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The ADEA has published preliminary information in regard to preparing your fall 2009 dental school application. Please click on the link provided and then on AADSAS and then Applicants. The central application for US dental schools (AADSAS) typically opens May 15. Updates will be provided as we get closer to this date.
Union College in Schenectady, NY will be hosting the 11th Annual National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference April 4 and April 5, 2008. Submissions are due March 1 and include such entries as panels, skits, case studies, etc. The theme is: The Human Use of Human Beings in Medicine and Science.
All majors are welcome!
Friday, February 29th 2008
Pearl Street Bar & Grill
7:00-11:00pm
Tickets: $40.00 per ticket
Schedule:
7:00- Dancing and beverages included
8:00- Buffet Dinner & Dessert
9:00-11:00- Dancing and 2 more hours of beverages
Tickets will be sold at the times listed below as well as at the Ticket office in the Student Union-
Friday February 1st- 9am-3pm Nursing Lounge in Kimbal Tower room 124
** Please bring EXACT cash or Checks which are to be made payable
to: SUB1
This announcement is from:
Lauren Hammond
NSO President 2007-2008
University at Buffalo
School of Nursing 2008
Lmh32@buffalo.edu
Please remember that if you are graduating in June, you need to file a card for degree conferral through the Student Response Center (SRC) by NEXT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2008. For complete information about commencement ceremonies, please click on the link.
You can click on the following click to see MCAT and GPA data for students admitted (by state) to US MD schools for 2007. Please weigh this carefully as you consider applying for fall 2009.
You can also see comprehensive data on applicants, matriculants and graduates to US MD schools here. here
The Rochester Institute of Technology has a great website with a specific listing for “2008 Co-op/Internship Opportunities that may NOT require US citizenship or permanent residency status”.
Tour UB’s dental school and clinics, hear a presentation from Dr. Brown, the Acting Director of Admissions, talk with current dental students and have your questions answered! Food and refreshments will be served.
Friday, February 8, 2008 from 3:00-5:00 at UB’s Squire Hall, South Campus (Meet on 1st Floor Lobby area)
Space is LIMITED so please SIGN-UP by emailing Jinny Majewski at vmajewsk@buffalo.edu. You will receive email confirmation when you have been added to the list.
A wait-list will be started if the session is over-enrolled.
A Powerful Lesson
Mr. Mark Sterner will be speaking Monday, February 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the UB Center for the Arts Mainstage. Learn how a spring break trip turned into a nightmare for Mark and three of his fraternity brothers. Mark will share his story of what happens when alcohol and driving mix. Mark Sterner was driving and killed his friends, under the influence of alcohol.
This program is free.
ATTENTION: Those applying for fall 2009 admission to the professional health schools.
If you are a junior this year and/or plan on applying for the entering class of 2009 to medical school (MD or DO), dental school, veterinary school, optometry, etc., please read below. You also will want to consider making an appointment for prehealth advisement several weeks prior to the April 1 Prehealth Committee deadline to be sure you are well informed and prepared to come through the Committee in support of your fall 2009 application.
DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2008 with at least 4 individual letters due NO LATER THAN April 15, 2008
Four to seven individual letters of recommendation can be sent to the office in 109 Norton Hall anytime in support of your application.
If you are unclear as to what is involved in applying to the Committee, please go to the website.
All necessary forms are located here.
All forms, aside from the Preprofessional Data Sheet/Application, are also available in 108 Norton.
**There is a detailed checklist of what you need to assemble for the Prehealth Committee on the shelves in 108 Norton.**
A minimum of FOUR letters of recommendation MUST BE RECEIVED for you by APRIL 1, 2008.
**Please remember that applications to these professions school have been on the rise and; therefore, they are extremely competitive schools in which to gain admission. If your overall or science/math GPA is around or below a 3.0 (e.g., 2.9 to 3.3/3.4), please make an appointment to see the prehealth advisor prior to applying to the Prehealth Committee***
Please call 645-6013 to set up an appointment if you need more information regarding this process.
