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**Source: AAMC’s Official Guide to the MCAT Exam. The Princeton Review is not affiliated with AAMC.
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June 3, 2009 - The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) received word today that they have been granted preliminary accreditation from the LCME Board. VTCSOM is a private medical school formed through a public-private partnership between Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic, a major health care provider in southwestern Virginia. The new medical school and research institute campus is being built adjacent to the new Carilion Clinic near downtown Roanoke, Virginia. The class size will be 42 students per year. The charter class will begin in August 2010.
- VTCSOM offers a four-year M.D. degree.
- VTCSOM will be admitting both Virginia state residents and out-of-state residents as students to our medical school. However, only U.S. Citizens, Canadian Citizens, and Permanent Residents will be considered.
The following information summarizes the application process at VTCSOM.
- AMCAS Online Application (VTCSOM is listed in Tab 7 under Virginia schools in AMCAS - AMCAS application due date is 1 December)
- Secondary Online Application (by Invitation)
- Personal References - VTCSOM uses the Personal Potential Index (PPI) evaluation process developed by Educational Testing Service (ETS) for personal recommendations, rather than traditional letters of recommendation.
- Interview Invitation - Interviews will take place on the VTCSOM campus, in Roanoke, Virginia, on several weekends throughout the fall and winter months. VTCSOM utilizes a Multiple-Mini Interview (MMI) process using predetermined scenarios. The MMI interview technique was developed and implemented by McMaster University in Ontario for their M.D. program.
- Rolling Admissions Process - VTCSOM will use a rolling admission process and expects to send out its first group of acceptances approximately a month after its first interview weekend. Additional acceptances will be sent out approximately a month after each interview weekend.
Interested advisors and applicants can find out more information about the school, curriculum, and admissions process at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine on the website.
Stephen Workman, Ph.D.
Director of Admissions
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
1 Riverside Circle, Suite 102
Roanoke, VA 24016
Just a quick reminder, if you are applying to ANY of the professional health schools and have gone through the Prehealth Committee, you need to submit a Release Form to our office as well as have AADSAS (DDS) send us an email. For AMCAS (MD), we also need the completed AMCAS Letter ID Form. Complete info has not yet been released about the OpTomCAS (optometry) application.
HEALTH ASSESSMENTS: UB’s Center for Health and Human Performance offers testing for body composition and assessments for flexibility, strength, health risks and diet, as well as a variety of other health-related services.
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: The UBThisSummer Lecture Series opens at 4 p.m. on Wednesday with a lecture on personalized medicine and pharmacogenomics by pharmacy faculty member Gene Morse. Click on the link for more info.
For a guide as to what is required by each school in addition to what is required for AADSAS, please go to the linked information. Several schools require additional materials to be submitted AT THE SAME TIME or around the approximate time you are submitting your AADSAS.
Libby Morsheimer
Coordinator of Preprofessional Advising
Student Advising Services
109 Norton Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
(716) 645-6013 - for appts
(716) 645-3042 - fax
etm3@buffalo.edu
http://prehealth.buffalo.edu
The VMCAS Web Application for 2010 Matriculation Is Now Available!
The VMCAS Web Application for 2010 matriculation is now available at the link (click on “applying to Veterinary School”) to access the application. Your veterinary applicants can now create an account to begin the application process. After creating an account, students can register their evaluators for the online evaluation process. Once an evaluator is registered, the evaluator will automatically receive an email with details on how to access the secure Electronic Letter of Recommendation (eLOR) system.
The VMCAS website contains complete details about the application process to colleges of veterinary medicine:
• Application Tips
• Details on each member college
• College Prerequisite Comparison Chart prerequisites
• College General Information Chart
• Instructions for the easy-to-use online letters of evaluation system (e-LOR)
The application deadline this year is Friday, October 2nd, 2009 at 12:00 noon Eastern Daylight Time.
If you or your advisees have any questions throughout the process, then feel free to contact the VMCAS toll-free Student and Advisor Hotline at 1 877-862-2740 or email: vmcas@aavmc.org.
2) VMSAR 2009/2010
The 2009/2010 edition of the Veterinary Medical School Admission Requirements (VMSAR) is now available. This publication provides admissions information for all schools of veterinary medicine in the United States, and AVMA-accredited international schools.
Additionally, in this year’s edition, we have included important information regarding accreditation and licensure.
For more information and purchasing instructions on the VMSAR please visit the link.
Shaba A. Lightfoot
Student Affairs Coordinator
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC)
1101 Vermont Ave NW #301
Washington, DC 20005
vmcas@aavmc.org
The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) together with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) created an online directory, International Opportunities in Medical Education (IOME) that provides information about international training opportunities available at U.S. medical schools:
Student may want to check out the resources listed on the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) website.
For students applying to US dental schools through AADSAS, please see the following information about completing the “Letters of Evaluation” (LOE) Section. Several students have had questions.
Full instructions regarding this section are found at the link. Please read under Letters of Evaluation especially under “Submitting a Committee Report.”
Our office will be sending your letters ELECTRONICALLY, so please indicate this.
For those of you who came through or plan to come through a Prehealth Committee cycle at UB, please indicate only ONE evaluator in the “Evaluator Section”. You do NOT need to list all individual evaluators if you have completed or plan to complete the Committee process. Please use the following info:
Dr. Lee Dryden, PhD
Chair, Prehealth Committee
109 Norton Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York 14260
(716) 645-6012
***The email address MUST be vmajewsk@buffalo.edu as Virginia (Jinny) Majewski in our office will be arranging to have your letters sent electronically.
