To determine if you have officially declared your Pre-Professional Health Track, click the icon below.
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Click here to check status
Checking your status:
- After clicking on the icon that says “Check Status”, simply log in as you normally would for any VCU site such as Blackboard or email.
- You will then see a screen that indicates the track you are pursuing, a list of declaration requirements and declaration workshops that you have attended.
- If you have attended workshops for multiple health professions, please select your desired track. You may only declare one track at a time.
- If you see all green checks, you are have declared your track and will receive a welcome email notification.
- If you see a screen that lists the requirements but see some orange exclamation symbols, then you are missing a requirement. You must fulfill those missing requirements to declare your desired track and therefore, you will have limited access to Pre-Professional Health Advising services.
Above: Sample of a student that is on a Pre-Professional Health Track
Above: Sample of student missing requirements and not on a track yet.
Requirements to declare a Pre-Professional Health Track:
- Attend a “Pre-(Healthcare profession) Declaration” workshop.
- Earn a cumulative VCU GPA of at least a 2.7
- First year students must complete at least 24 credits at VCU
- Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Medicine, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Optometry, Pre-Physician Assistant, Pre-Veterinary Medicine: You must complete the following courses with a grade of C or better:
- BIOL 151 and BIOZ 151(or BFNO/LFSC 251)
- CHEM 101 and CHEZ 101
- CHEM 102 and CHEZ 102
- MATH 151 (or MATH 200 or MATH 201)
- Pre-Occupational Therapy: You must complete BIOL 101 and BIOZ 101 and PSYC 101 with a grade of C or better. or
- Pre-Physical Therapy: You must complete the following courses with a grade of C or better:
- BIOL 151 and BIOZ 151 (or BFNO/LFSC 251)
- CHEM 101 and CHEZ 101
- MATH 151 with a C or better.