Johns Hopkins University will be hosting its annual Health Professions School Recruitment Fair on Monday, April 24, 2017, 11:00am – 2:00pm in Levering Hall on the Homewood campus.  The Office of Pre-Professional Programs and Advising along with the Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program are very excited to be hosting this event and we currently have over 70 health professions schools from around the country registered to attend and promote their health professions programs.

We would like to extend an invitation to students at your institution to attend this free event.  It is going to be a wonderful opportunity for students to learn more about various health professions schools and to make valuable connections with these programs.

Here is the link for students to pre-register: https://goo.gl/forms/7zVzTVHhPMbos8aB2

I hope to see your students in April!  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Shannon Jensen, M.A.

Assistant Director

Office of Pre-Professional Programs & Advising

Johns Hopkins University

Upcoming FREE Pre-Health Mini Conference on March 4th featuring Dr. Andre Pinesett.

Dr. Andre Pinesett, a Stanford Medical School graduate, is the leading academic productivity expert in the country. He is an award-winning educator, highly sought-after speaker, and he is coming to UMBC!

He is a high-energy, high-content speaker who enlightens, entertains, and inspires students to strive for academic excellence. On stage, Dr. Pinesett has an unmatched energetic flare. He is a dynamic powerhouse of ideas, engaging story-telling and most importantly ACTION. Students walk away with high-level actionable knowledge and plans that can be put to use immediately to propel them to new levels.

The March 4th conference will be broken into 2 sessions:

Session 1 Study Less & Get Better Grades:

Session 2 Graduate School Interviewing Made Simple:

Get more information and register for the event here:

https://tinyurl.com/prehealthconference

Andre Pinesett MD, MPH

The Pre-med Productivity Expert

Resident Anesthesiologist UCSD

Professional Speaker and Educator

Sponsored by the UMBC PreDental Society, a student-run group at UMBC

Greetings from VCOM!

Here on the VCOM Virginia Campus we are excited to announce our Spring 2017 Open House!  On Saturday, April 8, 2017 we would like to welcome prospective students and guests to our campus to explore all that VCOM has to offer.  There will be opportunities to tour our campus including our Anatomy lab, meet current students, see osteopathic manipulative treatment in action, and more!

More information and registration can be found here: http://www.vcom.edu/admissions/virginia-campus-open-house

We hope that you will consider joining us.  Please do not hesitate to reach out should you have any questions!

Director of Admissions, Virginia Campus

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

2265 Kraft Drive

Blacksburg, VA 24060

We’re excited to announce the 2^nd Annual AAMC Virtual Medical School Fair is taking place February 16, 2017 from 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST! The virtual fair is an opportunity for medical schools, advisors and potential applicants to interact with one another in a secure platform from a computer, tablet or mobile device.

In addition to the 48 medical schools (listed below) from the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada participating, the AAMC and the National Association of Advisors to the Health Professions (NAAHP) will also have booths! 

You and your students can register for free: www.aamcvirtualevents.org

Fair participants will be able to:

·         Connect a LinkedIn profile to their fair profile

·         Upload resumes/CVs

·         Upload a profile photo

·         Save resources and videos from booths to their own personal “briefcase”

·         Link to each school’s MSAR profile from each school’s booth

·         Use a promo code for a discount on MSAR subscription and the Official Guide to Medical School Admissions so they can prep before the fair (code available after completed registration).

In 2016, nearly 12,000 people registered and over 6,000 attended the fair.

Participating Medical Schools by Geographic Region

Still deciding if dentistry or dental hygiene is right for you?

The 2017 ADEA GoDental Recruitment Event is the perfect opportunity to get the answers to many of your questions about dental school. 

This dynamic, interactive event is geared toward high school students, community college students, four-year college students and others interested in dentistry or dental hygiene.

View our current list of exhibitors.

Representatives from the American Dental Education Association Dental Hygiene Centralized Application Service (ADEA DHCAS^®) will also be available to discuss the multiple pathways to a career in dental hygiene.

If you haven't already, register for FREE today at adea.org/godental17.

Be sure to spread the word about this great event to your friends and classmates.

See you March 18 in Long Beach!

-The ADEA GoDental Team

Greetings Applicant,

In an effort to increase transparency, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) has approved the following change regarding the AACOMAS Repeat Coursework Policy:

Effective May 1, 2017, AACOMAS will include all course attempts in the GPA calculation. This change applies to students matriculating into the 2018-2019 academic year. In the event of multiple attempts of the same course, AACOMAS will no longer drop initial course attempts from the GPA calculation.

Osteopathic medical schools may continue recalculating and weighing applicant GPAs per their established admissions practices. The scope of this policy change is limited to the AACOMAS verified GPA calculation.

The current AACOMAS Repeat Coursework Policy drops the initial course attempts from the GPA calculation. In the upcoming 2017-2018 AACOMAS application cycle, applicants will continue to identify repeated courses during coursework entry, but they will no longer enter 0.00 credit hours for initial attempts. Credit hours for all attempts will be entered as they appear on the official transcript and all grades will be averaged. The AACOMAS application instructions will be updated in advance of the 2017-2018 application cycle to reflect this change in policy.

Effective May 1, 2017, applicants using the 2017-2018 application cycle Reapplicant feature in AACOMAS for matriculation into the 2018-2019 academic year must adhere to the new policy. Therefore, AACOMAS will automatically update previously verified repeated coursework to ensure all applications adhere to the new policy.

Should you have additional questions, please email AACOMAS Customer Service at aacomasinfo@liaisoncas.com.

This notice can be found on the AACOM website.

Thank you,

AACOMAS