Health Professions Advising Office (HPAO)

The Health Professions Advising Office (HPAO) provides a wide range of advising and support services designed to meet the needs of CSULB students as they navigate through the often-complex process of preparation and application to professional school. HPAO serves students interested pursuing graduate level health professions including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, veterinary, physician assistant, physical therapy, graduate nursing, and public health. Please visit or contact the office to schedule an advising appointment.

Located in the Jensen Student Access to Science (SAS) and Mathematics Center in the

Location	:	FO5-109 In the Jensen SAS Center
Hours*	:	Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm by appointment. Drop-in Advising is available on Fridays from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Phone	:	(562) 985-5720
Fax	:	(562) 985-5104
Email	:	Francisco Castillo: fcastil4@csulb.edu Eileen Tom: etom2@csulb.edu
*times subject to change, may close for lunch

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, HPAO offers a letter of recommendation service, workshops, personal statement assistance, mock interview practice, and a resource library that includes professional school catalogs, research opportunities, and summer enrichment program listings.

Announcements

Test Preparation Scholarship application- HPAO is currently accepting applications for test preparation scholarships for students planning to take the MCAT, DAT, OAT, PCAT or GRE for application to a health profession for the 2009 or 2010 entering class.

Spring 2008 Workshops

The Health Professions Advising Office offers a variety of workshops designed to meet your needs.

Date		Event	Time	Location
3/14 (Fri)	:	Pre-Medical Preparation Workshop	4:00 - 5:00 PM	FO5 - 109
3/19 (Wed)	:	Pre-Pharmacy Preparation Workshop	2:00 - 3:00 PM	LA 5 - 247
4/10 (Thurs)	:	Writing your Personal Statement for Professional School	2:00 - 3:00 PM	LA 5 - 247
4/29 (Tues)	:	Application Workshop: MD and DO	3:30 - 4:30 PM	LA 5 - 247
5/8 (Thurs)	:	Application Workshop: Dentistry, PA, Veterinary, Podiatry, Public Health	2:00 - 3:00 PM	LA 5 - 247
5/9 (Fri)	:	Application Workshop: Pharmacy	3:30 - 4:30 PM	PH 1 - 112

Information for Postbaccalaureate Students

Thank you for your interest in Post-baccalaureate study at California State University, Long Beach. Effective Fall 2008, CSULB is accepting applications for a second B.A./B.S. only from highly qualified applicants to the Direct Entry BSN/ MSN program and for engineering majors. Therefore, admission for a second Bachelors degree in the natural sciences, including prerequisites for medical school, is closed until further notice.

If you wish to take a few courses but do not want to pursue a second degree as a CSULB student, you may enroll in courses through University College & Extension Services, which allows non-matriculated students to enroll in courses with the permission of the instructor through “Open University”. Extension services also offer summer school sessions for CSULB. For information on summer sessions or Open University, go to: http://www.uces.csulb.edu/OpenUniversity/Home/Home.aspx