Calendar | Events | Resources
General Announcements
LSAT News
MCAT News
MCAT registration for the entire 2026 testing year opened October 2025.
- Required reading: 2026 MCAT Essentials
- Tips for Registration Opening Day 2026
- Sign-up for MCAT email updates
- 2026 Test Dates
- 2026 Testing Year Updates Webinar Recording
Club Meetings
- Visit the Club News page for club meeting information.
Calendar
April
- April 7: Purdue Master of Science in Athletic Training Virtual Open House. 7-8pm Eastern. Registration
- April 7: Purdue Alumni Medical Network April webinar Beyond the Checkbook: The Strategic Intersection of Giving and Guidance. Guest speaker, Dr. Peter Hu, MD. 7pm Eastern. Registration.
- April 9: Georgetown University School of Medicine Information Session. 12pm Eastern. Registration.
- April 10: Indiana University Physical Therapy In-Person Information Session. 1pm Eastern. Registration
- April 14-15: AACP's 2026 Spring Virtual Pharmacy School Fair. Registration.
- April 14: Columbia OT Spring Information Session. 1pm Eastern. Registration.
- April 15: Purdue Just in Time career fair. Open to Purdue students from all majors and colleges. Click the Events tab in MyCCO to see a list of employers attending. PMU North & South Ballrooms. 10am-3pm Eastern.
- April 20: Georgetown University School of Medicine Information Session. 12pm Eastern. Registration.
- April 22: Stanford University Medical Post-bacc (COMET) Fellowship Information Session. 6pm-7pm Pacific. Registration.
- April 25: Indiana University School of Dentistry's Spring 2026 Dental Day. 8:30am-4pm Eastern. More Information.
- April 28: Georgetown University School of Medicine Student Panel. 5pm Eastern. Registration.
May
- May 2: Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine Open House. Stratford, NJ. 9am-2pm Eastern. Registration.
July
- July 31: Camp POD. Free, virtual seminar. 9am-12:30pm Central.
Apply for Opportunities
- Purdue Office of Admissions summer tour guides. Training starts in April. Pay $13/hr. Application.
- Lafayette Ivy Tech EMT Course Options. Hybrid class: online with 1 day a week hands-on skills training. 10-week class starts in May, Thursdays 8am-4pm. 16-week classes start January & August, Thursdays 5:30pm-9:50pm. Contact Dean Tammy Greene, PhD. tgreene30@ivytech.edu. 463-207-5889.
- Bradford Woods Summer Camp job opportunities. 2-week, paid positions (including cabin staff, lifeguards, leadership team, and program staff) are available and employment runs from late May to early August. Room and board is included during camp. Learn more and apply.
- Clinical Research Coordinator job opportunities with the Brigham and Women's Hospital Mastocytosis Center. 2 year committment starting summer 2026. Review job description. Submit a resume/CV, cover letter, and letter of recommendation to mastocrcs@massgeneralbrigham.org. Recommenders email letters of recommendation directly to mastocrcs@massgeneralbrigham.org. Questions can be directed to Sydney Moeller, Purdue graduate, at srmoeller@bwh.harvard.edu.
- Clinical Research Internship in Orthopedics at American Hip Institute. Full-time, 13-month internship designed for recent undergraduates and medical students with strong academic backgrounds who are pursuing careers in medicine, particularly in orthopedics or sports medicine. This immersive experience combines clinical exposure, hands-on research involvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration in a high-volume orthopedic practice. Learn more here.
- Priority application by March 2. Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell School of Medicine Pipeline Program (SOM-CPP). More information about the Hofstra program. Only open to college freshmen. Hofstra Pipeline Program Application.
- Apply through April 30. Cleveland Clinic Foundations Clinical Post-Baccalaureate Program. The MOST Fellowship is a 12-month program providing clinical experience and professional development in preparation for medical school, PA programs, and other healthcare fields. Students act as medical scribes with a physician mentor. Additional activities can include research, simulation lab workshops, MCAT tutoring, Grand Round attendance, research symposia, and more. MOST Fellowship video. MOST Fellowship Website.
Pre-Professional Advising & Featured News
Information about events sponsored through our office and at Purdue that you should know about. We also recommend that you sign up for our monthly e-newsletter.
Meet with an IU School of Medicine Admissions Representative
IUSM admissions representatives will be hosting their popular advising appointments with our students again this year. They will be on campus for appointments in September, October, and November. In the spring they will be on campus in March and April.
This is your opportunity to speak one-on-one with an IU School of Medicine Admissions Representative and to ask any questions you have about the process and your future application.
You sign up through an online system with IU. If you find at some point your schedule has changed and you can no longer keep the appointment, please let them know.
Appointments times are limited and will go fast! Sign up soon.
Making Appointments with PPA
Pre-Professional Advising is here to help you with questions you have about professional school and the application process.
Please make an appointment through BoilerConnect to connect with an advisor.
