2. professional School Applicants Spring ‘15 Meeting

3. Internal Review Process  Applicant File  Interviews  Evaluations  Ratings  Good  Very good  Excellent  Superior

4. Common Professional School Exams  DAT (Dental Admissions Test)  GRE (Graduate Record Examination)  PCAT (Pharmacy College Admissions Test)  MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test) Summary Reports @ aamc.org/mcat “How Scores are Used by Medical Schools”

5. Students are Responsible for Obtaining Admission Requirements and Deadlines for Schools to Which They Plan to Attend

6. Applying to Medical, Dental and Veterinary Schools  Central Application AMCAS AADSAS  Secondary Applications  Specific Professional School Applications  Middlebury’s Applicant Dossier  biographical report  recommendations  committee letters

7. Ratings of Core Personal Competencies’ Importance to Entering Student’s Success in Medical School

8. Importance of Application Data: Invitation to Interview / Acceptances Red = Academic Data Blue = Experiential Data Black = Combination 5 = Extremely Important 4 = Very Important 3 = Important 2 = Somewhat Important 1 = Not Important

9. Holistic Review  Flexible & Individualized Assessment  Balanced consideration is given to experiences, attributes, and academic metrics  How the individual might contribute value as a medical student and physician  Read about the Holistic Review Process: https://www.aamc.org/initiatives/holisticreview/about/ https://www.aamc.org/initiatives/holisticreview/about/

10. How does AMCAS work? Application Submitted Applicant completes & submits AMCAS application online Applicant pays submission fees (or uses valid Fee Assistance Program benefits) Application Processed Applicant arranges for all required official transcripts to be sent to AMCAS AMCAS performs verification of coursework and calculates AMCAS GPAs Application Delivered AMCAS distributes verified application to designated med schools AMCAS delivers letters to designated med schools as they are received

11. 2016 Application Dates  Application Deadlines  11:59pm ET of the deadline date  Transcripts must be received by AMCAS w/in 14 days of the application deadline date April and May MCAT scores released (6/16 and 6/30)

12. 2016 AMCAS Participation

13. The AMCAS Application  Identifying Information  Schools Attended  Biographic Information  Course Work  Work/Activities  Letters of Evaluation  Medical Schools  Essay(s)  Standardized Tests aamc.org/amcas

14. Releasing Dossier to Schools  Middlebury submits applications to Medical Schools through Interfolio; applicants submit to AMCAS  Veterinary and Dental Schools receive applications via their application systems.

15. Interviewing  Review and Practice  Stay up-to-date with research and healthcare issues  www.studentdoctor.net www.studentdoctor.net  Follow-up with thank-you notes  Send to Director of Admissions not to committee members who conduct the interviews

16. Admissions Committees Seek Answers to the Follow Questions Is this a competitive applicant? Can this person complete medical school? Does this person know what (s)he is getting into? Is this candidate an interesting person?

17. Midd Matric ‘14 GPAs/MCATs

18. Questions?