OK.
I see that my email yesterday was not clear and I apologize to those who felt
my frustration but did nothing to cause it—it was intended ONLY for
students who are applying this year. However, I thought the following
would help everyone:
1. The premedical packet is required for
students when they are ready to be assigned their committee member for their
letter of recommendation for medical, dental, vet school. Traditionally
students are ready for a committee letter the year they take their MCAT, DAT,
etc.
2. In addition to the packet, ALL students
should submit an updated transcript (unofficial) and resume every year.
3. Lastly, and this is the MOST IMPORTANT
piece, every student needs evaluations from faculty. The Committee member
writing your letter uses these evaluations.
a. The quotes from your evaluations go into
your letter to supplement and lend support to our recommendation of you to the
schools you wish to attend.
b. Without such comments your letter cannot
be done!
c. YOU MUST STAY ON TOP of your faculty, TA’s,
and recitation instructors to get these evaluations in to our office. They
can be done on-line (the instructor has to call their dept. for the security
code to let them into the system or call us) or they can fill them out and send
them to us via campus mail.
d. Faculty from schools outside of Hunter,
employers, volunteer people, and research mentors should send letters of
recommendation on their letterhead—they do not have to use our evaluation
forms.
4. ALL of this information is gathered into
your Committee letter with letters of recommendation sent as attachments.
5. You are assigned a Committee person who
will interview you and get relevant information from you about yourself and
your career choice. The Committee person can ONLY WRITE ABOUT what you
have in your file. If you did volunteer work in
6. People who are taking the MCAT in April
or June will want a spring committee letter. If you are taking the test
in July, August or September you can wait for a Fall letter (Fall letters are
done in October).
7. Assignments are made on a first come,
first serve basis and so the sooner your file is complete the earlier you can
be assigned to a Committee member.
8. Your file should be complete by the
beginning of the semester you plan to take the MCAT. This way, my March 1st
deadline will not seem to be a burden.
Hope this helps clarify the process for
everyone. Mrs. Wood-Hill
Director, Prehealth Professions Programs
212-772-5244
FAX: 212-772-5138