Health Professions

Health Professions Office

PAI 5.03 [map]
(512) 471-3172
Website

Services

--Advising and information about prerequisite coursework
--Application and interview workshops for students applying to medical or dental school.
--Mock interviews to help students practice their interviewing skills.
--E-mail listserv to notify students of upcoming events, scholarships, summer programs and workshops.
--Library with information about professional schools
--Info on health-related volunteer opportunities and student organizations.
 
The Health Professions Office (HPO) provides students with the information necessary to make informed academic and career decisions regarding many health-related careers (except nursing, clinical laboratory science and nutrition). This information includes prerequisite courses and admission tests preparation.

Information and advising are available for the following pre-professional careers/programs:

  • Dentistry                      
  • Medicine   
  • Occupational Therapy  
  • Optometry              
  • Other Allied Health Professions  
  • Physical Therapy     
  • Pharmacy   
  • Physician Assistant    
  • Public Health
  • Veterinary Medicine

Medical schools accept students from a wide variety of majors in different academic fields as long as they have taken specific prerequisite courses required for admission. There is no such thing as a "pre-med, pre-vet, or pre-dent, etc." major. Students should choose a major in an area they would be interested in pursuing if they do not get into medical, dental, veterinary, etc. programs.

Students register with the special advising code appropriate to the professional program that they are pursuing.

Some Numbers

Number of spaces open for applicants
(For the Entering Class of Fall 2007)

    Medical Schools   
        UT System schools   
            UTHSC – Southwestern – 230 places   
            UTMB – Galveston – 230 places   
            UTHSC – Houston – 230 places
            UTHSC – San Antonio – 220 places
        Texas A & M – 135 places
        Texas Tech – 143 places
        Baylor College of Medicine – 168 places
        Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine – 150 places

    Dental Schools
        Baylor – 90 places
        UT Houston – 74 places
        UTHSC–San Antonio -- 90 places

    Pharmacy Schools
        UT Pharmacy School (Fall 2006) - 680 applicants with 151 total students accepted

Average overall GPA & Admission Exam Scores
(For entering fall class of 2006)

    Seven Texas Medical Schools
        Avg. Overall GPA 3.66
        Avg. Overall MCAT Score 28.9

    Three Texas Dental Schools
        Avg. Overall GPA 3.57
        Avg. DAT Scores:
           Academic Avg. 19.2
           Perceptual Ability 17.7

    UT Pharmacy School   
        Avg. Overall GPA 3.53

Percentages of Total Applicants accepted
(For entering fall class of 2006)

  • Texas Medical Schools: 32.4% of applicants
  • Texas Dental Schools: 30.8% of applicants