Students who are interested in pursuing a health career find great opportunities at Cornell. In fact, nearly one out of every six Cornell undergraduates intend to pursue a career in medicine. Students may study in any of Cornell's undergraduate schools and colleges and graduate well-prepared for further medical career studies and options.
Admission to schools of human or veterinary medicine is based largely on three factors: your academic record; your scores on standardized admission tests; and your individual qualities, as seen in part through faculty evaluations and interviews.
Prerequisite courses for medical school
Prerequisite courses for veterinary school
Cornell’s undergraduate colleges and schools offer you almost unlimited opportunities to explore different areas of the curriculum as you consider the direction of your future legal career.
At Cornell we agree completely with the Association of American Law Schools and the American Bar Association — both of which state, as policy, that there’s no ideal pre-law curriculum. Of course, if you have your sights set on law school, attending Cornell as an undergraduate is a great way to get there. You’re even welcome to call yourself a pre-law student. But if you look for a description of a pre-law major in our course catalog, you won’t find one.
Law schools look for people with good minds. To be a strong candidate for law school, we recommend selecting a major that you’re genuinely interested in and that develops your intellectual skills — particularly your skills in writing, research, problem solving, and analysis. A Cornell student planning to attend law school might consider pursuing one or more of the following opportunities:
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