We Are PHPAO
The Pre-Health Professions Advisement Office serves as a link between you and the professional schools you seek to enter. Our primary focus is to provide advisement on all aspects of the application and admission process. We serve all students preparing for admission to professional schools of chiropractic, dentistry, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, and veterinary medicine as well as students applying to a physician assisant program, an allied health discipline.
Since 1970, our mission has been to ensure that UCF students from all majors gain admission into health professional careers of their choice through successful implementation of four critical strategies designed to cover the entire spectrum of the application and admissions process.
We will help you with such matters as course loads, course combinations, meaningful electives, trial schedules, choice of alternate courses and graduation requirements.
Academic Advisement
Each of the eleven colleges maintains an Academic Advisement Office to assist students with matters pertaining to their degree requirements. Resource materials are available for most majors. This office should be one of your first stops...
Pre-Health Professions Advisement
The Pre-Health Professions Advisement Office (PHPAO) serves as an important link between you and the professional schools you seek to enter. While this office is not your first stop for academic advisement, the Director of the office, who is also an academic faculty member, can further assist you with questions you may have about academic matters...
Pre-Health Professional Planning
Admission to a health professional school is highly competitive. Pre-Health professions students are expected to be high achievers and to obtain good grades with heavy loads and rigorous course combinations...
Choosing a Major and Academic Advisement
The advantage of declaring a major early is to be linked with an academic advisor within his or her chosen degree track. Problems are less likely when students remain in contact with advisors...
