IMPORTANT: Prehealth Committee Procedures for Spring 2008
If you plan on coming through the Prehealth Committee for APRIL 1, 2008 in support of your 2009 professional health school application, please carefully read the following information. Again, you will need at least 4 individual letters of recommendation by APRIL 15, 2008
Please turn in your materials to Virginia Majewski in 109 Norton Hall. Her phone is 645-6012; email – vmajewsk@buffalo.edu. You will need to set aside at least 10 minutes so that she can review your packet with you. Please do not simply drop off your materials to the office and leave.
If your last name begins with A-L, please turn in all your materials by 4:30 p.m. TUESDAY, APRIL 1.
If your last name begins with M-Z, please turn in all your materials by 4:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2.
YOU ARE SUBMITTING:
1) A printed copy of Prehealth Committee Application/Data Sheet - http://www.prehealth.buffalo.edu/pdfs/datasht2.pdf
2) Unofficial Transcripts from UB (My Grades off of MyUB) and any transcripts from transfer work.
3) Items #7-9 from the Prehealth Committee Application/Data Sheet
4) Personal Statement - #10 on the Prehealth Committee Application/Data Sheet
5) Be sure to read and answer appropriately #12 on the Prehealth Committee Application/Data Sheet. Please be sure to read the question carefully and contact us if you are unsure how to answer it. You want to report any disciplinary action/academic integrity issue regardless of whether you completed the required community service hours or regardless of whether you applied for the record to be expunged or you believe any record has already been expunged.
6) $40 fee.
If you are applying to two types professional health schools (i.e., MD and DO), the fee is $45 to cover the costs of transmitting your letters electronically through VirtualEvals to the MD and DO schools. The fee covers the expense overall of paper, copy services, and envelopes.
7) A black and white headshot (if possible). If not, we will take a quick photo here to be sure we are appropriately tracking all your Committee info.
The ONLY materials sent on to the professional schools from our office include your individual letters of recommendation and Prehealth Committee composite letter. We do not forward your essay, Prehealth Committee application, photo, transcripts, etc.
The SRC in 232 Capen must forward your official transcripts to the centralized application services or individual schools (whichever is applicable for you).
Setting the Interview
Once you have submitted all your materials and have at least four letters in, you will be assigned a Prehealth Committee interviewer. In 3-5 days, you will be emailed your interviewer’s name and contact information. It is important that you contact this person promptly. They will be expecting to hear from you to arrange the date and time of your interview. Please do arrive more than 10 minutes early for your interview but strive to be on time.
Please do not ask us to accept your application past the deadline or assign your interviewer without at least 4 letters by April 15. Doing so holds up the process for the entire pool. Our goal is to complete your letters by mid-to-late June so you are all very timely in having a completed packet. Early, complete applications to the professional health schools are highly advocated.
