Pre-Health Studies
Working with specialized pre-health and pre-law advisors informed by Saint Louis University's Jesuit mission dedicated to serving others, SLU students foster their personal character and competencies that are quintessential to creating a compelling application for health professions schools and law schools. Professional schools look for students with outstanding academic achievement and standardized test performance, as well as impressive extracurricular involvement.
Our advisors promote strong academic performance, intellectual curiosity, professionalism, and commitment to teamwork and community engagement. They offer personal and customized assistance to aid each student with course planning, resume building, navigating the application process and overcoming challenges encountered along the way.
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Medical Scholars Program
The Saint Louis University Medical Scholars Program is an early-assurance program that offers an exclusive opportunity for exceptional SLU students to gain experience and connections with the SLU School of Medicine. Interested students can apply to this program during their senior year of high school by Dec. 1 of their application cycle. Current students may apply to the program at the end of their freshman year at SLU.
Early Acceptance Program
Saint Louis University has an Early Acceptance Program agreement with Lake Erie College of Medicine. This program grants selected qualified students provisional early acceptance to Lake Erie College of Medicine's College of Osteopathic Medicine, School of Dental Medicine or School of Podiatric Medicine.
Students may apply for this Early Acceptance Program opportunity as high school seniors or current SLU undergraduates with less than 60 credit hours completed at the time of their application to Lake Erie College of Medicine.
The application to the Early Acceptance Program is separate from the application to SLU. The application is open from July 15-April 1.
To learn more and to apply, visit the Lake Erie College of Medicine Early Acceptance Program website.
Guaranteed Interview with the SLU School of Medicine
All SLU undergraduate students who apply for medical schools at the end of their junior year and meet our medical school’s matriculating class average GPA and MCAT score at the time of completing their application are guaranteed an interview with the SLU School of Medicine.
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Contact Us
Pre-Health StudiesVerhaegen Hall, Room 105
3634 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: 314-977-2840
Fax: 314-977-3660
Email: phpl@slu.edu