Announcements
Reminder: BMED Pre-Professional Practice Exams
Dear BMED students,
This is to notify you that the BMED department will offer a Free-Practice, Online Pre-Professional Exam the week of May 16th-20th, 2022 (which is the week after finals).
What is a Pre-Professional Exam? An exam that is required for entry/acceptance to most health professional and graduate (masters and doctorate level) programs.
The benefit of taking a Pre-Professional Practice Exam: It establishes a baseline to track and assess your strengths and weaknesses so that you can tailor your studies and preparation for the actual exam. If approached properly and professionally, it simulates the real testing environment and better prepares you for what to expect on the actual test day. It’s never too early or late to begin practicing!
Which Pre-Professional Practice-Exams will be offered? There will be five different exams offered including MCAT, GRE, PCAT, DAT, and OAT.
If you’re not too familiar with these tests, please read below:
- MCAT: “Medical College Admissions Test” – for those interested in attending medical school
- GRE: “Graduate Record Examination” – for those interested in attending physician assistant programs, physical therapy, occupational therapy, Master’s programs, and Doctoral (Ph.D.) programs
- PCAT: “Pharmacy College Admission Test” – for those interested in attending pharmacy school
- DAT: “Dental Admissions Test” – for those interested in attending dental school
- OAT: “Optometry Admissions Test” – for those interested in attending optometry school
As a BMED student, you are Highly Encouraged to take the exam that suits your career/professional goals. Sometimes the exam is what deters a student from moving forward with their career/professional goal and we don’t want that to be you! We want you to know what to expect, be prepared, and become a competitive/successful applicant.
On the plus side, if you’re among the top scorers, you will earn access to additional exam preparation. Prizes will also be available and raffled to all who register and complete the exam.
Please take advantage of this great opportunity and sign-up for the practice test via this link:
The last day to sign up is April 22nd. You will receive a follow-up email with instructions after the sign-up deadline.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Lorena Lopez (BMED faculty) directly at lorena.lopez@utrgv.edu.
Independent Research Course Creation Instructions & Deadlines
This is a reminder, that if you are seeking to request for an Independent Research (IR) course with a specific faculty member within the BMED Department or with a faculty member outside of the BMED department within the university in their labs, you must complete and follow the steps below as listed:
- Faculty must submit an email request to Dr. Nair ( Saraswathy.Nair@utrgv.edu) with the following information:
- Course Name and Number (student needs to refer to road map and must provide info to faculty)
- Edinburg or Brownsville & Lab office number
- Student cap size
- Student ID# and email address
- Instructional method (Traditional, Hybrid, Reduced/Hybrid)
- Meeting dates and time if instructing Traditional or Hybrid courses
- Upon Approval by Dr. Nair, the department will proceed to create course.
- Once course has been processed and created, the faculty member will be advised by Elizabeth, that it is approved along with the corresponding information that is needed to be advised.
- Once the faculty member has been informed, they will then contact the student with the following information below:
- Course information including (Course Name, Course Number, Course Section & CRN)
NOTE: Students cannot be registered for two IR courses in one semester, as it is against BMED Registration compliance.
Please keep in mind the following deadlines that are enforced for submitting the creation of an IR course. All requests must be submitted before 5pm on day of deadline, no exceptions:
Fall 2020 Semester: August 10th, 2020
Spring 2021 Semester: December 18th, 2020 (Hard deadline Jan. 4th 2021)
Fall 2021 Semester: August 16th, 2021
Spring 2022 Semester: December 1st, 2021
Fall 2022 Semester: August 12th, 2022
ATTENTION BMED STUDENTS:
All BMED students should be aware that the reason we advise taking Chem I first semester, followed by Chem II and then O. Chem I and II as per the roadmaps is because these Chemistry courses are critical to doing well in the BMED coursework. So, please do NOT delay taking your Chemistry coursework-they should go hand in hand with the BMED coursework. Postponing taking them delays graduation plans as well as performance in the BMED program and standardized exams for professional schools.
Fall 2018 Registration Instructions:
- If you have registration blocks/ holds (could be advising, financial, immunization record or for other reasons)-be sure to get that cleared ASAP at U Central (The Tower in Main). You will not be allowed to self-register if you have a block/hold. Do not panic, though, as registration will remain open through the spring and summer.
- You should refer to the recommended lists of non-BMED classes, course sequencing roadmap, etc at this link. Use that, along with any advice you may have received from an academic advisor, to guide you.
- All of the BMED-specific courses below are marked with a “BR” within the section number. This is an easy way to identify the courses that are specific to this program.
- Should you need assistance or if you run into issues after today. Contact us via email.
- Below, is the list of BMED-specific courses that you should self-register for Fall 2018. Please follow the steps below to select your courses.
- BMED Sections/courses are designed for specific Cohorts/tracks. Make sure you have the correct registration instructions based on your current track/cohort. You will only be able to self-register for the classes/section listed on this document.
- If you need additional classes than those listed here, please come by the BMED office to make an appointment to meet with Dr. Nair.
- Ensure you are registered for enough credit hours to meet your financial aid or scholarship requirements.
- If registering for more than 18 credit hours you will need to submit an Over-Hour Petition Form. Access form and instructions or visit our website under student resources.
- Please note that it may take up to 10 business days for this request to be processed. Deadline to accept over hour credit petitions is Monday, August 13, 2018.
Registration Instructions by Cohort/Track
- Cohort Fall 2015 4 YR Track Registration Instructions
- Cohort Fall 2016 4 YR Track Registration Instructions
- Cohort Fall 2016 3 YR Track Registration Instructions
- Cohort Fall 2017 4 YR Track Registration Instructions
- Cohort Fall 2017 3 YR Track Registration Instructions
Please note that Jan 15th is MLK holiday. If you have not followed up, and completed your overload petitions, taken care of your blocks and class conflicts and registration requests by Jan 16th, we will not guarantee that you will be registered in BMED classes for SP2018. Any requests/changes beyond Jan 16th are at risk for not meeting Registrar’s deadline.