Freshmen What You Need to do
1. GET GOOD GRADES (3.0 and above to be competitive)
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Getting GOOD grades involves:
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Time Management IS KEY for course work and activities.
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Study
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Get to know your professors. Know their office hours.
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If you are struggling in your course work, talk to your professor, know where the tutoring center is, get help. Talk with student instructors (SI). Never hesitate to ask for assistance.
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Visit and Read the Pre-Med website.
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Read-newspapers, magazines and novels. Improve your reading comprehension and verbal skills (some health professional exams have whole sections based on comprehension and verbal skills)
2. GET INVOLVED
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Get involved: (while maintaining a competitive GPA).
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Joining a club(s) is a great way to start. Any club that you are interested in is fine.
- Clubs
- Society of Pre-Health Professionals- SPHP –Students interested in health professions, medical, dental, veterinary, etc.
- Tri Beta-National Biological Society
- ACS- American Chemical Society
- Volunteering opportunities: Spring or summer of your freshmen year is a good time to volunteer in a health-related area. Tip: Use a journal to describe experience and keep track of hours. This will help you when you are filling out your application.
- Canisius for Buffalo
- Campus Ministries-Service Immersion Trips
4. Talk to the PreMed Office, 888-3208, HS 306B. The PreMed/Health Office should know you as well as your professors. Email: traversc@canisius.edu