Good Afternoon Everyone:
Effective next Wednesday (June 20, 2007) Virginia (Jinny) Majewski who manages the letters for the Prehealth Committee process will be out of the office until sometime in August.
In her absence, Ms. Karen Barrera will be your first contact for overseeing the process of collecting and sending out your packets to the various professional health schools to which you are applying. She will also oversee the VirtualEvals system for transmitting your letters electronically to those medical (allopathic and osteopathic) schools and optometry schools that accept them.
Karen’s full contact information is below.
Ms. Karen Barrera
109 Norton Hall
645-6010
barrera@buffalo.edu.
If Karen is not available, you may also contact:
Jenn Rosseland at 645-6019. Jenn is also in 109 Norton Hall. Her email is jmr1@buffalo.edu.
Week of June 18-22
There will no appointments or prehealth drop-ins available the week of June 18.
I will be out of the office and Dalene Aylward is currently on maternity leave.
Please feel free to contact Karen or Jenn about Prehealth Committee letter matters and feel free to set an appointment for the week of June 25 or plan to come by drop-in hours that week. Summer drop-in hours are Tuesday from 2:00-4:00, Wednesday from 10:30-11:30 and Thursday from 10:00-11:00.
If you are applying to the professional health schools for fall 2008 AND are coming through the Prehealth Committee this year, please be alerted that if we need to mail any packets for you (i.e., schools not using Virtual Evals like some US medical schools, and all US dental schools, all podiatry, all veterinary, all optometry), we need a pre-addressed, and stamped envelope. Blank envelopes are available for you to address in 108 Norton, but the postage has changed from $1.11 to $1.14 with the recent postal rate change.
The last date we can upload letters or transmit files through the VirtualEvals system for the fall 2007 entering class (MD, DO, optometry) will be Friday, March 30, 2007.
On April 15, they will take the 2007 site down to prepare for the 2008 application cycle.
Prehealth Committee Process for spring 2007 for those applying for fall 2008 admission - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Please see the following information for those of you preparing to apply for admission to US medical or dental schools for FALL 2008. This information would also pertain to sophomore students, who have not yet completed the Committee process, applying to UB’s Early Assurance Program to Dental School or the Upstate Medical College Early Assurance Program.
Our first deadline (and typically the deadline most advisable) is April 1, 2007 for fall 2008 admission. Since April 1 is a Sunday, we will accept your application until 5:00 p.m. Monday, April 2.
The Prehealth Committee is an important piece of overall application to US professional health schools (e.g., medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry).
We do not compose letters for pharmacy applicants, OT, PT or applicants to PA schools.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: Effective SPRING 2007 - you are required to submit your APPLICATION BY MONDAY, APRIL 2 (again, April 1 is a Sunday) but we will accept your individual letters of recommendation until MONDAY, APRIL 16.
Since we are extending this time for you, please do not ask us to wait behind APRIL 16 for your required FOUR letters. You can submit a TOTAL OF SEVEN letters, but we need at least FOUR submitted by APRIL 16. If you have less than FOUR letters past April 16, the Committee reserves the right to NOT ACCEPT YOUR APPLICATION. You will then need to wait until the SEPTEMBER 1 deadline. If our office waits beyond April 16 for your FOUR letters, it comprises and delays the process for ALL APPLICANTS.
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 MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007.
**Please remember that applications to these professions school have been on the rise and; therefore, they are extremely competitive schools to enter.
If your overall or science/math GPA is around or below a 3.0 (e.g., 2.8 to 3.3), please make an appointment to see the prehealth advisor prior to applying to the Prehealth Committee***
If after reading the website you need more information regarding this process, please call 645-6013 to set up an appointment.
Prehealth Committee Process for spring 2007 for those applying for fall 2008 admission - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Please see the following information for those of you preparing to apply for admission to US medical or dental schools for FALL 2008. This information would also pertain to sophomore students, who have not yet completed the Committee process, applying to UB’s Early Assurance Program to Dental School or the Upstate Medical College Early Assurance Program.
Our first deadline (and typically the deadline most advisable) is April 1, 2007 for fall 2008 admission. Since April 1 is a Sunday, we will accept your application until 5:00 p.m. Monday, April 2.
The Prehealth Committee is an important piece of overall application to US professional health schools (e.g., medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry).
