{"id":11165,"date":"2025-10-23T14:07:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T18:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/ssm\/?page_id=11165"},"modified":"2025-10-23T14:14:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T18:14:05","slug":"useful-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/ssm\/useful-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-learn-which-profession-is-right-for-you\">Learn Which Profession is Right for You<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/healthcare\/home.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Occupational Outlook for Various Health Professions<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/explorehealthcareers.org\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore Health Care Career Options<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/slate.uniteforsight.org\/register\/careers-recording\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn about Careers in Global Health<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdueglobal.edu\/blog\/health-sciences\/growing-health-care-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Health Care Job Growth<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Pre-health.Fall_.2024.pdf\">Pre-Health Student Information Meeting Handout &#8211; Fall 2024, August 27<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citadel.edu\/root\/images\/Biology\/pre_health_timelline.2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Student Timeline for Application to Medical or Dental School<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prerequisites\">Science and Math Pre-Requisites to Take Before Applying<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citadel.edu\/root\/images\/Biology\/pre-health\/pre-health.pre-recs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Table of common pre-requisite courses for various pre-health programs<\/a>.<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aavmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AAVMC-Advisor-Guide-04.pdf\"><strong>Pre-Vet Pre-Reqs<\/strong>, see p. 6<\/a><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Advising_Pre-Medical_Students.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recommended Pre-Med Curriculum for Biology Majors<\/a><\/strong><br>Most medical schools require or recommend the following undergraduate science and math courses: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Organic Chemistry, Calculus, and Biochemistry. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studentaffairs.jhu.edu\/preprofadvising\/pre-medhealth\/prerequisites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Some additional coursework may be required for some medical schools<\/a>;<\/strong> check with each school to get its exact list of prerequisite<strong>s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some medical schools now require another test, in addition to the MCAT, called a judgement test.&nbsp; There are two popular options: CASPer and PREview.&nbsp; You can learn more at these links: <a href=\"https:\/\/ocs.yale.edu\/resources\/information-about-situational-judgement-exams-preview-and-casper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Information about Situational Judgement Exams<\/a>&nbsp;; <a href=\"https:\/\/students-residents.aamc.org\/system\/files\/2023-05\/MSAR_Situational_Judgment_Test_%28SJT%29_and_or_other_Assessments_05.19.23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Which MD medical schools require judgement exams?<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacom.org\/explore-med-schools\/choose-do-explorer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore Admissions Requirements for DO medical schools: search &#8220;CASPer&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pre-requisites-for-the-four-sc-medical-schools-musc-usc-som-columbia-usc-som-greenville-vcom-carolinas-this-is-a-do-school-in-spartanburg-prerequisites-for-other-md-schools\"> Pre-Requisites for the Four SC Medical Schools<br><a href=\"https:\/\/education.musc.edu\/admissions\/future-applicants\/required-prerequisites\"><strong>MUSC<\/strong> <\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/admissions.med.sc.edu\/admissions.requirements.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>USC SOM (Columbia)<\/strong><\/a> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/sc.edu\/study\/colleges_schools\/medicine_greenville\/admissions\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>USC SOM-Greenville<\/strong><\/a> <br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcom.edu\/admissions\/admission-requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VCOM-Carolinas<\/a><\/strong> (This is a DO school in Spartanburg)<br>&#8211;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/MSAR_Premed_Course_Requirements_07.17.23.pdf\">Prerequisites for other MD Schools<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn Which Profession is Right for You<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11165","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Useful Resources - Swain Family School of Science and Mathematics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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