Early Start Program
Welcome to the MCPHS Early Start Program. This specially designed program is for new international undergraduate students, providing the opportunity to enhance academic, linguistic, social, and cultural skills. Completing the program will fully prepare you to excel and thrive at MCPHS. It is tailored for incoming first-year and transfer students, helping them adjust to the U.S. education system and social dynamics.
This program is held in late August before the start of your first fall semester. Be sure to stay updated and check back for registration information and program dates. We look forward to welcoming you to the Early Start Program at MCPHS.
Program Outcomes
Students will develop academic language strategies for managing first-year course and lab work through faculty instruction in:
- effective preparation and review for lectures and course texts
- oral and written communication for labs, professors, and class discussion
- academic English and health science vocabulary and reading
Students will develop success strategies to meet the academic expectations of their studies at MCPHS, including:
- time, schedule, and course load planning and management
- study strategies to prepare for course, faculty, and program expectations
- identification of resources that support academic success.
Students will gain insight into diverse U.S. experiences and improve their intercultural competence to:
- engage open-mindedly in a heterogeneous environment;
- promote diversity and inclusion in the college community;
- develop an awareness of the professional competencies of U.S. healthcare practitioners
- appreciate the importance of empathy for health professionals
- prepare for the expectations of interprofessional education and collaboration
Students will begin to build a social support network that will guide them during their time at MCPHS and beyond, which includes:
- a personal network of fellow students, faculty, and staff
- relationships with student leaders and mentors
- proactively accessing resources for physical, social, and emotional health and well-being
Prepare for College Life in the United States
MCPHS's Early Start Program provides first-year and transfer international students a chance to linguistically, academically, and socially prepare for college life in the United States.
International Students Find Their Footing with MCPHS Early Start Program
Two weeks of preparation and support give new students from abroad a strong foundation for the semester.