Welcome to the CMU Health Professions Program
The Health Professions Program (HPP) is an advising resource for all current CMU students and alumni interested in pursuing a career in a health profession. Such careers include medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, optometry, physician assistant, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and genetic counseling, to name a few. Students interested in careers in biomedical research are also welcome. The program is designed to assist students with:
- Exploration: What are some possible health careers? What are the pre-reqs?
- Preparation: How do I become a competitive applicant to a health professions school?
- Application: What does the application process entail? What is the CMU Committee Interview Process?
- Mentoring: Connecting students to alumni and other professionals in the health professions.
Current students and alumni:
- Enroll in the HPP by subscribing to the HPP Mailman email information list.
- Track your pre-req progress by adding the "Undergraduate Prehealth" non-degree audit to your Stellic!
COVID-19 messaging to HPP students:
As of May 31, 2022:
- AMCAS current updates:
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May 3, 2022: AMCAS is OPEN
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May 31, 2022: AMCAS application submission starts (MCAT & rec letters NOT required)
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June 24, 2022: AMCAS transmission of verified apps to med schools starts
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- TMDSAS
- AY23 now open
- Acceptances offered Oct 15, 2022 - Jan 29, 2023
- February 17, 2023: Match deadline for applicants with acceptance(s)
- March 3, 2023: Match results announced
- AACOMAS
- AY23 now open
- mid- June: Colleges begin receiving and processing applications
- AADSAS
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May 10, 2022: application and FAP paperless opens
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May 24-25, 2022: FREE ADEA GoDental Virtual Fair. Chat with over 60+ dental schools
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June 1, 2022: AADSAS application submission begins
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Aug 15 - Sept. 30, 2022: Academic Update period (1st academic period)
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Dec 1, 2022 - Feb. 2, 2023: Academic Update period (2nd academic period)
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Dec 15, 2022: AY23 cycle dental school acceptance notification date
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Feb 2, 2023: 2022-23 ADEA AADSAS closes
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Feb 9, 2023: Last day to submit all official documents to ADEA AADSAS
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- CASPA
- AY2023 now OPEN
- AY23 CASPA application fee: $179 for first designation, $56 for each additional designation
- Program deadlines
For the latest updates, please refer to the CMU Alert Emergency Notification System page on COVID-19
Upcoming Events
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- Read about the creation of the CMU Medical School Alumni Mentor Program (MSAMP)
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- A CMU alumna interviewed about how covid-19 added to her motivation to enter medicine
- A CMU alumna talks about the power of mentorship in medicine
- Moral injury in frontline health care workers facing COVID-19 pandemic
- Med students graduating early to help fight COVID-19
- Medical education during a pandemic
- CMU alumnus weighs in on COVID-19 treatment
- Safehouse - Philadelphia non-profit opening nation's first supervised injection site
- Major changes to USMLE Licensing exam: Step 1 moves to P/F
- Ending gender harassment in medicine
- The importance of equity, diversity and inclusion in medicine
- Will free medical school lead to more primary care physicians?
- Check out what a CMU alumna has to say about med school at Baylor College of Medicine
- Why doctors know almost nothing about the health effects of marijuana
- The importance of psychological safety in medicine and other areas such as academics
- DO vs. MD: How much does the medical school degree type matter?
- Will artificial intelligence replace doctors?
- Weill Cornell Medicine announces debt-free medical education
- Discovering the hidden curriculum in med school
- How can health professions and grad schools do better for disadvantaged students
- Social Media in Medicine - evolving guidelines
- Thinking about med school after a previous career?
- Star Student-Athlete is on Track for Medical Career
- Trading Places: When doctors become patients
- Rooting out implicit bias in medical school admissions
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Bloody hands, dirty knives: The horrors of Victorian medicine
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Exposing vulnerabilities: How hackers could target your medical devices
- Putting Kindness in the curriculum
- 7 ways to reduce medical school debt
- Students learn to treat pain, with and without opioids
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The white coat: Symbol of professionalism or hierarchical elitism?
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Five emerging medical specialties you’ve never heard of — until now
- Breaking News Aug, 2018: Free Medical tuition at NYU Langone Medical School
- Learn more about the CMU Global Medical Brigades (.pptx file) and Global Public Health Brigades (video & .pptx file) service trips to Nicaragua, Spring Break, 2018.
- Pursuing medicine through engineering at CMU - see how the HPP helps engineering students pursue a career in health care.
- Read about how CMU helps to create a more holistic health care experience (article).