Sophomore Premeds: Spring 2016 REMINDERS!!!
1) Complete One-on-One Sophomore Assessment Meeting January-February 2016
2) Keep grades up
3) Prepare for critical reasoning (i.e. non-Science) sections of MCAT by reading Newsweek, Time, or a similar publication from cover to
cover, every week!!! Other resources to prepare include (but are NOT limited to)…
*AAMC Resources for MCAT
*Kaplan, Princeton, or Examkrackers (or similar) Critical Analysis Book with passages
*Kaplan, Princeton, or Examkrackers (or similar) Psychology/Sociology Book with passages
NOTE: If taking the DAT, begin practicing PERCEPTUAL ABILITY (PAT) Problems NOW!!! If taking the OAT, begin doing practice
passages. If taking the GRE, sign-up with the Office of Graduate Placement NOW!!!
4) Submit your revised Personal Statement and Post-Secondary Experiences Form to the PM Office for review at xupremed@yahoo.com
(in MS Word .doc or .docx, rename files PSLastNameFirstName and PSELastNameFirstName)
5) Apply to Summer Programs for 2016 (or secure alternate summer enrichment options that DEMONSTRATE your interest in the
health professions)
6) If applying to summer programs, get applications in EARLY and collect letters of evaluation to support those applications by…
a) Asking faculty if they’d be willing to write evals for you;
b) Submitting the completed Faculty Evaluation Cover Letter (copies available in PMO Office), revised
Personal Statement, and revised PSE Form to EACH teacher who agrees to write an eval on your behalf; and
c) Checking your email DAILY for confirmation of evals received in the PM Office so you can complete the “Send Evaluation
Form.”
7) Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED)
a) If not eligible to join this semester, you may be eligible to join in Spring 2017
b) If eligible to join..
*Submit TYPED/SIGNED Membership Form TODAY (indicate t-shirt size)
*Attend AED Interest Meeting on Wed., 1/20/16, 5pm, NCF 102
*Attend Induction Practice Meeting on Wed., 3/9/16, 5pm, NCF 105
*Pay $100 Lifetime Membership dues to PM Office by Fri., 3/11/16 (Cash OR Check/Money Order Payable to
“Xavier University Federal Credit Union” and put “Alpha Epsilon Delta Dues” in the memo section)
*Attend AED Induction Ceremony on Wed., 3/16/16, 6pm, NCF 105
8) Early Medical School Acceptance Program(s), do the following NOW…
• By February 15th, submit your medical school-ready Personal Statement and PSE Form to PM Office for review at xupremed@yahoo.com and
CONTINUOUSLY revise and submit accordingly BEFORE giving them to faculty to help write your letters of evaluation and before copying and
pasting them to your draft early acceptance application (both documents should be in MS Word---.doc or .docx extension---and renamed
PSLastNameFirstName and PSELastNameFirstName);
• By February 15th, ask faculty members if they would be willing to write “medical school”---not school-specific--- letters of evaluation on your
behalf (2 BCPM teachers and 1 non-BCPM teacher);
• By March 1st, submit the 1) Faculty Evaluation Cover Letter, 2) Revised Personal Statement, and 3) Revised Post-Secondary Experiences Form
to EACH faculty member who agreed to write a “medical school” evaluation on your behalf (do this no later than March 1st to give teachers time to
write the letters)---you should indicate on the Faculty Evaluation Cover Letter that the letter should be submitted to the PM Office by April 15th;
• By March 15th (i.e. AFTER you have submitted your PS and PSE Form at least TWICE during the 2015-2016 academic year), complete
one (1) draft application for early acceptance in its ENTIRETY and send to xupremed@yahoo.com for review by Ms. QV. Since all four (4) early
acceptance applications are essentially the same, you need only submit one (1) draft application for review if f you are applying to multiple
programs. FYI, go to www.xula.edu/premed and click on “XU Students Interested in Medicine, Dentistry, etc.”, then scroll down to the individual
early acceptance program links to access each BLANK program-specific application. You may submit your draft application to Ms. QV at
xupremed@yahoo.com as many times as needed through April 30th. IF YOU HAVE NOT SUBMITTED YOUR PS and PSE FORM TO THE
PREMED OFFICE FOR REVIEW AT LEAST TWO TIMES DURING THE 2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR, YOUR DRAFT APPLICATION
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND REVIEWED BY MS. QV!!!;
• By March 15th, request to have an OFFICIAL ACT or SAT score report sent directly to you (if you are applying to SLU) and then bring the
official score report to the Premedical Office for filing;
• By March 15th, request to have official transcripts from OTHER colleges or universities you attended sent directly to the Premedical Office (you
need one transcript for EACH of the programs you’re applying to);
• By April 30th, submit your LAST DRAFT application to xupremed@yahoo.com for FINAL review by Ms. QV. Any draft applications received
after April 30th will NOT be reviewed; they will be considered as FINAL submissions to be reviewed for nomination AND then forwarded to the
medical schools IF YOU ARE NOMINATED!!!;
• As soon as you take your last FINAL EXAM in the Spring, go to XU’s Registrar’s Office to request that an official transcript be sent directly
to the Premedical Office (you need one transcript for EACH of the programs you’re applying to; be sure to check “Hold for Final Grades” if final
grades have NOT been posted at the time you make your request); and
• By May 15th, print, sign, and submit (either in-person, by mail, or by email) your FINAL application (one per program—make sure you have the
CORRECT application for each program—header and final page is program-specific) to the Premedical Office. Be sure to include your FINAL
grades on the application.
***FYI: What to Expect Fall of Junior Year***
√Between August-September 2016, submit revised PS and PSE Form to Sr. Joanne Bauer, volunteer adviser, at xupremed@yahoo.com for review.
√Attend FREE Kaplan, Examkrackers, AND Princeton MCAT Review sessions in Fall 2016 to get a better idea of which review would be BEST
for YOU to enroll in for Spring 2017; also research other reviews as needed.
√Sign-up/Attend One-on-One Junior Assessment Meeting in the PM Office in early September 2016.
√Sign-up/Attend One-on-One Junior Letter of Evaluations Meeting in the PM Office in early November 2016.
√Research/Apply to summer enrichment or research programs for summer 2017.