professional school applicants spring ‘15 meeting

professional School Applicants Spring ‘15 Meeting

Internal Review Process

Applicant File

Interviews

Evaluations

Ratings Good Very good Excellent Superior

Common Professional School Exams

DAT (Dental Admissions Test) GRE (Graduate Record Examination) PCAT (Pharmacy College Admissions Test) MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test)

Summary Reports @ aamc.org/mcat“How Scores are Used by Medical Schools”

Students are Responsible for Obtaining Admission Requirements and Deadlines for Schools to Which They Plan to Attend

Applying to Medical, Dental and Veterinary Schools

Central Application AMCAS AADSAS

Secondary Applications

Specific Professional School Applications

Middlebury’s Applicant Dossier

biographical report recommendations committee letters

Ratings of Core Personal Competencies’ Importance to Entering Student’s Success in Medical School

Importance of Application Data: Invitation to Interview / Acceptances

Red = Academic DataBlue = Experiential DataBlack = Combination

5 = Extremely Important4 = Very Important3 = Important2 = Somewhat Important1 = Not Important

Holistic Review

Flexible & Individualized Assessment

Balanced consideration is given to experiences, attributes, and academic metrics

How the individual might contribute value as a medical student and physician

Read about the Holistic Review Process: https://www.aamc.org/initiatives/holisticreview/about/

How does AMCAS work?

2016 Application Dates

Application Deadlines 11:59pm ET of the deadline date Transcripts must be received by

AMCAS w/in 14 days of the application deadline date

April and May MCAT scores released (6/16 and 6/30)

2016 AMCAS Participation

The AMCAS Application

Identifying Information Schools Attended Biographic Information Course Work Work/Activities Letters of Evaluation Medical Schools Essay(s) Standardized Tests

aamc.org/amcas

Releasing Dossier to Schools

Middlebury submits applications to Medical Schools through Interfolio; applicants submit to AMCAS

Veterinary and Dental Schools receive applications via their application systems.

Interviewing

Review and Practice

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Follow-up with thank-you notes Send to Director of Admissions not to committee

members who conduct the interviews

Admissions Committees SeekAnswers to the Follow Questions

Midd Matric ‘14 GPAs/MCATs

Questions?