Health Sciences overview

THE HEALTH SCIENCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE HELPING YOU PREPARE FOR A CAREER IN MEDICINE AND THE HEALTH SCIENCES

LEAD WITH AN EDGE With a 92% admittance rate (2018 data) for students applying to graduate programs in the health sciences, St. Mary’s College has a proven track record for placing students in a wide variety of healthrelated fields. While this is a reflection of our capable students and their academic preparedness, it is also the result of thorough planning and lots of mentoring.

Students in their first two years with HSAC attend informational meetings, get hands-on practical experience related to their career interest, and begin collecting letters of recommendation. In their third year, students prepare personal statements for graduate program admissions, study for entrance exams, and undergo mock interviews with the HSAC to supplement their application process. Applications for medical, dental and veterinary school programs are due in June between the junior and senior year.

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HSAC AT SMCM The Health Sciences Advisory Committee (HSAC) provides resources, guidance and support to students from any major interested in preparing for graduate programs in the health sciences.

Students are encouraged to attend a general HSAC information

OUT THERE

Our students have been admitted to the following graduate health sciences programs: • Cornell University • Georgetown University • Harvard University

“My St. Mary’s Project gave me

• Johns Hopkins University

an edge up on the competition.

• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

I did my research at the

meeting early in their career at St. Mary’s College and to attend any

• Temple University

special topic meetings that pertain to their interests. These meetings

• University of Maryland School of Medicine

University of Maryland School

are held each semester in addition to weekly office hours with the

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

chair of the HSAC.

• University of Virginia

of Dentistry and became

9:1

student-to-faculty ratio is one of the lowest in the nation

• Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

familiar with many of the

• Virginia Tech

faculty and staff. It really helped

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my application stand out. If you have the opportunity to work SOPHIA TRAVEN ’11 (biology major) is an orthopaedic surgery resident physician at the Medical University of South Carolina.

She completed her M.D. from University of Virginia School of

or do research with one of the schools on your graduate school

Medicine in 2015. While at St. Mary’s College, Sophia used the

list, definitely take advantage of

HSAC as a resource.

it. It is always nice to be able to get a letter of recommendation

St. Mary’s College provided a very rigorous educational

from someone in the school you

program that prepared me well for the level of work

are applying to.” DREW BARNES ’10

expected by medical school. It made for an easier transition to UVa.” SOPHIA TRAVEN ’11