Write down all your activities, all community service, and awards. Get in the habit of writing down all the things you do, especially activities and events that impact you, and all the awards you may receive. In college, your clock starts over, but showing prolonged and/or increasing involvement through causes you are passionate about resonates with professional schools. When you apply to health-related professional programs, all these things will be asked and are important, so get in the habit now and continue keeping a journal while at UM. You may want to consider taking more science and math courses to help prepare you for classes you will encounter as requirements for a health related profession. Having more than the minimum preparation in biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics will help you better adjust to the rigor of college level sciences. In particular, many college freshmen have not had biology for three years, making the foundational biology courses even more difficult in their first year at the university.
Please note that many health professional schools do not accept their required science courses for admission through AP credit. Students must take them as college courses and earn a grade for evaluation.
Transfer Students
Thank you for considering the University of Mississippi for part of your path to a health professional school! We encourage prospective transfer students to be in touch with our office as early as possible to make sure you complete the necessary courses before you transfer to UM. Please contact our office at (662) 915-1674 or hpao@olemiss.edu to talk with an advisor.
Transfer Credits
The academic advisor for your degree will assist you in determining how your transfer credits will count for the degree program. Likewise, we will assist in determining your status towards completion of the prerequisites for the health professional schools of your choice. We recommend you touch base with the appropriate health professions advisor from our office after you make your schedule with your academic advisor at Orientation to ensure your schedule meets the appropriate rigor and level for your health profession of choice. You may email your ID number and schedule to hpao@olemiss.edu or set up a meeting on our website.
To get a good start on understanding how your transfer credits will count within your major, please visit the UM website Transfer Equivalency Database, an extremely valuable resource for determining the specific transfer credit you will receive at UM. When new students register for orientation, the Office of the Registrar will create a Transfer Equivalency Report that becomes the official document showing your transfer credit information at UM. This document will be found within your MyOleMiss account at the university. Please make sure you send updated transcripts from ALL colleges including dual credit to Admissions in a timely manner to ensure we can help you enroll in the best courses. If you are still enrolled in courses when you come to transfer orientation, please bring a record of the courses you are currently enrolled in with you and notify your academic advisor.
Don’t Break Up a Science Sequence.
If you begin a science sequence at your transfer institution, we recommend finishing out the sequence to ensure you have the requisite knowledge. For example, if you take General Chemistry I, we recommend you finish with General Chemistry II before transferring. Same for General Biology I and II, Organic Chemistry I and II, and General Physics I and II, and Anatomy and Physiology I and II. For questions about what courses transfer in as, please utilize the UM Transfer Equivalencies Tool.