Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED):
President: Katya Merkulova yvm2@buffalo.edu
Vice Pres: Mark Niec mjniec@buffalo.edu
Treasurer: Melitta Mendonca mm329@buffalo.edu
Secretary: Ruxy Pascanu rpascanu@buffalo.edu
Membership: Melissa Chrites mchrites@buffalo.edu
Historian: Rachel Steere rrsteere@buffalo.edu
Web master: Rachel Steere rrsteere@buffalo.edu
Association for Premedical Students (APMS)
President- Shannon Palermo palermo5@buffalo.edu
Vice President- Lindsay Guzzetta lmg32@buffalo.edu
Treasurer- Chrissy Chan chchan2@buffalo.edu
Secretary- Sydney Domanowski std2@buffalo.edu
Shadowing Coordinator- Forrest Crawford fjc6@buffalo.edu
Shadowing Coordinator- Katie Luce kmluce@buffalo.edu
Minorities in Health Related (MHRP)
President: Jennifer Rahman - jrahman@buffalo.edu
Vice President: Jummy Obi - checkjummie@yahoo.com
Treasurer - Angel Rosario - rosario5@buffalo.edu
Secretary - Diana Schubauer - dns2@buffalo.edu
Public Relations - Meneka Bansal - mkbansal@buffalo.edu
Pre-Dental Association
President: Kim Cuddy - kcuddy@buffalo.edu
Vice President: Paul Ciero - paciero@buffalo.edu
Secretary: Tom Bader - tkbader@buffalo.edu
Treasurer: Dan DiPirro - ddipirro@buffalo.edu
Public Relations: Martin Smallidge - mjs83@buffalo.edu
Webmaster: Steven Kim - dwkim5@buffalo.edu
Historian: Jackie Lerner - jlerner@buffalo.edu
Advisor: Rina Patel - rpatel4@buffalo.edu
website: http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/predental not active yet, but will be for fall 2008
If you are applying Early Assurance (sophomores ONLY) to the SUNY Upstate Medical College or to UB’s School of Dental Medicine, please note that the deadlines are approaching:
The SUNY Upstate deadline is July 1, 2009.
The deadline for a completed application to UB’s School of Dental Medicine is June 1, 2009.
If you have came through the spring 2008 Prehealth Committee in support of these applications, remember that we need a completed Release Form from you as well as a pre-addressed and stamped envelope for SUNY Upstate. The Release Form can be found by clicking on the link. You can turn both your Release Form and the pre-addressed and stamped envelope ($1.17 postage) to 109 Norton Hall.
US Dental School Application Service (AADSAS) OPEN May 15, 2008
Please go to the AADSAS application to open. In particular, pay attention to the link for the “AADSAS Instructions” and for “Participating Dental Schools” as there can be unique information required by each school listed.
Policy in Effect Beginning October 15, 2007
As the professional schools continue to become more competitive for admission, we have a number of re-applicants re-sending their Committee letter and supporting letters to the professional health schools. Because we are charged for usage of VirtualEvals (an electronic system, for transmitting letters) and need to cover the cost of envelopes, copying costs and paper, we are asking for each re-applicant to provide a flat fee of $10 for each year of reapplication. Please recall that we will send out an *unlimited* number of packets per applicant to any of the 6 professional schools (e.g., medical schools, dental schools, optometry, podiatry). If you are facing re-application, we strongly encourage you to make an appointment to help address what areas can be enhanced. Re-applicants should not be applying numerous times with the same application, but should be targeting and addressing other areas that need improvement.
If you elect NOT to come through the Committee or have missed a Committee deadline(s), you will want to consult Career Services for their Reference File Service. Please go to 259 Capen or the Career Services website. The Committee is not intended to be used as a Reference Service for those students who have completed the full Committee process.
If you came through the Prehealth Committee in April 2008 in support of a 2009 application to any of the professional schools (or plan to do so in September 2008), you will want to be sure you complete and submit a Release Form to our office (109 Norton Hall) Form once you begin to receive secondary applications from individual schools. This is so our office has your permission to release your Prehealth Committee packet. If you are applying through AADSAS in support of a dental school application, you have more flexibility to release your letters at other times (earlier). The Release Form is available at our website. You can drop this off to us, mail it to us or fax to us at 716-645-3042. If we do not have a signed Release Form we CANNOT send your letters.
Remember if you are applying to MD, DO or OD (optometry) schools check to see if the school is using VirtualEvals first. If the school is NOT using VirtualEvals, you want to pre-address an envelope (available in 108 Norton) and pre-stamp with postage ($1.17) so we can send your packet via US mail. Please turn in your Release Form with your prepared envelopes to 109 Norton.