We do not compose letters for pharmacy applicants, OT, PT or applicants to PA schools.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: Effective SPRING 2007 - you are required to submit your APPLICATION BY MONDAY, APRIL 2 (again, April 1 is a Sunday) but we will accept your individual letters of recommendation until MONDAY, APRIL 16.
Since we are extending this time for you, please do not ask us to wait behind APRIL 16 for your required FOUR letters. You can submit a TOTAL OF SEVEN letters, but we need at least FOUR submitted by APRIL 16. If you have less than FOUR letters past April 16, the Committee reserves the right to NOT ACCEPT YOUR APPLICATION. You will then need to wait until the SEPTEMBER 1 deadline. If our office waits beyond April 16 for your FOUR letters, it comprises and delays the process for ALL APPLICANTS.
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 MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007.
**Please remember that applications to these professions school have been on the rise and; therefore, they are extremely competitive schools to enter.
If your overall or science/math GPA is around or below a 3.0 (e.g., 2.8 to 3.3), please make an appointment to see the prehealth advisor prior to applying to the Prehealth Committee***
If after reading the website you need more information regarding this process, please call 645-6013 to set up an appointment.
If you are planning on coming through the spring 2007 Prehealth Committee for application to the professional health schools for fall 2008, please be sure to check the status of the submission of your individual letters of recommendation.
You will want to be sure you have at least 4 letters no later than MONDAY, APRIL 16.
Please recall that the deadline for your actual Committee applicaiton is MONDAY, APRIL 2.
If you wish to check on the status of your letters, please email or call Virginia Majewski in 109 Norton Hall at: vmajewski@buffalo.edu or by calling 716-645-6012 during the hours of 8:30-5:00 Monday through Friday.
Winter 2006 (Dec 1) Prehealth Committee Process for Early Assurance Applicants (Sophomores Only) ATTENTION: Those applying for Early Assurance admission to UB’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: If you are applying to UB’s Early Assurance Program, this is the ONLY cycle you can select to have your letter ready by the February 1, 2007 Early Assurance application deadline.
Those applying for the Upstate Medical College Early Assurance Medical Program (Syracuse) and UB’s School of Dental Medicine Early Assurance Program can also go through the spring 2007 Committee. That deadline is APRIL 1, 2007.
You will want to consider making an appointment for prehealth advisement several weeks/months prior to the December 1 Prehealth Committee deadline to be sure you are well informed and prepared to come through the Committee in support of your EARLY ASSURANCE application.Four to seven individual letters of recommendation can be sent to the office in 109 Norton Hall anytime in support of your application.
Click here for what is involved in applying to the Committee.
Click here for all necessary forms
All forms, aside from the Preprofessional Data Sheet/Application, are also available in 108 Norton.
**There is a detailed checklist (yellow) 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 December 1, 2006.
***Please be sure you have competitive grades and SAT scores prior to applying to the Prehealth Committee***
You can call 645-6013 to set up an appointment if you need more information regarding this process.
New Prehealth Staff Member
I am pleased to introduce Virginia Majewski as a new staff member for prehealth. Virginia is located in 109 Norton Hall and will be overseeing the activities of the Prehealth Committee and managing the collection and distribution of your letters to the professional health schools when you are in the application phase.
Virginia can be reached at (716) 645-6012. Her email is vmajewsk@buffalo.edu.
Change in Prehealth Office Personnel
Most of you know Lou Anne Wright in 109 Norton Hall who manages the letters and Prehealth Committee process for students in our office. Lou has been offered a great job opportunity in Albany and has accepted this position. Her last day in the office will be next Tuesday, September 12, 2006. We are saddened to see her go, but wish her much happiness in her new position. If you need to contact our office about the fall Prehealth Committee process or anything related to your recommendation letters, please contact Karen Barrera at barrera@buffalo.edu or at 645-6010 beginning NEXT WEDNESDAY, September 13, 2006. Karen previously managed this process for us and; therefore, she is quite experienced in this role. Karen will be assisting in this capacity until another full time permanent person is hired.
The actual Prehealth Committee application (data sheet)
is scheduled to be slightly revised for some necessary changes. It is anticipated that these changes will be completed by August 16, 2006. Please check/complete your application sometime after August 16.