Currently our appointments are remote (Teams, WebEx, Zoom, or phone appointments). These work well as we often are showing you how to navigate the online resources you will need for your future applications, national exams, professional school resources, etc.
If you feel you need to meet in-person, please email a pre-professional advisor directly and we can arrange an in-person meeting.
You can email your questions to preprofessional@purdue.edu
This website also has a lot of information about applying to professional school!
Indiana Legislative Internships
Each fall, directors of the Legislative Internship program come to campus to inform students about the spring internships. Typically they come to campus in September and applications are due at the end of October.
The Legislative Internship program is a paid program that provides a fantastic experience for students from all majors and backgrounds.
The Statehouse employs college students as interns in Indianapolis during the spring semester each year in these areas: Communication, Information Technology, Policy Analysis, Constituent Services, Graphic & Print Design, and Fiscal Analysis.
Sophomores and above including graduate students may apply. Applications are typically due toward the end of October. Keep this opportunity in mind for the future.
Learn more about the internships and find applications at these websites:
If you have questions, please email preprofessional@purdue.edu
Federal Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Internship
The Democratic Staff of the Federal Committee on Science, Space, and Technology seeks part-time and full-time paid interns.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more about this opportunity.
Quiet Place to Study | Interview Place
The Center for Career Opportunities may be able to help with a quiet place to work. Fill out this form to check availability. If something is available, we will let you know.
You will need your own laptop.
Human & Animal Healthcare Webinars, News & Events
Links to individual school webinars and other upcoming online events.
Purdue Alumni Medical Network Events
The Purdue Alumni Medical Network offers virtual and in-person opportunities to connect with alumni in medical and healthcare professions. Find upcoming events here.
AAVMC Sponsored Webinars
The American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAMVC) offers periodic webinars and saves old webinars. Check it out here.
Physician Assistant | Associate Name Change
The PA profession is planning to change their name from Physician Assistant to Physician Associate. The national organization has transitioned to American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA.org), however, fully implementing the name is complicated. The AAPA currently recommends that PAs continue to use the title of "physician assistant" as their official legal title in clinical settings.
Webshadowing Opportunities
The University of Colorado School of Medicine is offering virtual shadowing experiences open to all pre-health students. As of now they only have one session up and ready, but are planning more by Labor Day. Enroll in Virtual Shadowing.
Two pre-medical students from the University of Central Florida are creating an opportunity to "shadow" virtually by having physicians from various specialties present case-based scenarios on YouTube live. Session times will vary in time/days based on physician availability. They will inform their audience a week prior to the sessions via email. Sign up to be part of their email list by filling out the google form on their Webshadowers website. (This is not a known organization to our office--please let us know if you use this resource and what you think.)
Learn to make clinical decisions through online case studies, assignments, and zoom meetings at Pre-PT Virtual Observation Hours. (This is not a known organization to our office--please let us know if you use this resource and what you think.) Please discuss it with us if there is a fee for the service before signing up.
Law School Webinars, News, & Other Events
Links to individual school webinars and other online information events.
LSAC Virtual Events
The Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) maintains a list of events being held by law schools and their own online workshops. Check this website to find events of interest to you.
Tip: Click on a topic at the top to learn what is available
AccessLex Online Workshops
AccessLex is a non-profit that helps pre-law students, law students, and law school graduates plan their education and educational financing so that they can attend law school with as little debt as possible. They offer amazing and free resources to students. These include great webinars.
AccessLex Institute has a variety of online workshops on paying for law school, public interest loans, budgeting and other great topics. Register for these workshops.
Other Opportunities, Information & Resources
We sometimes hear about other interesting things you might want to check out!
Finding Scribe Opportunities
Scribing is an important job that takes considerable training. You essentially follow a physician, PA, or nurse practitioner and maintain all the charting so that they can focus on the patient.
Others on the medical team count on you being there. Do not take this responsibility on lightly or consider this a summer job. You can learn a lot about taking patient histories, building rapport with patients, what tests should be ordered, interpreting tests, charting (obviously), and developing a differential diagnosis.
INScribe has positions at IU Arnett for scribing. Use the InScribe website to link to their online application if interested. If you would like to learn more about ScribeAmerica, visit the ScribeAmerica website.
Recordings/Videos About Funding Medical Education
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has a number of recorded webinars about various aspects of funding a medical school education. Check them out to learn more!
Pharmacy Entrance Exam is No More
The PCAT will be discontinued in 2024. At this point, very few schools are requiring the exam and in 2024, the test will be discontinued entirely. Read more about the retirement of the exam on the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) website.
Understand Health Effects of Climate Change
Check out CDC's new materials on Building Resilience Against Climate Effects BRACE Framework.
Healthcare Data Infographics & Visualizations
The Health Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP) allows you to look at data on various reasons for hospital stays by state and see the trends. Fun to play with!
More Healthcare Data
The 2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report is the latest reportcard from the US Office of Minority Health (OMH) about how we are doing taking care of all of our people.