If you are applying to any of the schools listed here you will need to do the following:
- Complete Section # 6 of the AMCAS Application
- Indicate in your AMCAS application that your letters will be in the form of a “Committee Letter/Letter Packet”
- Enter “Elizabeth Morsheimer” as the “Primary Author/Contact”
- As the Committee packet contains multiple other letters (4-7), it is NOT necessary for you to list those letter writers in the “Additional Authors” section of the AMCAS letters tab.
- You will be provided with a printable form containing an AMCAS letter ID. Our office in 109 Norton Hall NEEDS this form OR simply the Letter ID sent to us via email. You can send this to Jinny Majewski at vmajewsk@buffalo.edu or drop the form off to 109 Norton Hall.
As many of you are aware, the American Medical College Application Services (AMCAS) opened May 14 at 9:30 a.m.
AMCAS is predicting that you will not be able to submit your application at least until June 4.
AMCAS applications will then be transmitted to US medical colleges beginning June 24.
However, in years past, you may still get prompted to submit secondary applications to individual medical schools before June 24. We would suggest you “turn around” those applications in approximately 1-2 weeks time.
The 2009 American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) MD school application opened at 9:30 am ET today, May 14. Remember that you want to submit an error-free, complete application. If you are unsure as to whether to submit your AMCAS prior to knowing your MCAT score results, please make an appointment by calling (716) 645-6013.
As per the American Medical College Application Services (AMCAS) on Thursday, May 15 some of the medical schools participating in the AAMC-facilitated Criminal Background Check (CBC) pilot will begin requesting background checks for applicants who are currently on their waiting lists, and AMCAS wants to make certain that applicants *do not misinterpret* the email requests they receive from Certiphi Screening, Inc. to suggest that they have been accepted to a medical school.
Background information:
Medical schools can request background checks in one of two instances:
1) If they have accepted an applicant
2) Beginning on May 15 of the year of matriculation, if the applicant appears on that school’s waiting list.
The waiting list option exists in order to reduce the time it takes for an applicant to move from a waiting list to an acceptance, should that occur. Medical schools do not receive a copy of the background report until an applicant has been accepted. Up to the point of this Thursday, May 15, every communication from Certiphi Screening, Inc. to an applicant requesting consent did represent an acceptance. However, this will change beginning this Thursday, May 15.
For the 2008 entering class, the following medical schools have agreed to participate in order to assist the AAMC with this new endeavor:
Boston University School of Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry, NJ
University of Mississippi Medical School
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
University of Toledo College of Medicine
University of Vermont College of Medicine
U.S. Medical School Enrollment Projected to Rise 21 Percent by 2012
Both New and Existing Schools Will Fuel Growth
For Immediate Release News Release
Washington, D.C., May 1, 2008—An annual survey on medical school expansion, released today by the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges), indicates that first-year enrollment in U.S. medical schools is estimated to grow 21 percent (3,400 students per year) by 2012 to 19,900 students. Edward Salsberg, director of the association’s Center for Workforce Studies, presented the survey results during his opening remarks to kick off the 2008 AAMC Physician Workforce Research Conference in Crystal City, Va.
According to the survey, more than 86 percent of existing schools have already expanded the number of first-year students or plan to do so within the next five years. In addition, nine new medical schools are under development or discussion, according to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, which accredits medical education programs leading to an M.D. degree. The AAMC estimates that almost 800 first-year students will attend these new schools in the academic year 2012-13, based on future enrollment figures.
“Ensuring an adequate supply of U.S. physicians is essential for our nation’s health. This projected enrollment increase will help alleviate a future shortage of physicians, although we recognize it is just one part of what must be a comprehensive solution,” said AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D. “As more medical school slots become open, this is an excellent time to consider a career in medicine.”
The AAMC Center for Workforce Studies conducted the fourth annual survey of 126 medical school deans in the fall of 2007 to track enrollment and expansion plans over time. A total of 115 schools completed the survey. The information provided by the schools was compared to the baseline academic year of 2002-03, when first-year enrollment totaled 16,448 students.
Survey results indicate that total first-year enrollment in existing U.S. medical schools is projected to increase by 2,635 students (16 percent) by 2012. Public institutions are expected to supply 1,821 of these new enrollment slots (69 percent), and 814 (31 percent) will come from private institutions.
The annual survey of U.S. medical schools is conducted by the AAMC Center for Workforce Studies as part of the association’s ongoing effort to monitor and analyze physician supply and demand.
For a copy of the AAMC 2007 survey on medical school expansion plans, please click on the link.
The Association of American Medical Colleges is a not-for-profit association representing all 129 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 68 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and 94 academic and scientific societies. Through these institutions and organizations, the AAMC represents 109,000 faculty members, 67,000 medical students, and 104,000 resident physicians. Additional information about the AAMC and U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals is available here.
