Does Virginia Tech have a pre-med track, and how does it work for undergraduates?

Virginia Tech does not have a standalone pre-med major. For undergraduates, pre-med is essentially a pre-professional path made up of required medical school prerequisite courses, advising, and related experiences alongside your regular major. Students can major in biology, neuroscience, biochemistry, engineering, psychology, or almost anything else, as long as they complete the courses med schools expect.

At Virginia Tech, this usually runs through the Pre-Professional Health Advising system and the Health Professions Advising office. Students work with both their major advisor and pre-health advising to plan classes like general biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, English, math or statistics, and often biochemistry, depending on the medical schools they may target.

Being pre-med there typically also means building a resume outside the classroom. Students often seek clinical exposure, physician shadowing, service, leadership, and research, and Virginia Tech has relevant opportunities through campus labs, local clinics and hospitals, and service organizations in Blacksburg and nearby areas. Many students also use groups such as pre-med or health-related student organizations for support and networking.

In practice, a Virginia Tech pre-med student chooses a major, maps out the med school prerequisites over four years, keeps grades strong, and adds the clinical and service experiences needed for competitive applications.