Medical and Dental School Application Process Health Professions

Medical and Dental School Application Process Health Professions Student Center

Health Professions Student Center • Assisting Students with the Application Process

Committee Process • Qualifications: § 3. 5 § 3. Cumulative GPA 2 BCPM GPA

Preparation for Committee Meeting • Prepare Expanded Resume/Curriculum Vitae • Write Personal Statement § Seek assistance from Writing Center § Resources are available in HPSC Library and online § Set up Interfolio account Interfolio. com • Gather five letters of Reference

Preparation for Committee Meeting (cont. ) • Letters of Reference § 3 from science/math instructors § 1 from a professional you shadowed § 1 other • Ask letter writers to submit letters on institutional or office letterhead • Letters will be kept on “the cloud” § They can be mailed, emailed or uploaded directly by letter writer to Interfolio

Committee Process (cont. ) • The Committee will review letters from Interfolio. Please grant HPSC access.

Medical College Admission Test Dental Aptitude Test • Deadlines for taking the test: • MCAT – June 21 • DAT – July 1 • Please release your scores to HPSC

Choosing the Schools • Match your GPA and MCAT/DAT scores to their entering class statistics • Choose accordingly • Plan to apply to 10 -17 schools • services. aamc. org/30/msar/home • aacom. org • asdanet. org/predental

Requesting a Committee Interview • We must have the following in hand prior to your interview being scheduled § 5 Letters of reference § MCAT/DAT scores § Minimum cumulative and BCPM GPA calculations § Personal Statement § Expanded Resume/Curriculum Vita

Committee Interview • We will schedule according to Committee members’ schedules • Plan to adjust your schedule accordingly • Unless there are extraordinary circumstances, all interviews will be held in Pullman. • Dress as you will for your real interviews.

Secondary Applications • Complete all secondary applications in a timely manner (2 weeks) • Tell us about all secondaries you have completed and returned. • Make sure your application is complete at each school. • Address any missing items in your portfolio within three days of notice.

Interview Preparation • Mock Interview Availability § Center for Advising and Career Development § Small Group Interviews at HPSC § Individual interviews through HPSC may be available as faculty are available to assist • Review Interview Impressions for the schools at which you’re going to interview

The Interview! • Congratulations you got an interview! • Please tell us where and when you will be interviewing. • After you return please complete Interview Impressions questionnaire

The Big News • Please tell us if you’re on a wait list and if it is a ranked wait list. • Please tell us when and where you are accepted. • We will celebrate with you. • Make sure we have your picture for our “WE MADE IT” board