{"id":1975,"date":"2025-08-29T22:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-student-portal\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2025-08-29T22:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:30:15","slug":"career-advising-8-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-student-portal\/bulletin\/2025\/08\/29\/career-advising-8-29-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Advising 8.29.2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Class of 2027<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n      <h1>Career Advising 8.29.2025<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n          <div class=\"meta\">\n        \n                  <span class=\"date\">August 29, 2025<\/span>\n              <\/div>\n    \n        \n  <\/div>\n\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Dear Class of 2027,<\/p>\n<p>As referenced during the Post-Clerkship Phase Planning meeting, Career Advising would like to collect preliminary student specialty interest(s). 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