Pre-Health Tips and Tricks

Neuroscience major Caleb Lau discusses his pre-health experience so far at ASU. We cover: how he went from pre-med to pre-PA; tips on finding lab and research positions; choosing a major outside the life sciences; and how to get involved in volunteering.

From Pre-Med to Pre-PA: Push and Pull Factors (0:20)

Finding Lab/Research Positions (2:15)

Tips for Cold-Emailing (4:25)

How PIs Think About Pre-Health Students (6:45)

Extracurricular Activities: Clinical Hours, Volunteering (8:45)

How Leadership Positions Enable Growth and Networking (10:40)

What Caleb would tell his freshman self (14:10)

Flexibility of Being a PA (17:00) 

How to Get Involved in Hospice Volunteering (18:10)

Why Neuroscience Major instead of Biological Sciences (18:45)

A Gap Year (or Three) (20:30)

Chapters

• 0:20 From Pre-Med to Pre-PA: Push and Pull Factors
• 2:15 Finding Lab/Research Positions
• 4:25 Tips for Cold-Emailing
• 6:45 How PIs Think About Pre-Health Students
• 8:45 Extracurricular Activities: Clinical Hours, Volunteering
• 10:45 How Leadership Positions Enable Growth and Networking
• 14:10 Advice for His Freshman Self
• 17:00 Flexibility of Being a PA
• 18:10 How to Get Involved in Hospice Volunteering
• 18:45 Why Neuroscience Major instead of Biological Sciences
• 20:30 A Gap Year (or Three)