Through a partial grant from ASCO, the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry, the Admissions and Student Affairs team at UC Berkeley’s School of Optometry is pleased to announce that they will once again offer our summer “Opto-Camp” program. They will be offering two sessions this summer, June 18-20, with a repeat session planned for July 16-18.
The goal of Berkeley Optometry’s Opto-Camp is to introduce underrepresented pre-health science majors to Optometry as a potential future career track and to prepare them to be successful applicants to optometry school. The objective of Berkeley Optometry’s Opto-Camp is to present a three-day “in residence” experience that will provide participants with opportunities to learn about the profession of optometry and the process of becoming an optometrist.
Opto-Camp is FREE to participants, excluding travel to and from the UC Berkeley campus.
Program specifics and the application are linked here:
Please note that postmark application deadline is on Monday, April 23, 2007.
This announcement is being forwarded at the request of the Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service. Inquiries should be addressed directly to them.
As TMDSAS prepares for the 2008 Application Season, we want to take a moment to provide you with some key dates.
The 2008 Application will launch Tuesday, May 1st.
The application deadline, this year, is Monday, October 1st, 2007, at midnight CT.
Applicants should not have any transcripts or evaluation letters sent until after May 1st.
They MUST have requested their Personal ID Number (PIN) before having any materials sent to TMDSAS. Transcripts should be accompanied by the TMDSAS Transcript Request Form. The Deans/Directors of Admission of all participating TMDSAS schools have approved the following policy change in the processing of applications.
TMDSAS will no longer notify students about the following errors in Sections 6-10:
Answers that are cut-off at the end or margins of any text box or essay in Sections 6-10 or gaps in the chronology in Section 7. Therefore, we will no longer re-open applications and allow applicants to correct these errors once the application has been submitted to TMDSAS. It is imperative that applicants proof their applications thoroughly BEFORE they submit it to TMDSAS.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions at 1-512-499-4785 or by email, tmdsas@utsystem.edu. Thank you and we look forward to working with you this coming season.
Best Regards,
TMDSAS
CSTEP is now accepting applications for their spring 2007 internship program, at the SUNY School of Optometry from Tuesday, May 29 to Saturday, June 9 at the school located in Manhattan. CSTEP provides the opportunity to explore the profession of optometry in the a number of ways. You will have the opportunity to observe actual clinical rotations, observe various clinical examinations and procedures and see different optometry specialties firsthand. You will also visit a hospital, a private and/or group practice, a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and neighborhood health center. Additionally you will have the opportunity to compose your own research paper and review the day-to day schedule of optometry students.
You must be a NYS resident currently attending an accredited college or university full-time. Only underrepresented minority students or economically disadvantaged students will be considered and preference is given to sophomores and juniors.
CSTEP is free. Applications can found on top of the gray file cabinet in 108 Norton Hall. More information and additional applications can be obtained by calling or writing Carlos Restrepo or Edward R. Johnston, O.D. at the SUNY College of Optometry 33 West 42 Street, NY, NY 10036. Tel (212) 938-5505 or email restrepo@sunyopt.edu
This message is from Ola Mscichowski, president of AED. All interested students are welcome to participate in all events listed!
Upcoming Events:
1)Asian American Club is having a Food Drive. You can drop off food at 372 SU or in any box for the food drive around campus. The food will be donated to the Food Bank of Western NY on March 30th. If you would like to donate food, please label the items with AED, so that they know those are the donations our club made.
2) On Saturday, April 7 at 12:30-2:30pm in Harriman Hall on South Campus, there will be a Scrub Social, where you can wear your scrubs. We need volunteers for this event. If you would like to volunteer to help set up, please contact me at oam4@buffalo.edu by Tuesday, March 28th.
3) As in the Fall, there will be another UB Getting Dirty Part II. We will be cleaning up various areas in the Buffalo area. This will be Sunday, April 15 from 12-5pm. Registration will begin at 11:30am in front of the Main Circle bus stop on South Campus. There will be pizza at 5pm. We need an exact number of people reported by Friday, March 30, so that we can have an area of Buffalo assigned to us. If we don’t sign up, they cannot guarantee we will have a place to work on April 15th.
You will also be receiving a t-shirt for your participation!
Please e-mail me if you are interested in these last 2 events, so I can let the organizers know how many of us are coming.
The new inductees that were not able attend the ceremony, can pick up their certificates in Libby’s office this week. Please let e-mail her ahead of time so she can have everything ready for pick up.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. If you have any questions regarding positions, please let me know.
This message is from Amanda Charles, Vice President for MHRP
Hello everyone, our next general meeting will be this Monday March 26, 2007 at 5:30pm-6:30pm in 250 SU.
