Getting a low grade and pre-med

WayOutWestMom
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:44:12 +0000

There are (I think) 3 full time pre-health profession advisors in the career services office. They can provide general assistance and information for students pursuing medical, dental, vet, PA, PsyD, PT, OT and SLP programs.

The health profession advisors do not do academic counseling or provide assistance with registration, homework skills, or course selection to meet departmental requirements, etc.

For help with academic issues, student should go to the Center for Academic Support (CAS). CAS provides free study skills classes and tutoring in most of the freshman-sophomore level classes. There is also a writing skills walk-in clinic.

For help with major course requirements, student should consult with their departmental advisor. (Freshmen are assigned one before freshman registration, but once they declare a major during their sophomore year, they are allowed to select their own departmental advisor.)

TA (teaching asst) and SI (supplemental instructors) and workshop leader are all pretty much the same thing. (UR keeps changing the titles! D2 did this and was called by all titles although the job was pretty much identical.) TA/SI/WL are either graduate or undergrad students who lead weekly recitation/review sessions/workshops for the science and math classes. They really aren’t resources for anything except class help.

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During freshman orientation week, any interested students will be able to attend a information session about the pre-med process at UR. It’s quite informative and your D should consider attending.