Health Professions Advising

Enhance Your Healthcare Career Journey

Welcome to the Health Professions Advising (HPA) Office, where we provide parallel advising in addition to your faculty academic advisor. We want to support you in navigating your path toward a fulfilling career in healthcare.

Stay Informed and Connected:

Join our pre-health email and text network for timely updates on opportunities, deadlines, and events.
Email hpa@rhodes.edu to gain access to our Box folder, which contains a wealth of resources.
Schedule a meeting with your HPA advisor at least once per semester to maximize your progress. The earlier and better we get to know you, the more we can help you. Drop-in hours and individual appointments are available throughout the year.

Tailored Advising for Each Stage of Your Journey:

First-Year Students: We'll help you explore prerequisites, discover majors and career paths, connect with student organizations, and identify valuable summer opportunities.
Sophomore Students: We'll help you map your prerequisites, refine your career goals, develop a professional school list, explore clinical opportunities, plan internships, establish an application timeline, and determine enriching summer experiences.
Junior and Senior Students: We'll help you monitor prerequisites, assess your experiences, identify growth year opportunities, create an application timeline, plan for entrance exams, craft your personal statement, build interview skills, and support your application process.
Alumni: We'll help you assess your experiences, explore growth opportunities, refine application materials and interview techniques, and support your application process.

Comprehensive Support and Engagement:

We offer a diverse range of engaging programming and small-group advising sessions. Stay connected by following us on Instagram and visiting our upcoming events page regularly. When the time comes to apply, we will provide guidance on letters of evaluation, application logistics, personal statements, secondary essays, practical interview skills, and much more.