Please select your student status for advising details:
- Harvard College Students and Recent Alumni (<5 years)
- Harvard College Premed Students and Recent Alumni (<5 years)
- Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Students and Alumni
- Harvard Extension School Students and Alumni
Harvard College Students and Recent Alumni (<5 years)
Drop-in Advising
Regular drop-in services will resume in the fall.
Thirty-Minute Scheduled Appointments (in person, phone, or Zoom)
Discuss career decisions, summer planning, making connections, interviewing, applying to graduate school, or other questions. Log in to Crimson Careers and click on “advising appointment” on the top to view advisor availability and reserve a time. Visibility is limited to four weeks from today’s date. (First-year students: Attending a drop-in advising session grants you access to schedule a subsequent 30-minute advising appointment.) See our list of College advisors.
Harvard College Premed Students and Recent Alumni (<5 years)
MCS premed and pre-health advising schedule:
May 19 – July 30 MCS premed and pre-health advising schedule:
July 1-30: Current applicants who need advice in July should first turn to your House/Dudley Community premedical tutors, who remain available during the summer to answer questions related to secondary applications, school list, and other questions about the overall application and plans. If you are a current (2026) applicant and have an urgent question about your application that your Premed Tutors or the AMCAS/other primary application support staffs cannot answer, please email premed@fas.harvard.edu and one of the MCS advisors will get back to you. Regular advising appointments for all students and alumni resume in August.
If you are not a current applicant, and have an urgent premed/pre-health question, you are welcome to attend a premed/pre-health virtual drop-in (offered until Thursday, May 15), schedule and instructions to join below, or you can email us at premed@fas.harvard.edu. Regular premed/pre-health advising appointments resume in August.
For non-time sensitive questions during the summer, please review the MCS website for more information about the premed/pre-health track and resources, including:
- The Premedical Information for Harvard Students: Timelines, Courses, & Resources (2024-2025) for timelines, course information, and more.
- To learn more about how to explore your interest in healthcare and gain experience (clinical, volunteer, research, etc.), see our Getting Experience page.
- Graduating seniors and alumni looking for gap year opportunities can review our resources at the bottom of the Getting Experience page and view the recording of the latest Gap Year panel for further insight into the range of options available.
- Still looking for summer volunteering opportunities in the Boston Area? Then check out the spreadsheet under Clinical Volunteering > Sample Opportunities at the link above. If you are not in Boston this summer, you may want to consult Volunteer Match and Idealist.org for more options.
First-Year Students:
Pre-Health 101 Orientation: If you were unable to attend one of the live Pre-Health 101 session, please view the recording of Pre-Health 101 and make sure to complete the virtual attendance form shown at the end. We will continue to provide advising access to first-year students who view the recording and complete the virtual attendance form on a rolling basis. Please anticipate an instructional email after submitting the form.
Scheduled Appointments:
Sophomores, juniors, seniors, and alumni:
Sophomores, juniors, seniors, and alumni can book a 30-minute premed/pre-health appointment with Oona Ceder or Rob Harrington. Appointment visibility is limited to four weeks from today’s date.
Sophomores: Students with last names A-L are assigned to Rob Harrington and should continue to book with him. Students with last names M-Z are assigned to Oona Ceder and should continue to book with her.
Juniors, seniors, and alumni: Please book your appointment with the premed/pre-health advisor you previously met with (if you met with Emiko Morimoto in the past, please book your next appointment with Rob Harrington).
Weekly Premed/pre-health drop-ins will resume in the fall.
Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Students and Alumni
Advisors work confidentially with Harvard Griffin GSAS students and alumni on a wide range of career-related issues, from self-assessment and decision-making to specific advice on resume, CV, and cover letter preparation for academic and nonacademic job searches. Advising is available in-person, and by phone or Zoom.
Thirty-Minute Scheduled Appointments (in person, phone, or Zoom)
Schedule a 30-minute appointment through the “Schedule an Advising Appointment” link in Crimson Careers. These appointment slots become available 30 days prior. Come talk with us about any of your questions around careers within or beyond academia. We can help you imagine possibilities, strategize timelines, develop excellent job search documents, and prepare for interviews and negotiations.
Fifteen-Minute Express Appointments
For quick or relatively urgent questions, or for critique of one document (resume, CV, cover letter), schedule a 15-minute express appointment in Crimson Careers. These appointment slots will become available for scheduling each Monday for sessions the following week.
See our list of GSAS advisors.
Harvard Extension School Students and Alumni
Thirty-Minute Scheduled Appointments (Year-Round; in person, phone or Zoom)
Harvard Extension School admitted degree candidates and degree alumni and current Premedical Program participants can meet with Shoshana Mavor and Amanda Peters for career advising appointments. To schedule a 30-minute appointment, log on to Crimson Careers and select “Advising Appointment.” See our list of HES advisors.
Virtual Drop-In Advising Hours (offered between September and May)
Fifteen-minute virtual drop-in career advising sessions are available on one Monday per month, September to May, between 1:00 pm and 3:45 pm Eastern Time.
These first-come, first-served slots with Amanda Peters are available to all currently registered Extension School students and alumni to ask questions about career options, resumes, cover letters, job search strategies, and interviewing skills.
Registration opens the Friday before each drop-in date and any open slots can be booked up until the drop-in hours are concluded.
Specific dates listed on the HES Career Services page.