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Preparing for Medical, Dental, Veterinary and Health Related Careers
Thinking about health professional school after Colby graduation? Colby's Health Professions Preparation Committee exists to help you through the process. We provide specialized advising, beginning in the first year and continuing after graduation, for students who are preparing for careers in the health professions.

Our major focus is preparation for, and application to, medical (allopathic [M.D.], osteopathic [D.O.], and dental schools. This is the case because of the specialized application processes for these fields, most notably the use of a composite letter of recommendation written by our Committee for each applicant. However, advising is also available for students interested in health careers such as veterinary medicine, physical therapy, physician assistant, nursing, podiatry, and chiropractic. These fields employ more conventional graduate admissions procedures, thus the Committee plays a smaller role in the application process.

Students interested in physical therapy, physician assistant, nursing, and other health professions are urged to consult the appropriate guide (see Useful links) and the Health Professions Advisor for information on required and recommended courses for graduate study in their field of interest.