising will be assigned to a pre-health advisor who will serve as a supplemental advisor focusing on pre-health requirements only.

Maintaining Pre-Health Advising

To maintain their pre-health advising declaration students must have a 3.4 cumulative and science GPA at Syracuse University. If a student drops below these requirements, they receive a pre-health warning and are required to meet with their pre-health advisor to discuss a success plan. After one semester, if their Syracuse University cumulative and science GPA do not meet requirements, they are removed from pre-health advising and reassigned to another academic and career advisor.