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Pre-Professional Advising Center

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PPAC Advisors

Pre-Professional advisors assist UCR students and alumni with career exploration specific to health and law, pre-requisite course selection, how to prepare for professional entrance exams (i.e., MCAT, DAT, LSAT, etc.) assistance with primary and secondary application writing as well other areas surrounding preparing for a career in the health and law professions.

To Meet With a Pre-Health Advisor

You must be assigned to a Pre-Professional Advising Center Cohort (e.g. pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-pharmacy, etc.). PPAC Cohort Management. Being a member of a PPAC Cohort will allow you to schedule an advising appointment with a pre-professional advisor based on your last-name. *Note: Once selecting a cohort, it takes 24 hours to schedule your first appointment.

To Meet With a Pre-Law Advisor

You must be assigned to a Pre-Professional Advising Center Cohort (select Pre-Law). PPAC Cohort Management. *Note: Once selecting a cohort, it takes 24 hours to schedule your first appointment.


How to schedule an appointment with a Pre-Health/Law Advisor?
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How to schedule an appointment with a Pre-Health/Law Advisor?


When selecting an advisor in the R'Web Portal, please select the following menu options:
 

"Click on Appointments"
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"I'm not sure, show me all options"
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" Graduate School"
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" PPAC Advisor"
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In preparation for meeting with your pre-professional advisor, please look over the Introduction to Health Professions Workshop (in-person, Zoom or watch via our YouTube channel) and then schedule a 30-minute appointment via the link below.

 

Schedule An Appointment With Your PPAC Advisor

Ashley Chrisakis (Pre-Health Advisor for A-K)
Marie Recinos-Lopez (Pre-Health Advisor for L-T)
Charlie Scruggs (Pre-Health Advisor for U-Z)
Lawrance Edwards (Pre-Law Advisor for A-Z)

PPAC Ambassadors

Ambassadors also considered peers and mentors are academically high-achieving third and fourth year students who also have a strong resume of involvement in academic coursework, clubs/orgs., clinical experiences (shadowing, volunteering, working) research and service opportunities. Ambassadors support first year students (and beyond) to explore and discover engagement opportunities.  First year students are encouraged to meet with any ambassador at least once per quarter.

Additionally, ambassadors represent PPAC at admissions and student engagement events such as Discover Day, Highlander Day, Wednesday Nooners, events held by the Division of Undergraduate Education as well as other events that foster student exploration, involvement and learning.  

No appointment is needed to meet with an ambassador.

Pre-Law Ambassadors

"Ask-An-Ambassador" - On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays hours will be held at the PPAC. On Wednesdays, ambassadors will be located at the Belltower.
Ask-An-Ambassador Schedule
Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

(Location: Belltower)

Thursday

FrIday
9:00am-10:00am Ivan, Simriti Crystal Adelina, Michael Crystal Mlekete
10:00AM - 11:00AM  Simriti, Yaser Yaser Adelina Merri-Ann Sophia
11:00AM-12:00PM   Snigdha Adelina Snigdha, Eva Sophia
12:00PM-1:00PM CLOSED CLOSED Sumukh, Omeid CLOSED  CLOSED 
1:00PM-2:00PM    Justin Omeid Justin Eva
2:00-3:00PM Rayyan Merri-Ann Michael Mlekete Evelyn
3:00PM-4:00PM Rayyan Sumukh Ivan   Evelyn
4:00PM-5:00PM          

 

Front Desk Student Staff

Student assistants support the PPAC front desk by being the first line of contact in answering and responding to email, phone calls, scheduling appointments, monitoring PPAC social media platforms and welcoming guests into the Center.

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