Pre-Health students and alumni – the 2018-2019 Health Professions Committee (HPC) process begins in September!

If you are not 100% sure this is the year to apply, then we highly recommend doing a quick self-assessment to see if there are areas where your candidacy might be improved. Ask yourself if you are applying when you are the strongest possible candidate?

  1. Review the committee interview rubric and give yourself a score based on where you are now.
  2. The MSAR is an online database that enables you to browse, search, sort, and compare information about U.S. and Canadian medical schools. You will use it extensively as you build your school list, and since a membership lasts for one year, it might make sense to purchase permission at this point to get a sense for the sorts of metrics and experiences that medical schools value.
  3. If you are still not sure, we’d be happy to schedule a phone or in-person appointment with you.

The HPC Timeline has been updated online (available here) and you may begin the HPC process at any time.

Please make sure to thoroughly review the online timeline (a visual timeline is available here.)

Below are the NEXT STEPS in the HPC Process.

September 11, 2018 :: Applicant Information Meeting

October 2, 2018 :: Personal Statement Workshop

October, 2018 :: Testing

  •  Review the MCAT/DAT/GRE schedules to plan your testing date.

NEXT STEPS:

  1. Make sure you connect with your letter writers sooner rather than later and your letter requests have been sent via Interfolio. Please note: you will need to know at least TWO of your letter writers by November 15, 2018 and will need to declare them in the Committee Selection Form. At least ONE letter writer must be a science faculty who taught you in a BCPM course. Click here for the What’s Science and What’s Not classification. Your letter writers will need to have their letters uploaded to Interfolio by January 15, 2019. Please send this link to all of your letter writers. It explains what is required in their letters of recommendation.
  2. Middlebury HPC reviews all application material via Interfolio. Open your account with this link to connect your account to the HPC. At this point in the committee process, you do NOT need to pay anything for Interfolio. If you do not wish to pay $48 for the Dossier Deliver service , simply open up a free account.
  3. Begin requesting unofficial transcripts from any colleges outside Middlebury where you have taken four or more courses. They will need to be uploaded to Interfolio by January 15, 2019.

 

November 15, 2018 :: DEADLINE to join the Health Professions Committee process this year

All applicants will need to have informed our office by November 15, 2018 that they plan to go through the Health Professions Committee process this year. Anyone wishing to join after November 15, 2018 will need special permission from one of the advisors. Please complete the following items in order to be considered in the Matric 19 cohort.

  1. Submit your Committee Selection Form – this form notifies us of your official interest in joining the Health Professions Committee year.
  2. Have an active Interfolio account. Open your account with this link to connect your account to the HPC. At this point in the committee process, you do NOT need to pay anything for Interfolio. If you do not wish to pay $48 for the Dossier Deliver service , simply open up a free account.
  3. Submit a head shot (does not need to be a professional photographer, it is for internal use only) by uploading it to your Interfolio dossier by clicking on “Add document” and upload the image as a PDF. Please don’t upload it to your Interfolio profile as we don’t have access to see that.

Your next deadline isn’t until January 15th.