April 21st, 2026

Rebecca Eberlin: OSCL End of Year Updates

Location: SUB 268

Email: ocsl@montana.edu

Phone: (406) 994-7571

• Housing: advising appointments, Housing Marketplace (Zillow for college students :))
• Transportation: Piloting airport shuttle (501 riders) / Uber vouchers (CatCab) claimed: 1952!
• Bobcats Living Off Campus (BLOC): Increases "town and gown" relationships
• Total Impact: 16,256 students impacted by OCSL since 2024 - wow! 

Upcoming Events:

• • Don't Curb Your Crap: April 20th-May 31st
  • Airport Shuttle: Last shuttle on May 11th for the season
  • Bobcat Thrift: May 9/10, 9a-5p Bobcat Stadium Gate 8
  • Community drop off items on May 8th - students can donate May 4th-7th
  • Fall 2026:
  • CatCab: Totally free rides for MSU students for safe rides (vouchers)
  • City Advisory Boards: Ex-Officio seats for MSU students
  • Bozeman BLOC Party: August 27th, Story Mansion (live music and food!)

Sara Callow:  Pre-Law Advising

Phone: (406) 994-5705

Online: Appointments via NavMSU and https://www.montana.edu/universitystudies/pre-law/index.html

• LawDay: This Thursday! MT Supreme Court is here hearing a case live at 10am in the Ballrooms
• Sara: Lecturer in Poly-Sci, admissions expert :)

Who can be Pre-Law?:

• • It's NOT a major - it's an advising track for student interested in law school
  • *Exploring legal careers
  • *Developing strong writing and analytical skills
  • *Planning for the LSAT
  • NO Required specific courses - critical thinking and writing skills are important!
  • *Career exploration
  • *Academic Planning
  • *Guidance on Law School admissions
  • *LSAT Planning
  • *Application strategy

Myths:

• • No, you do not need to be a PolySci major
  • No, you don't have to spend your entire career in court (only 1-3% of cases go to court!)
  • No, law school doesn't have to be expensive

Sara offers:

• • 1-on-1 advising
  • Law school visits
  • Resume and personal statement workshops
  • Networking with attorneys
  • Pre-law Club events
  • One Credit Course and Internship for Credit

When to refer?

• • Any time a student mentions interest - send 'em over to Sara!
  • Remember: GPA and LSATs are the biggest indicator to get into law school

MSU Stats:

• • 80-85% acceptance rate (nat'l avg is 69%)
  • UM, Gonzaga, Denver, Seattle, University of Oregon

Questions:

• • Staff allowed?  - Yes! Happy to meet with current staff and alumni
  • Helpful even if they don't practice? - some of the students who have dual degrees end up only pursuing ONE, not both - it might be helpful to take other specific courses that will help them in their career!

Jamie Arndt: Pre-Vet Advising

Location: Linfield 105, 106 and Health Science Building 169

Email: jamie.arndt@montana.edu

Phone: (406) 994-2031

• MSU Grad! Went to Med school at the Royal Vet College in Glasgow (way cool)
• Practicing Vet in the area: equine, livestock, small animal, exotic, emergency medicine
• Pre-Vet advisor on campus and also a professor in the MT VetMed Program

Pre-Vet Advising Services:

• • Jaime is an office of 1!
  • Mostly students interested in a doctorate of veterinary medicine
  • Some students who want to be vet techs or other animal health programs
  • Major, course, program selection advising, application prep, interview prep, second, third round apps
  • College of Ag advisor

Students:

• • All levels!
  • Students of other MUS programs
  • Most students have 10 years to apply after completing their vet pre-req coursework

Pre-Vet Club:

• • Largest student-run club in College of Ag (80-100 active members each semester)
  • Open to all students interested in animal health, veterinary technician and veterinary pathways
  • Volunteer with Spay/Neuter Montana
  • Not One More Vet Support (support for suicide in the profession)

Who are Pre-Vet Students?

• • Anyone! Don't need a specific major to apply and don't need a 4 year degree
  • Easier w/Chemistry, bio, physics, math, stats, genetics, biomed (the -ologies)
  • There's a pre-vet curriculum, but most students are microbiology pre-vet (declared)

Vet School Prep:

• • Must be juniors
  • At least 75% of vet school pre-reqs completed by the time they apply
  • 49 accredited programs worldwide -~00-150 students accepted out of 4k applicants
  • 3.70 GPA
  • 500-1k vet hours
  • Return on investment is lower for vets than physicians
  • Very susceptible to burnout and mental health crisis

MSU:

• • 69% acceptance rate in 24-25 (getting into vet school)
  • CoOp with WSU, LSU, Colorado, etc.
  • This year: 45 applicants!

Questions:

• • What happened to Utah? (WEMU) They broke off with their own vet school (4 year)
  • Are students required to come back to MT to practice?
    • For Med school - there are requirements
  • Is it less-likely for students who haven't' completed a 4 year degree to get into vet school?
    • Not necessarily!
  • Zoology/Marine Life - send them to Jamie!

Hillary Becker: Health Professions Resource Center

Email: hpa@montana.edu

Phone: (406) 994-1670

Online: https://www.montana.edu/hpa/index.html

Location: Culbertson 318, 320, 324, 328, 330

• Director, Assistant Director, Student Success Coordinator
• 14-15 Junior/Senior student Peer Advisors
• Peer Mentor Program and 1-on-1 mentoring
• Alumni Mentors offer 1-on-1 mentoring through the application process

Who uses HPRC?

• • ~1300 active students - all years, post-bacc, grads, alumni (no more than 3 years past graduation) , every college, any major
  • (more traditional majors like the -ologies) - but also! Ceramics, math, stats, psychology (non-STEM)

Careers:

• • Pretty much everything in medicine
  • Not nursing students - that's all in the College of Nursing
  • Associate Degrees: ultrasound, imaging, etc.

Programming and Student Support:

• • Exploration: advising, seminars/workshops, HMED courses, Pre-Health Clubs
  • Preparation: Professional skills, service experience, Clinical experience
  • Application: Prep2Apply process, workshops, mentoring, individualized plans, Mock interviews
  • The process takes about a year and a half - yikes!

Experiential Learning:Big on giving students authentic experiences

• • Osteopathic demo, WWAMI Pre-Med Summit in Missoula, Duke/MSU STAR, Suture Clinics, Sports Med Taping Clinic, HMED 340 Class, WWAMI Tours

Is it Helpful? - all of these pre-advising are elective, not required, so they work hard to talk-up their resources

• • On average, students who use HPRC resources have ~40-60% higher acceptance rate than those who don't

% of MSU Students who get in when they apply:

• • • Medicine: 80%
    • Dentistry: 80%
    • PA: 75%
    • PT: 100%
    • OT: 100%
    • MSU Students are going everywhere across the US to Med School

Takeaways:

• • ANY Major for ANY College can be Pre-Med
  • They're there to help at all stages of interest
  • The earlier students connect with HPRC, the better
  • 3rd floor of Culbertson 

Questions:

• • Are YOU good at sutures? (YouTube is great lololol)