This information was just released from the MCAT administrators.
We have a few updates for you as we prepare to open registration next week for the January - May 2010 test dates:
1) Registration will open Monday, November 2. We regret we cannot announce a specific opening time.
2) The 2010 MCAT Essentials are now posted online. This is REQUIRED reading prior to registering for the MCAT.
3) The MCAT administrators have posted a chart indicating which AAMC-member schools have indicated they will accept January 2010 scores for the current application year (i.e., applications for the 2010 entering class). They were able to provide information about schools who responded to the request for information.
This message is from John Boyd, APMS Treasurer
For those of you who are interested in receiving CPR and AED certification from the American Red Cross, please send me an email at Jbjr3@buffalo.edu simply notifying me of your interest as soon as you read this email. The training will be either free or extremely inexpensive comparable to the standard price. If you are not a APMS member, the fee is $30. The date is to be determined but will take place before the end of this semester. Feel free to add any questions to your confirmation email.
John Boyd
APMS Treasurer
Jbjr3@buffalo.edu
This message from Kaplan Test Prep
While Kaplan’s classroom, online and tutoring options provide students with numerous tools for content review, some students want to further their science knowledge before the MCAT classes even begin. This October, Kaplan will provide free access to the MCAT Science Review program (a $499 value) to any student who enrolls in a Kaplan MCAT Online, Classroom or Tutoring
program.
Eligibility in this value-added promotion does not preclude AED members from taking advantage of our existing relationship by saving $100 off of the regular price of our program.
Make sure when you register to mention the AED 100$ discount!!!
~Mark Niec
President of AED
Students can view a new informational video about the profession of podiatry at developed by the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA). The video shows clips from educational, surgical, and practice settings. Students can view the video and then choose to learn more at their leisure. The video can be viewed on the APMA website or on YouTube.
The APMA has recently created exciting, informative, and new ways for students to learn about careers in podiatric medicine. Last month, another new “testimonial” video was released. This short video has interviews with podiatrists, students and residents and explores the reasons why they each chose a career in podiatric medicine and what they like best about the profession. This video can also be viewed on YouTube or on the APMA career page.
For more information, feel free to contact the APMA at careerinfo@apma.org.
This message is from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
We would like to remind you of opportunities for combined-degree training in the NIH MD/PhD Intramural Partnership Training Program . This innovative program allows MD/PhD students to obtain all or part of their research training in one of the more than one thousand biomedical research laboratories in the NIH intramural research program and maintain eligibility for medical school training at most of the MSTP-funded M.D./Ph.D. programs around the country.
For most students in this program, the Ph.D. is obtained from one of NIH’s graduate partnership Ph.D. programs (http://gpp.nih.gov). <a The NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Ph.D. Program has been particularly popular among students pursuing M.D./Ph.D. training at NIH. This accelerated doctoral program allows students to set up dual-mentored Ph.D. research projects involving laboratories at NIH and at either Oxford or Cambridge universities in England. This program is also compatible with holders of Rhodes, Marshall, Gates or other international scholarships to study in the U.K. The program has grown considerably, and we now have fifty MD/PhD students who are doing research at NIH in partnership with more than twenty medical schools across the country. Approximately forty of these students are in the NIH Oxford-Cambridge scholars program. Graduates have gone on to top residencies at institutions such as New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center and Children’s Hospital in Boston. While students are on our campus for their research, we have arranged for longitudinal preceptorships in our clinical center, the nation’s largest and most advanced research hospital.
Students applying to M.D./Ph.D. programs for Fall 2010 admission are eligible to apply for NIH partnership training in parallel with their current applications to medical schools. The free application can be accessed from the GPP web site. Applicants not currently enrolled in medical school should select track 1 of the NIH MD/PhD partnership training program in addition to their choice of Ph.D. program. The program web site explains the different training tracks supported by this program. This year’s application deadline is January 4, 2010.
We have a teleconference scheduled for Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8 PM EST and other recruitment events this fall. Please direct your or your advisees’ inquiries and RSVP for the teleconference to a central email address we have set up for this purpose: mdphd@mail.nih.gov.
Sincerely,
Richard Siegel, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, and Acting Chief, Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS
Chief, Immunoregulation Section
Director NIH MD/PHD partnership training program
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda MD 20892-1930
The Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) has a one year post-bac enhancement program which does not require the MCAT to be taken prior to entering and has an MCAT prep component. Here is the link to the program. For more information, please contact Jean Herndon, Director of Post-Baccalaureate Programs at jherndon@vcom.vt.edu
The program is new this year.
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
2265 Kraft Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
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The UB Academies and UB Against Cancer are co-sponsoring a bone marrow registry drive NEXT Thursday November 5 from 11am-3pm in the Social Hall (Flag Room) of the Student Union.
Every year there are 10,000 people in need of a bone marrow donation, but only 3 in 10 get the donation they need to live. With your help we can grow the registry!
