Harvardocs-medschool-applicants-list March 2017

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appointment slots open for this afternoon!

by Premedical College

Amazing opportunity to meet one-on-one with the Director and Associate Dean of Admissions from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine! Today (Monday) March 27th from 1:30-3:30pm (to sign up- look under "Workshops & Programs in Crimson Careers) Office of Career Services, 54 Dunster Street Emiko Morimoto, PhD Premedical and Health Careers Advising morimoto(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:morimoto@fas.harvard.edu> 617-495-2595 Office of Career Services<http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/>, Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 54 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 [cid:image001.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<http://www.facebook.com/OCSHarvard>[cid:image002.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<http://twitter.com/HarvardOCS>[cid:image003.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<http://ocsharvard.tumblr.com/>[cid:image004.jpg@01CD8445.F53D2F50]<http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/> http://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/medical-health

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appointment slots open for this afternoon!

by Morimoto, Emiko Taira Adachi

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upcoming medical school visits next week

by Premedical College

Medical School Visits Next Week We hope you had wonderful spring breaks! We have a number of medical school visits next week-please RSVP for these events in Crimson Careers if you plan to come. Professional School and Employer Visits Throughout the year, we have visits from various medical schools, other health professions schools, and employers. Office hours with the medical schools are primarily intended for students planning to apply during the upcoming cycle, but are open to all juniors, seniors, and alumni. All office hours and information sessions will be held at OCS. * Yale School of Medicine, Monday, March 20, 4-5pm * University of Michigan Medical School Office Hours, Wednesday, March 22, 1:30-3:30pm * University of Michigan Medical School, Wednesday, March 22, 4-5pm * Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Military Medicine, Thursday, March 23, 4:30-6pm ________________________________ Med School Applicant Listserv If you plan to be an applicant for matriculation in 2018, please subscribe<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__harvard.us8.list-2Dmana…> to the Harvard OCS Medical School Applicant Listserv and sign up using a @college.harvard.edu address, if you have not already done so.

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Mulitple acceptances, wait lists, letters of intent, and no acceptances so far.

by Premedical College

Dear Applicants, We know many of you have been hearing from a number of schools lately. We know some of you are thrilled with your choices, some of you have received disappointing rejections, and some of you are in that in between spot of wait lists. We have been getting lots of emails about wait list strategies, so we are sending along some general advice. Some of this is similar to information we sent out in January, but we are sending it again because of all the questions that are pouring in. 1) Multiple acceptances. Most of you have been fortunate enough to receive an acceptance already. Many of those schools will ask you to send in a deposit and/or a written notice that you accept the spot. There are clear "traffic rules" that govern acceptances (traffic rules for applicants<https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/article/applica…>; traffic rules for admissions officers<https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/article/applica…>). As long as you are holding only one acceptance on April 30th, all of the deposits you have paid will be returned, except for the one at the final school that you plan to attend. As you get acceptances, you should withdraw from schools where you do not intend to matriculate. Many of you may need and want to hold on to multiple acceptances until you hear about financial aid offers. That is completely appropriate. For many schools, however, you might know that you will attend school A over school B regardless of what the financial aid package looks like and in that case it is appropriate to withdraw from school B once you have been accepted to school A. Both your House tutors and OCS premed advisers are happy to discuss these choices with you. Please try not to hold onto schools that you do not plan to attend once you have an acceptance someplace else. 2) Waitlists. For those of you on wait lists for schools that you hope to attend, it can make sense to send updates every month or so unless schools have asked you not to or there are limited updates allowed on their portals. Know, however, that the overwhelming majority of the movement on wait lists will take place between the middle of May and the middle of June. People can get in off wait lists up until the point that they matriculate at another school. We and your premed tutors are happy to advise you about wait list strategies. However, once you are admitted to any medical school it is Harvard policy that your tutors will not be able to advocate for you further with a medical school for admission off a wait list or for an interview at another school. We have a number of medical schools visiting this spring (Yale, Michigan, USUHS, Pritzker, Vanderbilt and Wash U). For those of you on wait lists at those schools, you may wish to attend the information sessions to introduce yourselves to those admissions officers. A listing of those visits can be found on the Premed and Health Careers calendar on our website.<http://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/medical-health> 3) Letters of Intent. We have been getting lots of questions about letters of intent. You do not need to be in a hurry to tell one medical school that if admitted you will attend. At times, this can be useful and appropriate, but for many circumstances it is still too early. Most movement off wait lists will not happen for some time, as noted above. If you tell a school that you will come if admitted, then you need to stick with that even if you are wait-listed there while you are accepted to another school. You are truly honor bound to go to that school if you tell them you will. At some point well into the summer when you may have signed a lease, gotten a roommate, made moving arrangements to go one place, etc. then it is reasonable to withdraw from a wait list at another school where you have said you will attend. Just getting into another school in March, April, or May, however, does not release from that promise if you made such a promise. Some schools have still been sending interview invitations this week. You may be surprised that an acceptance one place or a large merit scholarship could suddenly change your mind about how you want to proceed. Do not box yourself into a corner that you do not need to be in. Get in touch with OCS or your tutors if you are thinking about sending such a letter. If you choose to send one, they can be short and to the point. You are not selling yourself in this letter, just making the firm statement that if admitted, you will come. 4) No Acceptances so far. If you are in a position where you have no acceptances at this point, please get in touch with your House tutors and the OCS premed team if you have not been in touch with us recently. Every situation is different, but there are still more acceptances coming. We can help you think through your best options for this cycle and help you think about future cycles if that becomes necessary. With all best wishes, Ellen, Oona, and Emiko

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Harvardocs-medschool-applicants-list March 2017