What does a professional school focus on for admission purposes?
Your undergraduate grade point average (GPA) as well as your science GPA – composed of your Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (BCPM) composite GPA. The next important factor to admission is your Admissions Test (MCAT, DAT, OAT, or GRE) score. These are extremely important parts of your application. Professional schools are look very favorably on health care experience in your field. If you are interested in medicine, optometry or dentistry, you should try to get health care experience in a variety of settings and with a diverse group of practitioners. If you are interested in veterinary medicine, you should get experience in both small and large animal care. Other factors include; part-time work, extra curricular activities, diversity issues, maturity, well-rounded education, letters of recommendation, personal statements, and hopefully, an interview. Because professional schools look at all of these factors when considering admission, it is important to make them all as stro
