Welcome to The Medical Professions Institute
If you are a student attending UTEP or planning to attend UTEP and are interested in going to: medical, dental, veterinary, optometry, or physician assistant school, you are in the right place.
This is an exciting time to consider a career in the medical professions and especially to begin that journey from UTEP. The number of students who participate in the programs and services offered by Medical Professions Institute (MPI) is growing and so is our reputation. Medical and dental schools around Texas are interviewing more students from UTEP than ever and we are doing many things to promote that growth.
The Benefits
MPI provides students with the following opportunities:
- Early admissions programs to medical and dental schools
- Group and individual pre-professional advising
- UNIVERSITY 1301 option "Preparing for a Career in the Medical Professions" for incoming freshmen (honors contracts available)
- Medical Professions Organization (MPO), UTEP's 2011 Organization of the Year
- Information on applying to summer internships
- Connections to Paul L. Foster School of Medicine faculty, admissions staff, and students
- Informal meetings with national leaders in medicine
- MPI's own Pre-Med Summer Internship
- Information on employment, research, and more
- Preparation for the MCAT and DAT professional schools tests
- Mentoring experience of younger students as an MPI Intern
- Review of personal statements
- Texas Medical School Bus Tour
- Evaluation Packs & Letters of Evaluation for professional school applicants
- Workshops on Interviewing, Applications, and Personal Statements
- Travel to professional conferences on a regional and national level
I look forward to working with YOU!
Mary C.D. Wells
Director, Medical Professions Institute
Academic Advising Center, Rm 105
The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX 79968-0509
(915) 747-6230
mdwells2@utep.edu