We will be having Dr. Dian Wells from UB Dental School as our guest speaker. Also we will be mentioning candidates for next year’s e-board. Again this meeting is open to all students interested in pre-health. I hope to see you all there.
Sincerely,
Amanda Charles
MHRP Vice President 2006-2007
This message is from Rajavi Parikh, president of APMS.
Just wanted to inform everyone of our upcoming events and activities. Our annual end of the year banquet will be held on Saturday, April 14 at Classics V. Tickets will be on sale starting THIS MONDAY, March 26th at the Sub-Board ticket office. They will be sold at a discounted price of $5 and all are welcome to attend. There is limited space so make sure to buy your ticket early. The cost of the ticket includes a buffet dinner, a raffle through which you can win some really nice gifts, and a night with some great people! Tickets will only be sold until April 11 so make sure to get your tickets before that.
We have a couple more dates for Ronald McDonald House coming up in April. Those are going to be on the 15th and the 25th. If you are interested, make sure to contact Matt at msb29@buffalo.edu .
We will be going to Vive la Casa on Thursday, March 29th. I know some people signed up for Tuesday the 27th but it looks like Thursday is going to work out better for most people. Even if you signed up already, let me know if you would like to come. We will leave around 3pm and will set up rides to get there.
Shadowing is still going on and will be for the rest of the semester. If you’re interested, fill out the forms from our website, and hand them in to the filing cabinet located right outside 108A Norton.
This upcoming Friday, March 30th, we will be ice skating at the Amherst Pepsi Center! Open skate is from 8:30pm-9:50pm. Let me know if you’re interested in coming and need a ride. We will meet on campus and all go together!
Last but not least, look out for upcoming emails regarding a Pre-Med/Pre-Dental social, our last general body meeting of the semester, and other opportunities to get involved.
~Rajavi S. Parikh
Many of the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) Medical Colleges will be hosting Open Houses on their campuses this April. Please consider linking to the site for additional information.
ESL 320 CONVERSATION SEMINAR
English Language Institute
The Chat Room
Fall 2007
Each fall and spring semester, the English Language Institute (ELI) enrolls over 70 students from different countries who study English as a second language in the Intensive English Program (IEP). The University at Buffalo also enrolls over 4,000 international students each academic year, many of whom are registered for ELI’s English as a Second Language (ESL) courses.
By signing up to be a Chat Room partner, you can help these students not only with their conversational English skills but also with their cultural and personal adjustment to the University at Buffalo.
The Chat Room is open Monday – Friday. Chat sessions start 2:30, 3, 3:30, 4 and 4:30 p.m. and meet for 60 minutes each. As a Chat Room partner, you will need to complete 30 chat sessions between September 10 – November 16. (3 sessions/week for 10 weeks)
In addition to completing 30 chat sessions, you will be required to:
• Attend an orientation meeting on Thursday, August 30 at 12 noon in room 376
Baldy Hall.
• Submit a journal or a 5 page paper by the end of the semester focusing on your weekly experiences as a Chat Room partner, what you have learned and/or your overall evaluation of your Chat Room experiences. Details will be discussed at the orientation meeting and later in the semester.
Becoming involved as a Chat Room partner will help you learn about other cultures as well as your own. Being a Chat Room partner should provide you with the beginnings of a true international education experience. Many good friendships have resulted from this program and students often say that this program is a highlight of their studies here at U.B.
There is preliminary information available off the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) website for applicants for the entering class of fall 2008. This information is from the American Association of US Dental Schools Application Service (AADSAS). Click here for updated information for the fall 2008 entering class.
IMPORTANT: Please see notation regarding the number of individual letters that can accompany a Prehealth Committee letter effective 2008. The site indicates “One Pre-dental Committee Report/Letter” plus the option of one additional letter of evaluation” - however, as per AADSAS in a direct correspondence with me, if you go through the Committee, we will send ALL of your individual letters (4-7) required for the Committee as we have done in the past.
Registration for the August and September administrations of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) will begin NEXT Thursday, March 22.
As with the June and July dates, they will have a regional roll-out of registration according to the following schedule. All openings begin at 9 am Eastern.
March 22: Central US
March 23: Southern US
March 26: Northeastern US
March 27: Western US
March 28: Canadian & Other International
August/September registration was originally schedule to begin in mid-April. Due to unexpectedly light registration for our June/July administrations, and interest in summer/fall dates, they have decided to open registration for remaining administrations a bit earlier than originally planned. They will update the Registration page of the MCAT Web site by close of business tomorrow to reflect this new schedule.
