Health Professions
Timeline For Undergraduate
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.
- After
identifying what kind of learning environment is best for you and what
you want from your graduate education, look over individual school's
Web sites carefully to identify the ones that interest you the most.
- Begin
preparing for the MCAT or the DAT if you have not yet taken it.
- Request
official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended (including
Wesleyan) and have them sent to Alice Scholar at the Credential
Service.
- Complete
or update your resume and detail forms.
- Draft
your personal statement for the the Health Professions Panel.
FEBRUARY
- Remind individuals writing letters for you of the MARCH 27, 2008 deadline.
- Continue to prepare for the MCAT or DAT.
- Revise your personal statement.
- Turn in your personal statement, resume, detail forms, "Request for Preparation of a Wesleyan Health
Professions Panel Letter" form, and Dean’s Office "Request for Letter of Clearance"
form between February 5 and February 14 to Alice
Scholar.
- Schedule your Health Professions Panel Letter Interview
appointment through Alice Scholar. Interviews will be conducted between
February 19 and May 2.
NO UNDERGRADUATE REQUESTS FOR A
HEALTH PROFESSIONS PANEL LETTER ACCEPTED AFTER FEBRUARY 14, 2008, 4:00
PM.
MARCH
- Register
for the MCAT, if you plan to take it in April.
- Continue
to prepare for the MCAT or DAT.
- Check with Alice Scholar to be sure all of your letters of
recommendation and all official transcripts are in your file. Letters
of recommendation are DUE March 27.
APRIL
- 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 PANEL LETTER INTERVIEWS
- Access
and initiate work on the AMCAS and/or AACOMAS web applications which can be accessed at
http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/application.htm
and http://www.aacomas.aacom.org
respectively.
- Have official copies of all transcripts sent to the AMCAS/AACOMAS or
AADSAS application service as soon as
they will accept them.
- Notify
Alice Scholar of your AAMC and/or AACOMAS ID Number(s).
- Complete
AMCAS/AACOMAS/AADSAS application and file by end of June.
- 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
AADSAS 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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