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Premedical Advisory Committee Evaluation Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions Applications for Entrance in 2015 
Preprofessional Advising 2920 Broadway, MC 1201 New York, NY 10027 Phone: (212) 854-6378 Fax: (212) 854-0042
Cindy Cogdill: cfc5@columbia.edu Niki Cunningham: njc2001@columbia.edu Rebecca Curtin Ugolnik: rdc2136@columbia.edu Tara Maguire preprofessional@columbia.edu
Table of Contents 3 Timeline for Students Applying to Schools of the Health Professions 4 Frequently Asked Questions 5 Questions related to Application to Health Professional Schools 7 Questions related to Admission Tests MCAT/DAT/GRE 12 Premedical Advisory Committee Application 14 Applicant Checklist 14 Guidelines for Recommendation Letters for Pre-Health Students 15 Preprofessional Advising Recommendation Waiver 17 Resources 18 Join the premed listserve! To subscribe, unsubscribe or access message archives go to the listinfo page for prehealth. From this site you can subscribe, unsubscribe, and set a password to access archived messages and set other various options. You can also send subscribe requests via email: To the subscribe/request address, at listname-join@lists.columbia.edu, with Subscribe in the message body. Once your request is received, you will be asked to confirm it. This is a security measure to ensure that the request was a real one, sent from the email address that wishes to subscribe. The confirmation message will contain instructions for confirming and subscribing, either by sending an email to the address provided with a text string to be copied and pasted into your message, or clicking on a link within the message. The link sends you to a page where you will be able to enter your name and set a member password. Do NOT use your UNI password as your list password. The combination of your email address and your password will allow you to set certain options for yourself, as well as enter the list archive, if any. Timeline for Students Applying to Schools of the Health ProfessionsThe timing of your application is extremely important and therefore your goal. There are several parts of an application and your goal must be to complete all application materials no later than mid-September of the year preceding your desired matriculation in the health professional school of your choice. In order for you to do this, your primary application must be submitted in the first part of this coming summer. The timetable below is designed to help you achieve this goal. Course Work All course work required for the admission test (MCAT/DAT) should be completed by the end of the year in which you wish to submit your application. For example, if you wish to attend medical school immediately after completing your bachelor’s degree, you should complete all premed course work by the end of your junior year. Other courses not needed for the exam but for matriculation (i.e. Bio lab or Biochemistry) can be completed after you submit your application.
1. Attend the mandatory Premedical Advisory Committee (PAC) Application Workshop in December. 2. Begin assembling letters of recommendation. 3. Begin preparation for MCAT or other entrance exams and register for exam. 4. Formulate preliminary list of schools to which you would like to apply.
1. In January begin to prepare in earnest for the MCAT or other entrance exam. You may want to take a commercial preparation course or study on your own. 2. Complete your application for a Committee Evaluation by the Premedical Advisory Committee. All parts of the APPLICATION MUST BE COMPLETED BY FEBRUARY 17th, 2014. The PAC application is located at: http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/advising/preprofessional/pacapp. You will attach a photo and Part II of your application at the end of Part I and submit everything NO LATER THAN 5:00 p.m. on February 17, 2014. The completed application packet includes Part I (web form), Part II (submitted online), Photo (submitted online) and outside transcripts (if applicable, emailed to preprofessional@columbia.edu). 3. Schedule and complete an interview with the Premedical Advisory Committee. This is a required portion of the Premedical Advisory Committee Evaluation. These interviews will be arranged by the Center for Student Advising after the PAC Application has been submitted (instructions for signing up for interview will be sent sometime after the February 17th deadline).
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