College appsFree
Building a strong college application as a first-gen student
A walkthrough of timelines, essays, and letters of recommendation tailored to first-generation applicants.
HealthPath Horizons guide
Free, practical guides for the path ahead.
College applications
Timelines, essays, recommendation letters, and how to assemble a strong application.
Financial aid
FAFSA, CSS Profile, outside scholarships, and plain-language guides to paying for college.
Financial aidFree
Financial aid: FAFSA, CSS Profile, and outside scholarships
Plain-language explanations of every form a college applicant needs, plus where to look for scholarships.
HealthPath Horizons guide
Research opportunities
How to find a lab, cold-email faculty, and make the most of a summer research experience.
ResearchFree
How to find a research opportunity in high school
Cold-emailing labs, summer research programs, and questions to ask before joining a project.
HealthPath Horizons guide
ResearchFree
How to get involved in research in college
How to actually find a lab position as an undergraduate, what you will do there, how to get paid for it, and how to turn it into a poster, a paper, and a letter of recommendation.
HealthPath Horizons guide
ResearchFree
Wet lab vs dry lab, and how to choose a lab that fits you
An honest breakdown of bench work, computational work, and clinical research, plus the questions to ask and the red flags to watch for before you commit.
HealthPath Horizons guide
Career exploration
An honest look at the many paths within healthcare beyond becoming a physician.
Career explorationFree
Health careers beyond MD: PA, NP, public health, and more
An overview of the many career paths in healthcare and what each one looks like day-to-day.
HealthPath Horizons guide
Career explorationFree
Choosing your classes as a pre-med
A plain-English guide to the courses medical schools actually require, how to sequence them across four years, and how to protect your GPA while you do it.
HealthPath Horizons guide
Wellness
Honest conversation about burnout, mental health, and sustaining a pre-health path.
WellnessFree
Burnout and wellness in pre-health pathways
An honest look at the pressure of pre-med culture and strategies that actually help.
HealthPath Horizons guide
Mentorship
Resources for mentors and toolkits for forming healthy mentor-mentee relationships.
MentorshipFree
Mentor onboarding toolkit
A short guide for new mentors covering expectations, communication, and how to help.
HealthPath Horizons guide
MentorshipFree
How to cold-email professors, physicians, and mentors
A complete playbook for reaching out to strangers who can open doors, including copy-paste templates, follow-up wording, and what to do when someone says yes.
HealthPath Horizons guide
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