1. Pre-Med AMSA Meeting Notes Thursday November 10 th, 2011

2. Pre-Med AMSA Red Cross Blood Drive Wednesday November 30 th 10-4pm On Pleasant St (right outside STSS and Appleby Hall) Sign up via Google doc: https://docs.google.com/do cument/d/1ZVUS3v- TUKG6b5nO0vBhay3Hw_Us g2ldIcKFvocmWEE/edit AMSA members get 5 AMSA bucks for signing up and showing up To check the Red-Cross blood donor eligibility requirements: http://www.redcrossblood. org/donating- blood/eligibility- requirements BRING DONOR CARD if you have one!

3. Pre-Med DINNER Friday November 18th Moos Tower 1-450 at 5:30 pm The dinner will consist of over 25 local physicians, medical students, and residents. Pre-med students will have the chance to dine with physicians and gain valuable information, learn more about medical school preparation and different specialties, and have fun in the process! Dress is professional casual. $6 pre-sale local AMSA members $8 pre-sale for non-local AMSA members $10 at the door Limited space available, contact Kellie Van Beck at vanb0126@umn.edu if you're interested in buying tickets!

4. Kaplan Courses In honor of reaching our goal of packing over 100,000 meals, Kaplan has donated 3 MCAT courses to sell for $1,600 If you are interested in purchasing a course, please email premed@umn.edu

5. Next Week’s Meeting: Paul White Dean of Admission UMN Medical School Thursday November 17 th at 5 pm in STSS 230 The UMN Dean of Admissions for Medical School Paul White Paul White will be talking about medical school applications, what makes a good applicant, and why the UMN medical school FREE NOODLES AND COMPANY!

6. National 2011 AMSA ARC/UCD Pre- Medical Conference Videos Videos of the conference's many seminars, speeches, and panel discussions. Each session includes valuable information and tips to help you better understand the medical school admissions process. http://www.kaptest.com/M CAT/Home/conference- schedule.html?intcmp:mcat -conference-reg-page MD/PhD programs AMCAS application Dean’s Panels of Johns Hopkins SOM, Tufts SOM, Stanford SOM, etc. Medical Ethics How to apply for Summer Programs So you want to be a Surgeon? How to choose which medical school is right for you?