Pre-med Pathways at Reed

Watch Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, Milyon Trulove's conversation with three members of Reed’s pre-med advising team–Janis Shampay, Howard Vollum Professor of Biology and Pre-Health Faculty Adviser; Kara Cerveny, Professor of Biology and Pre-Health Faculty Adviser; and Julia Burrows, Pre-Health Adviser for the Center for Life Beyond Reed.

They discuss how Reed prepares students for medical school and careers in healthcare.

Reed College is an institution of higher education in the liberal arts devoted to the intrinsic value of intellectual pursuit and governed by the highest standards of scholarly practice, critical thought, and creativity. Its undergraduate program of study, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, is demanding and intense and balances breadth of knowledge across the curriculum with depth of knowledge in a particular field of study. The goal of the Reed education is that students learn and demonstrate rigor and independence in their habits of thought, inquiry, and expression.