While most students in this category identify as premedical, we are happy to help advise anyone interested in healthcare related fields, such as nursing, dental medicine, veterinary medicine, public health, physical and occupational therapy, etc.
As a team of five resident tutors and a cadre of non-resident affiliates, we take great care in ensuring the best advising experience for you, as well as a successful application cycle, whenever you decide to take the next step. If you have any questions, please contact eliotpm@gmail.com.
For those of you who would like to be included on the Eliot Pre-Health Listserv, please fill in your information HERE.
For important Eliot-specific documents, such as our Handbook, please request access to this folder. The folder functions as a reservoir of information that students can return to or plan ahead with, so that they are not necessarily dependent on the temporal sequence that we distribute these documents via email.
All students should familiarize themselves with the Harvard OCS Medical School Website, which is the best place to find answers to most questions. If you are applying to medical school in 2024 for matriculation in 2025, please subscribe to the OCS Applicant Listserv with a @college.harvard.edu address, @post.harvard.edu address, or @alumni.harvard.edu address. If you do not have a @post or @alumni.harvard.edu email address, please email premed@fas.harvard.edu with your name, @college.harvard.edu email, and preferred email so we can verify that you were an undergraduate at Harvard.
Programming and Events
Prehealth Office Hours - In the fall, we run weekly Office Hours to discuss anything at all related to the field to any students who want to chat about applications, or are just exploring potential career options. Please sign up for specific slots here.
Prehealth Introductory Meeting - This yearly meeting occurs in the fall for all students interested in the healthcare professions. We will introduce your prehealth team and lay out the basics to prehealth advising in the Domus.
Important Information for Eliot House Medical School Applicants
For those interested in applying to medical school, please note that the application process starts approximately 1.5 years prior to matriculation! That means that if you want to go to medical school right out of college, you start the process in January of your Junior year. Our process is one with ample guidance, advising, and mentorship. In return, we ask for your adherence to the firm deadlines set forward at the beginning of the process. Through this process, we provide a committee letter that will assist you in your medical school applications. Please note: We are unable to provide committee letters to Eliot Alumni who are 5 or more years out from graduation.
In early February each year, we will host an applicant info-session. Attendance is mandatory for all those interested in applying this cycle! We will go over the timeline expected, what you can expect from us, and general information about the application process.
Throughout the process, you will get advising and feedback from a non-resident affiliate as well as your team of resident tutors. We will meet with you frequently to discuss your application. We also plan yearly mock interviews in early September. For those Eliotites who may have graduated and are no longer in the Boston/Cambridge area, we are also happy to advise via zoom.
