presented by: Vida Praitis & Andy Mobley Prepared with help from: Doug Peterson

presented by: Vida Praitis & Andy Mobley Prepared with help from: Doug Peterson

We support applications to a variety of health professional graduate programs including: MD DO Dentistry Veterinary School OT, PT, etc. The application process can be quite similar among these, and we will focus upon MD and DO as those tend to be the majority of students.

What do Medical Schools want? Understanding the Medical School Admissions Process About AMCAS and AACOMAS The 2013 AMCAS and AACOMAS Applications Requirements of Grinnell s HPAC for Committee Letter Writing Questions / Comments from SHOT

Completion of required courses and good grades Good MCAT scores Personal characteristics that will make you a caring physician Demonstration of interest in bettering the human condition Some human health experience Research experience Off campus study

75% of all Grinnell Graduates were accepted 85% of Grinnell Graduates with an MCAT of 30 or higher were accepted 88% of Grinnell Graduates with a GPA of 3.6 or higher were accepted 90% of Grinnell Graduates with an MCAT of 30 or higher & a GPA of 3.6 or higher were accepted Data is for 2002 thru 2010 Grinnell Graduates that applied to MD/DO programs within 5 years of graduation.

Services of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Non-profit, centralized application services Collect applicant information Collect one set of transcripts Verifies academic records Provides standardized grading information to participating schools They collect and average your grades across institutions, grouping by science and non science Do not screen applications or make admissions decisions

Applying is a two-step process 1. Primary Application: AMCAS and/or AACOMAS 2. Secondary Applications: Medical Schools Websites: www.amcas.org www.aacom.org

AMCAS/ AACOMAS Primary Application Complete online application Send college transcripts Identify Committee Letter of Recommendation Pay application fee AMCAS/AACOMAS processes the primary application. Once this processing is complete, AMCAS/AACOMAS sends the primary application to the medical schools selected by the applicant. At this point, the medical school takes over the application. Secondary Application Medical School Upon invitation from the medical school: Submit letters of recommendation Submit additional writing samples Send updated transcripts if necessary Pay additional application fee if required Interview Schedule interview date upon invitation from the medical school

April - July 22 different testing dates throughout the year Your MCAT scores are valid for a three year period.

Request to gather information needed to prepare committee letter; Electronic form available on the HPAC website. Provide state of residence Identify key recommenders (Profs. & others) Extracurriculars Essay Deadline 10 PM on Wed. April 3 Form 1

55% of Grinnell students that matriculate to medical school attend a school in their legal state of residence. School Students matriculated School Students matriculated Medical Schools Grinnell Graduates attend. Iowa 10 Georgetown 2 Minn-Minneapolis 8 Massachusetts 2 Dartmouth 4 Michigan State 2 U Wash-Seattle 4 Nebraska 2 Chicago Medical 3 Penn State 2 Colorado 3 San Juan Bautista 2 Emory 3 Southern Illinois 2 Johns Hopkins 3 U Chicago-Pritzker 2 Kansas 3 U Wisconsin 2 Oklahoma 3 Vanderbilt 2 Case Western Res 2 Wash U St Louis 2 George Washington 2

Complete online at www.amcas.org or https://aacomas.aacom.org/ in June/July, the earlier the better Request transcripts from Registrar. (Include in special instructions: "Biology Genetics Letter. ) Indicate that Committee Letter will be sent from Grinnell. Send Letter Request Form pdf file to [petersod]. AMCAS Instructions AACOMAS instructions

Summer/Fall If a medical school is interested, a secondary application will be sent to you. Submit additional writing samples Pay additional fee, if required.

Authorization to send committee letter of recommendation; Electronic form available on the HPAC website. Submit to us only after you ve been sent secondary applications by medical schools or you need a letter sent to a school. Form 2

Not all medical schools use the AMCAS application process Most non-md and non-do programs require individual applications In these cases we can still do committee letters, but the application process that you will use may be different.

Summer/Fall Faculty complete HPAC recommendation forms Recommendations/Ratings are compiled by committee Member of committee is primary writer of letter; letter goes through several revisions Another member is secondary reader, more revisions HPAC co-chair reads and edits final letter Letter is sent within 4 weeks of receipt of Form 2.

SHADOWING Facilitate shadowing at GRMC (limit of 12/hrs per year) Alumni Externship Program (job shadow program during spring break) * 2012 Program is FULL, but will be doing again in 2013! INTERNSHIPS Extensive summer internship resources GRINNELLINK Program: Reserved/funded internships (some in health-related fields) GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL ADVISING Review of application essays Conduct mock interviews targeted at medicine and other health professions Facilitate web-based MCAT prep course through Kaplan

AMCAS and AACOMAS HPAC website Career Development Office (CDO) Contacts Doug Peterson in Science Division Office Co-Chairs of HPAC: Vida Praitis, Andy Mobley.

Medical Schools Grinnell Graduates attend. Albany Arizona Boston University Calif-Davis Drexel University Duke Harvard Hawaii Howard Indiana Jefferson Kentucky Med Col of Georgia Minnesota-Duluth Missouri Columbia New Mexico New York Med North Carolina Northwestern Ohio State Sanford SOM of the U of SD Temple Texas-San Antonio Texas-Southwestern Tulane U Illinois U Michigan University Buffalo Vermont Wright State Yale