Experience

The Health Sciences Advising Team has been helping students  for the last four decades.

Since 1978, more than 70% of PLU students who have applied to medical school have been accepted. For nearly a decade, the five-year running average of acceptances/applicants for all PLU applicants to U.S. medical schools has been 20-50% above the national average.

Medical schools to which PLU students have been accepted since 1990 include:  Columbia, Creighton,  Dartmouth, Duke, Thomas Jefferson, Loma Linda, Loyola University Chicago Stritch, Mayo Clinic, Medical College of Wisconsin, New York Medical, Northwestern, Oregon Health and Science, Southern California, St. Louis University, Stony Brook, Texas-Houston, Tufts, Tulane, Uniformed Services, Vermont, Virginia, University of Arizona, University of California-San Diego, University of Colorado, University of Hawaii, University of Iowa, University of Kansas, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Nevada, University of North Dakota, University of Utah, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin, Wake Forest, Washington University at St. Louis, and Yale.

Since 1978, more than 85% of PLU students who have applied to dental school have been accepted. For nearly a decade, the five-year running average of acceptances/applicants for all PLU applicants to U.S. dental schools has been 20-50% above the national average.

Dental schools to which PLU students have been accepted since 1990 include: Arizona School of Dentistry, Boston University, Case Western Reserve, Creighton, Indiana University, Loma Linda, Marquette, New York University, Northwestern, Nova Southeastern, Oregon Health and Sciences, University of Michigan, Temple, Tufts, University of Michigan, University of Colorado, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska, University of South Carolina, Texas-San Antonio, University of Pacific, and University of Washington.