Health Professions
Timeline for Alumni ('03-'07) Medical School Applicants
Use
the list below as
a checklist. This will be your own
record of your health professions credential file contents. All deadlines for the receipt of materials are firm and must be met
in order to ensure that your Health Professions Panel letter will be
prepared by
August 14, 2008. Keep in mind that you are responsible for
monitoring the contents of your file. To check on the status of your file,
call 860-685-3367, e-mail
ascholar@wesleyan.edu, or visit the CRC and
speak with Alice Scholar, Credentials Coordinator. Credentials Service
hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 7:30am-4:30pm EST.
| *Remember: One Wesleyan credit is equivalent to 4.0 semester hours (divide
and round off to the nearest tenth accordingly for half and quarter
credit course) for those who matriculated after Sept. 2000.
For those who matriculated before Sept. 2000, one Wesleyan credit
is equivalent to 3.5 semester hours). |
DECEMBER
JANUARY
- Research
medical schools using the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Curriculum Directory, located on the Internet at :
http://services.aamc.org/currdir/section2/
and using the print resources, Medical School Admission Requirements
(MSAR). Princeton Review's the Best Medical Schools
provides a complementary perspective on individual schools, using
information gathered from students. Comparable information for schools
of osteopathic http://ww.aacom.org,
dental http://www.adea.org, and
veterinary http://www.avma.org
medicine.
- Contact alumni or friends attending the schools you are interested
in.
- Begin
preparing for the MCAT or the DAT if you have not yet taken it.
FEBRUARY
[You
may begin to have materials sent to the Credential Service anytime after
February
19, 2008 and up to March
27, 2008.]
- Request
official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended (including
Wesleyan) and have them sent to Alice Scholar at the Credential
Service.
- Update
resume and complete detail forms.
- Complete the "Request for Preparation of a Wesleyan Health
Professions Panel Letter" (PDF | MS Word)
and the "Document Transmittal"
forms.
- Draft
2-3 page
personal statement for the Wesleyan Health Professions Panel.
- Continue
to prepare for the MCAT or DAT.
- Schedule
your interview with Health Professions Advisor by contacting Alice
Scholar. Interviews
for alumni will be conducted between March 3 - May 2, 2008. (All necessary
documents must be submitted for interview to take place.)
MARCH
NO
REQUESTS FOR A HEALTH PROFESSIONS PANEL LETTER WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER
MARCH
27, 2008
APRIL
-
Remind
individuals writing letters for you of the
May
8, 2008
deadline.
-
Check
with the Credential Service to be sure all letters of recommendation
are in.
- Continue to prepare for, or take, the MCAT or DAT. It is preferable,
for many reasons, to have your MCAT, DAT, or GRE scores in hand prior to
filing your common applications.
MAY - AUGUST
MAY 2, 2008: LAST DAY FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS
LETTER INTERVIEWS
MAY
8, 2008: DEADLINE FOR AT LEAST 3 LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
-
Access
and initiate work on the AMCAS web application which can be accessed
at http:///www.aamc.org/students/amcas/application.htm.
- Have official copies of all transcripts sent to AMCAS as soon as
they will accept them.
- Notify
Alice Scholar of your AAMC/AACOMAS/ADSAS ID number(s).
- File AMCAS application materials.
- Complete
applications for all schools that do not use AMCAS (a few don't).
- Complete
secondary applications promptly as they come in.
- Your credential file will only be sent out after you have submitted
a written request containing your signature, your AMCAS, AACOMAS and/or
ADSAS ID number(s), your preferred email address, and list of all
medical schools to which you are applying to Alice Scholar, Credential
Service Coordinator. You may mail or fax your requests to 860-685-2181.
NO TELEPHONE OR E-MAIL REQUESTS ARE ACCEPTED.
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