Pre-Professional File
Arts and Sciences Advising Services offers a system for submitting faculty letters of evaluation for students applying to health professional schools. This service provides a means for a faculty member to supply one letter of evaluation which can be forwarded to as many professional schools as you request. In addition, Arts and Sciences Advising Services can ensure that the letters that are forwarded are confidential.
During your sophomore year, you should attend a pre-professional file group meeting to learn about setting up a pre-professional file. Group meetings are scheduled weekly in Arts and Sciences Advising Services, 1 Alumni Memorial Building. In the meeting, you can gain information on pre-professional evaluations and other aspects of the professional school application process.
The most important documents in your file will be the letters of evaluation that you will request from faculty members who have known you as a UT student. Two of the letters should come from faculty members teaching in science-based disciplines. Be sure that you have become well acquainted with your professors prior to requesting the evaluations.
Once you have started your file, keep in touch periodically with the Health Professions Secretary to check on your file and to provide address and phone number updates. Once your file is complete, the staff in Arts and Sciences Advising Services require at least three business days to release your file to a third party.
If you are pursuing a career in veterinary medicine, optometry, or physical therapy, consult the specific schools to which you are applying to determine if UT’s standardized process is appropriate for you.