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Pre-professional is a category for students considering a professional school after graduating with a bachelor’s degree.  Unlike graduate school programs, which focus on advanced coursework in one particular field of study, professional school programs are designed to train a student for a specific career and require a state or national licensure exam (the Bar Exam for lawyers, Medical Licensing Exam for doctors, etc.)

• Pre-health for students interested in dentistry, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, and veterinary medicine
• Pre-law for students who want to become lawyers

At Ohio State, "pre-health" and "pre-law" are not majors. They are officially-recognized areas of academic interest that enable your academic advisor and your pre-professional advisor to provide you with a wide range of support to realize your goals.