Students are encouraged to check out the national bone marrow donor website. It’s very interesting and informative!
November Events
Please mark your calendars for these upcoming events in November!
So, You Want to be a Doctor, Dentist, Veterinarian, Optometrist, Podiatrist or Chiropractor?
If you are a freshmen or sophomore or perhaps just beginning to think about applying to the professional health schools (e.g., medical school, vet school, dental school), come to this workshop to learn what you can be doing NOW to prepare. Learn what you need to do to become a competitive applicant for admission to these schools.
Mon., Nov 2 4:00-4:50 p.m. Meet at Norton 17 - Co-sponsored by Undergrad Academies
Wed., Nov 11 3:00-3:50 p.m. 111 Norton
Thurs., Nov 19 12:30-1:20 p.m. 111 Norton
Prehealth Committee/veCollect Information Sessions
If you are planning on using the services of the Prehealth Committee for the April 2010 deadline, you MUST attend one of the several Prehealth Committee/veCollect workshops offered from October 2009 to March 2010. Please note that only the fall semester workshop dates are noted below. After you attend, you can then become a registered veCollect user and be able to have individual letters of recommendation submitted to our office on your behalf. If you are planning on applying to the professional health schools at some later time and wish to be able to have letters submitted for you any time soon (for some later, future application), you may come to workshop as well. These sessions are not limited to juniors; freshmen and sophomore students may also attend so that recommendation letters can be submitted to our office on your behalf.
Tues., Nov 3 2:00-3:00 p.m. 145C Student Union
Thurs., Nov 12 3:30-4:30 p.m. 145C Student Union
Wed., Nov 18 11:00-12:00 p.m. 145C Student Union
You Do NOT Need to Register For These Sessions
International Students and Professional Health School Admission
Are you an international student interested in the professional health schools of medicine, dentistry, optometry, etc? Do you know the considerations regarding admission in the US and considerations regarding financing a professional school education? Come to this workshop to be fully informed about the important issues associated with professional health school admission in the US for international applicants.
Wed., Nov 4 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. 145A Student Union
Army Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) Presentation
Sponsored by AED, APMS, and the Pre-Dental Association
The Army offers full scholarships for students pursuing medical school, dental school, optometry, and veterinary. The scholarships also offer stipends (i.e., compensation for living expenses) and several other advantages for recipients. AED, APMS and the Pre-Dental Association are hosting this session as one of their general meetings, so please consider attending for valuable scholarship information.
Wed., Nov 4 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. 215 Natural Sciences (NSC)
DO Information Forum
If you would like to know more about the DO medical degree (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine), please consider coming to this session! Two DO physicians who are currently completing their residencies in Buffalo will be available to share their advice, expertise, and knowledge pertaining to being a DO physician.
Pizza and refreshments will be served.
Thurs, Nov 5 from 4:00-5:00 in 145E Student Union.
Preparing for Fall 2011 Application to the Professional Health Schools
Are you ready to apply for admission in Fall of 2011? Do you know what you need to do to submit a complete and competitive application? The Prehealth Committee process? The timelines? Get an overview of the APPLICATION CYCLE for ALL (medical, dental, optometry, podiatry, chiropractic, vet) the professional health schools for fall 2011. A detailed handout will be distributed describing: your responsibilities, key deadlines, information regarding your personal statement, admissions’ tests, etc. Important information for ALL applicants!
Thurs., Nov 19 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. 145C Student Union
This message is From Mark Niec, president of AED
AED members,
First of all we need more of you coming to our meetings. 
For those of you who were there and met Dr. Brian Safier, his email is brian@briansafier.com. For those who were not there, Dr. Safier is a pediatrician who is currently completing a fellowship in Buffalo. He spoke about his experience and impressions of medicine. If anyone has a question for him, he said he would gladly answer it.
There will be a Free Kaplan Practice MCAT Test on Thursday, October 22 at 6pm and Saturday, October 24th at 10am. If you are interested call 1800KAPTEST or visit the link above to sign up to take it. You can also always visit their office on the second floor of the Commons.
The auction for a free Kaplan course is still taking place!! This is about a $2000 value. There are no bids currently, but the starting bid is 500$. I suggest people take advantage of this very inexpensive course offering! Plus, the money goes write back into the club! Just join the Facebook group Alpha Epsilon Delta Kaplan Auction and read about all the rules on the page.
Lastly, there is a meeting on November 4th at 6pm in NSC 215. The Army will be coming in to talk about how you can receive a free medical school education. Those of you interested in finding a way to pay for medical school definitely should attend.
~Mark Niec
AED President
Posted October 22, 2009 in Uncategorized
The MCAT administrators just indicated that they will be posting a list of all AMCAS schools who have noted that they will accept January scores 2010 for the current application year of 2010.
This list will be available on the MCAT Web site by the time they open registration for the January – May administrations of the MCAT exam. They expect to open registration November 2.
The DO schools that will accept a January MCAT are already listed in the College Information Book (CIB).
