Our service tiers are broken into three main categories. To learn more about what is specifically offered for you, navigate to your respective tier using the menu below.
- Currently Enrolled Students
- Recent UT Graduates
- UT Alumni, Prospective Post-Baccalaureate Students, and More
Currently Enrolled Students
Students who are currently enrolled at UT Austin have access to the following services:
- HP Peer Mentor Appointments: Students may schedule an appointment with a Health Professions Peer Mentor. These 3rd and 4th year pre-health students are specifically trained by our coaches to provide support students from all the pre-health pathways that we currently serve. HP Peer Mentors can help with topics such as course planning, study strategies for difficult classes, and how to get involved. These appointments are 15 minutes and available virtually beginning the 3rd week of the semester.
- Coaching Appointments: Students may schedule an appointment with a Health Professions Coach. These appointments are 30 minutes and available in-person and virtually. There are three appointment types for coaches:
- General Coaching: Discuss a general topic, such as how to find shadowing opportunities, or discuss a general inquiry with a coach, such as registration concerns, Q-drop discussions, claiming AP/IB credit, reporting academic integrity or legal concerns on your application, and more.
- Progress Check: Review your academic metrics and current extracurricular activities with a coach to identify strengths, areas of improvement, and future goals in your application so far.
- Personal Statement Brainstorming: Reflect on your extracurricular experience with a coach to brainstorm potential topics for your personal statement. Please note: The Health Professions Office does not review drafted personal statements. For editorial feedback and assistance, please visit the University Writing Center.
- Interview Preparation: Discuss the characteristics of the most common interview types for health profession schools, including the traditional style and MMI format, and review strategies to improve your interview skills. Please note: This is not a mock interview. Check with the Career Services office for your college to see if they provide mock interview services.
- Virtual Drop-Ins: These virtual drop-ins are an opportunity to have a shorter discussion with a coach that does not require a full 30-minute appointment. These are always virtual and a maximum of 15 minutes per visit. To find your drop-in time, please search for the event in 12Twenty@Texas.
- Coach-Led Presentations: Current students may attend our in-person and virtual workshops throughout the semester. These presentations are led by coaching in a particular application or pre-health related topic, such as application strategies, creating relationships with letter writers, building a competitive application, and more.
- Annual Health Professions Fair: Current students may attend our Annual Health Professions Fair in the spring semester. For more information on this year's fair, please visit the HP Fair information page.
How Do I Schedule an Appointment?
All appointments are scheduled on 12Twenty@Texas. In order to schedule Health Professions appointments, you must have the “Pre-Health” interest indicated on your 12Twenty profile. You do this either when you set up your profile initially, or by editing your profile of your already established account. For those adding the pre-health interest to an already established account, please allow 24 hours for the server to update your status.
How Do I Find My Scheduled Virtual Drop-In Times?
To find your scheduled virtual drop-in times, please visit the events page in 12Twenty@Texas. In order to see Health Professions events, you must have the “Pre-Health” interest indicated on your 12Twenty profile. You do this either when you set up your profile initially, or by editing your profile of your already established account. For those adding the pre-health interest to an already established account, please allow 24 hours for the server to update your status.
Where Can I View This Semester's Presentations?
You can view offered presentations for the semester on our Events pages. For each topic, there is usually an in-person presentation and a virtual presentation. Our presentations do not require an RSVP to attend. However, due to room capacities, we recommend showing up early to in-person workshops. Virtual presentations are hosted on Zoom. You can find the link on the corresponding 12Twenty@Texas event page. Our office offers a variety of topics from year to year; if you don't see a specific presentation this semester, check out our archive on YouTube.
Recent Graduates
Recent graduates from UT Austin have access to the following services for one (1) academic year after graduating:
- Coaching Appointments: Recent graduates may schedule an appointment with a Health Professions Coach. These appointments are 30 minutes and available in-person and virtually. There are three appointment types for coaches:
- General Coaching: Discuss a general topic, such as how to find shadowing opportunities, or discuss a general inquiry with a coach, such as registration concerns, Q-drop discussions, claiming AP/IB credit, reporting academic integrity or legal concerns on your application, and more.
- Progress Check: Review your academic metrics and current extracurricular activities with a coach to identify strengths, areas of improvement, and future goals for your application so far.
- Personal Statement Brainstorming: Reflect on your extracurricular experience with a coach to brainstorm potential topics for your personal statement. Please note: The Health Professions Office does not review drafted personal statements. For editorial feedback and assistance, please visit the University Writing Center.
- Interview Preparation: Discuss the characteristics of the most common interview types for health profession schools, including the traditional style and MMI format, and review strategies to improve your interview skills. Please note: This is not a mock interview. Check with the Career Services office for your college to see if they provide mock interview services.
- Virtual Drop-Ins: These virtual drop-ins are an opportunity to have a shorter discussion with a coach that does not require a full 30-minute appointment. These are always virtual and a maximum of 15 minutes per visit. To find your drop-in time, please search for the event in 12Twenty@Texas.
- Coach-Led Presentations: Recent graduates may attend our in-person and virtual workshops throughout the semester. These presentations are led by coaching in a particular application or pre-health related topic, such as application strategies, creating relationships with letter writers, building a competitive application, and more.
- Annual Health Professions Fair: Recent graduates may attend our Annual Health Professions Fair in the spring semester. For more information on this year's fair, please visit the HP Fair information page.
How Do I Schedule an Appointment?
All appointments are scheduled on 12Twenty@Texas. In order to schedule Health Professions appointments, you must have the “Pre-Health” interest indicated on your 12Twenty profile. You do this either when you set up your profile initially, or by editing your profile of your already established account. For those adding the pre-health interest to an already established account, please allow 24 hours for the server to update your status.
12Twenty@Texas has replaced the Handshake platform. If you previously had a Handshake account, please create a 12Twenty@Texas account.
How Do I Find My Scheduled Virtual Drop-In Times?
To find your scheduled virtual drop-in times, please visit the events page in 12Twenty@Texas. In order to see Health Professions events, you must have the “Pre-Health” interest indicated on your 12Twenty profile. You do this either when you set up your profile initially, or by editing your profile of your already established account. For those adding the pre-health interest to an already established account, please allow 24 hours for the server to update your status.
Where Can I View This Semester's Presentations?
You can view offered presentations for the semester on our Events pages. For each topic, there is usually an in-person presentation and a virtual presentation. Our presentations do not require an RSVP to attend. However, due to room capacities, we recommend showing up early to in-person workshops. Virtual presentations are hosted on Zoom. You can find the link on the corresponding 12Twenty@Texas event page. Our office offers a variety of topics from year to year; if you don't see a specific presentation this semester, check out our archive on YouTube.
UT Alumni, Prospective Post-Baccalaureates, and More
Our support primarily is for current students and recent graduates; however, we do support a variety of other groups with fee-based coaching services. These appointments require completion of an interest form, and they are offered on a first-come, first-served limited basis beginning after the 12th class day. Currently, this option is available to the following:
- UT Alumni (more than one year post-graduation)
- Prospective post-baccalaureate students at UT Austin
- UT Extension students (students only enrolled in UEX classes)
- UT staff members
For more details about our fee-based services, please visit our main hub for Alumni & Post-Baccalaureate Services and Policies.