Pre-Medicine

Pre-Medical Program at Alma College

Welcome to the front page for the Pre-Medical Program!

Pre-medical preparation is both challenging and exciting. We urge you to dive deeply into your studies and let yourself be a “geek” for science. You will find fellow students ready to do the same!

Alma has a strong history of success with graduates attending medical school. Alma graduates report feeling well prepared for the rigor of medical school, both in terms of the information and skills they possess as well as an attitude of cooperative and team learning.

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Alma College ranks second in the nation in the percentage of students who participate in alternative break service trips, according to Break Away, the national organization that supports the development of alternative break experiences that inspire lifelong active citizenship. Last year, Alma students provided flood relief, built affordable homes, planned activities for terminally ill children, constructed wheelchair ramps, worked with immigrants, and assisted in after-school programs.

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Student Profile

Zahra Hussain

Zahra Hussain
Graduation: 2013
Major: Integrative Physiology and Health Science

With a passion for people and problem-solving, Zahra Hussain’s symptoms can only mean one thing: a lifelong dream of being a doctor. She says she has known she wanted to pursue this career path since she was 4 years old.

“My dad is a doctor, and so is everyone else in my family: aunts, uncles, cousins,” she says. “Growing up in that atmosphere, it was easy to figure out that it was what I wanted to do as well.”

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