XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
Premedical Office
1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, LA 70125-1098
Email: xupremed@yahoo.com
Website: www.xula.edu/premed
Phone: (504) 520-7437; Fax: (504) 520-7923
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Freshman Premeds
Premedical Office
March 28, 2016
Today is the LAST Freshman Premed Biomedical Honor Corps Meeting for the 2015-2016 academic
year. We sincerely hope that as a result of your participation, you are closer to realizing your goal of
gaining acceptance into medical, dental, etc. school.
Be advised that GRADES should continue to be your first priority; in addition, you should remain
engaged in premed advising activities (i.e. completing meetings, submitting items for review,
reading/retaining PM Office emails, etc.).
We will NOT have as many group meetings moving forward, BUT we will continue to advise you via
individual assessments (One-on-One Freshman Premed Assessment Meetings take place 4/11/164/26/16), periodic group meetings, and email messages that reinforce the Premedical Office’s message of
cultivating competitive health professions school applications!! EVERYTHING COVERED IN THE
FRESHMAN PREMED MEETINGS IS REINFORCED THROUGHOUT YOUR ENROLLMENT
AT XU (i.e. the formula for successful application to medical, dental, etc. school remains
CONSTANT)!
Be reminded that it is imperative for you to take steps to DEMONSTRATE your interest in medicine,
dentistry, etc. by participating in summer programs, volunteering, shadowing, and other experiences that
give you a chance to actively learn about the health professions and prove to admission committees that
you are a SERIOUS pre-health student.
If you have been accepted into a summer program for 2016, please let us know by sending an email to
xupremed@yahoo.com. If you will NOT be attending a summer program but are serious about gaining
experience in medicine, dentistry, etc., please take the time NOW to secure shadowing and/or volunteer
opportunities in your intended profession for summer 2016.
Be sure to check your email daily, attend all premed meetings scheduled for Sophomore Premeds next
year, and CONTINUE to revise and submit your Personal Statement and Post-Secondary Experiences
(include summer 2016 experiences) to the Premedical Office.
And, if you missed any of the Freshman Premed Meetings in the Fall of 2015 or Spring of 2016, please
stop by the Premed Office or go to http://www.xula.edu/premed/PMInfo/PMIndex.htm to make them up.
Alternately, you can complete missed meetings when they are held for new freshmen in 2016-2017.
We wish you luck for the remainder of this semester and hope you have a safe (and productive)
summer!!!
REMINDER: You should actively read a publication such as Time, The Economist, Newsweek (or similar) from cover to
cover EACH WEEK to help you develop the critical reading/analysis skills needed for the MCAT, DAT, and other
entrance exams.
Lagniappe: Start developing your critical reasoning skills by investing in test prep resources that allow you to do practice
passages for the NON-SCIENCE sections of tests like the MCAT, DAT, etc. If you will be taking the DAT, you should
begin doing practice Perceptual Ability Test (PAT) problems.