Educational Information Postings
The following are workshops put on by the pre-health advising department. At the bottom is the information you need to contact the department to reserve a seat if you are interested in attending.
PRE-HEALTH WORKSHOPS FOR FIRST AND SECOND YEAR STUDENTS
These workshops are geared towards first year and second year students who are interested in going on to professional health care programs of medicine, dentistry, optometry, chiropractic,pharmacy and podiatric medicine. Topics covered include:
- Timeline to application
- Characteristics of a Competitive Applicant
- Prerequisite courses
- Deciding on a major
- Letters of recommendation
- Myths and Misconceptions
September 19, 2005 1-3 pm Academic Advising Center Room 200
September 20, 2005 3-5 pm Academic Advising Center Room 200
September 21, 2005 2-4 pm Academic Advising Center Room 200
Personal Statement and Letter of Recommendation Workshop
Find out what professional schools mean by a "personal statement". Learn how to ask for letters of recommendation and understand what is meant by a strong and supportive letter. Only those students applying for the 2007 entering class to medical, dental, optometry, pharmacy veterinary, podiatry, physician assistant schools may attend this workshop. Students considering applying to the Junior Honors Medical Program (second year) or the Combined B.S.-D.M.D program (first year) may also attend. This workshop will cover the following topics:
- Admissions Criteria for the personal statement
- Elements of composing the personal statement
- Tips for writing the personal statement
- How to obtain letters of recommendation
- Elements of a strong letter of recommendation
- When to request letters to be written
- Types of letters of recommendations
October 13, 2005, 3-5 pm Academic Advising Center Room 200
October 17, 2005 1-3pm Academic Advising Center Room 200
Previous workshop available on video in Room 204
Medical School Interview Workshop: For Applicants to the 2006 entering class
If you are applying to medical school for the 2005 Entering Class, please consider attending this workshop. Dr. Ira Gessner, Chair of the Medical Selections Commitee at University of Florida's College of Medicine will be our guest speaker. Miss Robyn Sheppard, Director of Admissions at University of Florida's College of Medicine will also be attending the workshop. Miss Sheppard will provide an overview about the secondary application process and procedures for scheduling interviews. Dr. Ira Gessner will discuss the interview and selection process and provide suggestions for a successful interview. Current medical school students will be joining us and they will share their personal experiences about what they went through when they were applying and interviewing. The Interview Workshops are held in the Fall of each academic year.
September 13, 2005, 1-3 pm Academic Advising Center Room 200
September 14, 2005, 3-5 pm Academic Advising Center Room 200
If you want to attend, please sign up for only one of the above times. Keep in mind seating is limited and if you sign-up for the workshops, you are EXPECTED to come to the time you signed up for. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to to remember what workshop you signed up and to show up, so it is RECOMMENDED YOU write down the date, time and location in your personal planner so you will not forget. Please send an email to Miss Jessica Stanley, jstanley@advising.ufl.edu and "CC" yourself on the email. Indicate the following in the email:
1) Your full name
2) UF ID #
3) Name of the Workshop
4) Day and Time of the workshop
5) Year you are in school (first, second, third or fourth year)
6) Area of pre-health (pre-vet)
7) Your email address and local phone number
A REPLY EMAIL CONFIRMING YOUR REQUEST TO RESERVE A SEAT WILL NOT BE SENT. ALL EMAIL REQUESTS TO RESERVE A SEAT AT WORKSHOPS ARE ASSUMED TO BE CONFIRMED. STUDENTS REQUESTING TO RESERVE A SEAT FOR A WORKSHOP ALREADY AT CAPACITY WILL GET AN EMAIL INDICATING THAT AND WILL ASK YOU TO SELECT A DIFFERENT WORKSHOP OR THAT ALL WORKSHOPS ARE FULL.