Info for Admitted Students

Once you have been admitted to the Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions program and have paid your deposit to confirm your seat in the upcoming cohort, we will contact you to schedule your two-hour pre-health advising onboarding appointment. At this session, we will map out your individualized plan for your pre-health preparation for the year ahead. We offer onboarding appointments to incoming cohort students after February 1 each year.

To prepare for your onboarding appointment, please watch our five-part video series for incoming post-baccalaureate advisees and review the Student Handbook (instructions below).

Prior to your first pre-health advising appointment in Continuing Education, all new advisees are required to watch all five of the videos posted below, which provide a comprehensive outline of the types of strategies and experiences that will make you a strong applicant for professional school. (Total time commitment: about 2.5 hours.) This policy applies to all new advisees.

First, download and print the following handouts for use while watching the videos:

Access the videos here:

  •  (runtime: 49 min)
  •  (runtime: 15 min)
  •  (runtime: 43 min)
  •  (runtime: 14 min)
  •  (runtime: 29 min)

Non-degree Post-Baccalaureate Studies students who meet certain eligibility standards may be able to receive federal financial aid.ÌýThe specifics of your financial aid eligibility will be determined once you have submitted all required paperwork, but here are a few general parameters that apply to non-degree students:

  • Federal financial aid awards for non-degree post-baccalaureate students typically cover the cost of tuition of required pre-health prerequisite courses, but NOT the cost of other courses or your living expenses.
  • Once you start receiving federal financial aid, your eligibility runs for one calendar year, whether you are receiving aid each academic term or not.
  • You are only eligible for federal financial aid in academic terms in which you are taking 6+ credit hours of required pre-health prerequisites. (Elective and "recommended" courses do not count.)
  • To start the process of applying for federal financial aid, follow the steps for undergraduate students listed on this webpage.
    • Documents posted on that page that YOU need to submit:
      • FAFSA
      • Contract for Non-degree Aid
    • Documents your pre-health advisor will submit after you complete your first pre-health advising session:
      • Non-degree Course Certification Form

For more information on financial aid eligibility and required paperwork, please schedule a time to talk directly with our financial aid liaison by sending an email to cefinaid@colorado.edu.Ìý

The Continuing Ed post-bacc students and program mentors use Slack as an informal way to connect, collaborate, ask questions, and share info about post-bacc social events.

If you're not yet on Slack, download the app and . This Slack group is used by all of our Continuing Ed post-bacc students, including the students in our cohort program and Individually Designed program. At the cohort's Orientation Day, we will create an additional Slack workgroup for your cohort that is specific to your group.
(Pro Tip: On Slack, not all channels will be relevant to you. You can "mute" channels (ie. for a class you're not taking) and still receive notifications for other channels of interest.)