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 17, 2010. 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 Read the relevant portions of the Guide to the Health Professions. Open a Credential Service file at the CRC. Request letters of recommendation. One letter must be from a Wesleyan faculty member and it is advisable to have at least one letter from science faculty. JANUARY Research medical schools using the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Curriculum Directory, located on the Internet at : http://services.aamc.org/currdir/index.cfm 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://www.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 31, 2010 deadline.  You must have at least one letter from a Wesleyan faculty or staff member.  It is advisable to have one letter from a science faculty member. 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, Document Transmittal Form, and Dean’s Office "Request for Letter of Clearance" form between February 2 and February 10 to Alice Scholar. Schedule your Health Professions Panel Letter Interview appointment through Alice Scholar.  Interviews will be conducted between February 16 and April 30. NO UNDERGRADUATE REQUESTS FOR A HEALTH PROFESSIONS PANEL LETTER ACCEPTED AFTER FEBRUARY 10, 2010, 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 31. 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. APRIL 30, 2010: LAST DAY FOR PANEL LETTER INTERVIEWS MAY - AUGUST We expect you to have taken the MCAT or DAT by May 27, 2010. 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, AMCAS letter, AACOMAS, ADSAS, and/or TMDSAS 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 AAMC, AMCAS letter, AACOMAS, AADSAS, and/or TMDSAS 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.  Return to the Health Professions Guide table of contents