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Smart Start Schedule and Resources

What is Smart Start?

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Smart Start Bonus Sessions

Health Professions Smart Start Session 

"Health professions" includes medicine (MD/DO), physician assistant, nursing, dentistry, public health, occupational therapy, physical therapy, athletic training, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, and more. Connect with 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s prehealth advisor, Lisa Harris.

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International Pre-Departure Program (IPOP) Q&A Session 2024

Friday, July 12, 2024 at 8:00 AM until 9:00 AM Central Daylight Time (UTC -05:00)

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What is Smart Start?

Smart Start prepares you to launch into Summer Advising, which begins July 15-26. Sure, there is a lot to learn about 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, but Smart Start will ease you into it. On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, all new students must attend online informational sessions to help them prepare to meet their academic advisors in the following weeks. 

Informational sessions will provide an overview of what academic advising is and help you navigate all of the options in front of you. Sessions will include opportunities to learn about:

• What is Academic Advising?
• Course Preferences for Fall Term
• Pre-Professional Programs 
• Arrival in Fall and New Student Orientation
• Academic Success Programs

Smart Start will explain how to prepare for your summer advising meetings and assist you in crafting a course preference plan before you meet with your academic advisor for Fall registration. For first-year students, your one-on-one meetings with your advisor will happen sometime between Monday, July 15th, and Friday, July 26th.