PPAC 2015 Meeting 1
January 20, 2015
1. What is PPAC?
PPAC is a service offered to current Auburn University students and those who graduated within the last three years.
Committee members help applicants complete the application process to dental, medical, and optometry school programs.
The acceptance rate for Auburn University students using PPAC is usually 30% above the national averages for
dental/medical/optometry applicants.
2. Why does the committee provide statistical data about competitiveness?
Committees like PPAC are expected to compare applicants.
Non-competitive applicants may spend much money and time only to be rejected.
COSAM is starting a Pre-Professional Non-Thesis Master’s Degree in Biological Sciences in fall 2015 to help students
improve their credentials to apply.
3. Why does PPAC have such an early deadline (July 1)?
PPAC does not set the deadlines - the schools do.
Late applicants reduce their chances of being accepted by 40-70%.
4. How can I stay informed about PPAC and the application process?
Initially, subscribe to the listserv at www.auburn.edu/aed
Later, you will be added to a PPAC Contact List.
Important messages will be sent throughout the application cycle.
5. What is the PPAC Checklist?
The PPAC Checklist contains a step-by-step listing of everything you MUST do for the committee.
6. What questions do you have?
PPAC Checklist 2015
The checklist provides a summary of the major steps and deadlines to complete PPAC.
Read other files on SharePoint for detailed instructions.
Mailing address: PPAC, 239 Sciences Center Classrooms, 315 Roosevelt Concourse, Auburn, AL 36849
Email addresses: Beverley Childress (childbb@auburn.edu); Anna Allen (acj0018@auburn.edu)
December 2014
1. Go to www.auburn.edu/aed and subscribe to the AED listserv for messages about PPAC.
2. Complete and submit the PPAC Registration Form for 2015.
3. Have official copies of transcripts from schools attended other than Auburn mailed directly to PPAC.
Note: Includes ALL courses listed as transfer credit on your Auburn transcript
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Get copies of these transcripts for yourself to complete the GPA Worksheet.
Study for the entrance exams (DAT/MCAT/OAT).
Work on your personal statement.
Email Mrs. Childress immediately if you are applying to a Rural Medical Program in 2015.
Plan to take a proctored practice DAT/MCAT/OAT with Mrs. Childress in January/February 2015.
Note: Will accept a score report from a practice test in 2013 or 2014 or from an actual test taken by January 2015
9. Plan to attend PPAC Meeting 1 on January 20 in the Sciences Center Auditorium (SCA) at 6:00 p.m.
January-February 2015
1. Check email often to confirm your transcripts have been received by PPAC.
2. Take proctored practice tests in January or February as directed.
3. Get access to the PPAC website on SharePoint and additional instructions from Mrs. Allen by email.
4. Wear business professional attire for your PPAC photo.
5. Bring the PPAC Resume to SCC 239 on your assigned date.
Note: The deadline to submit a PPAC Resume to use PPAC for the 2016 application cycle is Thursday,
February 26 for new applicants.
6. Pick up your evaluation forms and mailing envelopes when notified by Mrs. Allen.
7. Begin interviews so all evaluations are in your folder by July 1.
Note: If you are applying to DO and MD schools, you MUST get a letter from a DO and one from an MD.
8. Tell evaluators to return promptly the original PPAC forms and one-page letters on letterhead and signed.
March-June 2015
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Attend PPAC Meeting 2 in SCA at 6:00 p.m. on March 3.
Finish interviews by June 1 so ALL letters are submitted by July 1.
Take admission tests so the FINAL scores for this application cycle are in your folder by July 1.
Grant access to the scores to Mrs. Childress when registering and on your test date.
Bring/mail all Unofficial DAT/OAT Score Reports by July 1.
Bring/mail a one-page MCAT THX Report showing scores with percentiles from ALL test dates by July 1.
Work on AADSAS/AACOMAS/AMCAS/OptomCAS/TMDSAS (the primary applications) as soon as they open.
Use instructions on SharePoint to answer application questions about the PPAC letters.
Submit the primary applications by June 10; application processing can take 6-9 weeks.
Mail/bring a complete copy of your primary applications to PPAC AFTER PROCESSING.
Note: The application MUST include GPA calculations, test scores from all dates, and the list of schools to which
you applied.
11. A complete file contains the final set of admission test scores for this application cycle; all required evaluation
forms/letters (including one from a DO and one from an MD) and a processed copy of the primary application(s)
(including AACOMAS, AMCAS and TMDSAS if applying to these types of schools).
12. Provide all required documents by July 1 for upload of your letters by October 15.
PPAC Part II: Committee Review and Letter Transmission
July-December 2015
1. PPAC will review files that are complete beginning on July 5. Committee review for this group will be
completed no later than October 1.
2. After a file is reviewed, the applicant will receive a PPAC Letter Request Form, which should be completed and
returned immediately so the letters can be uploaded.
3. If you miss the July 1 deadline, submit required documents as soon as possible but no later than November 1.
Your letters will be uploaded by December 15.