Office of Pre-Health Advising
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All applications are to be filled out and submitted electronically. To participate in the Pre-Health Advisory committee, all application materials and two (2) letters of recommendation must be submitted by April 11, 2014 by 5:00 p.m. EST.
Instructions for completing and submitting documentation to participate in VCU Pre-Health Advisory Committee
Completing Online Application for Committee Participants
1) Complete each form.
Form A: Access Waiver
Permission form that waives your access to your letters of recommendation to ensure confidentiality.
Form B: Recommendation Request Form
Please give an accurate listing of the persons submitting recommendations on your behalf.
Form C: Personal Background Information
Please give detailed information about each of your experiences and quantify the numbers of hours spent in each area.
This pdf form will allow you to enter detailed information. The font becomes smaller as you fill the text box. Make sure that you select the box by the validation statement. Your application cannot be processed with a selection.
Form D: Personal Statement
Please check your personal statement for grammatical and typing errors. You can copy and paste your personal statement into Form D.
Form E: GPA Calculation Sheet
Please complete the GPA calculation in the boxes provided.
Form F: Time Available for Interview
Please list the times that you are not available for an interview only .
Form G: Payment Verification
Please complete and print form with a $20 check or money order payable to Virginia Commonwealth University and submit in an envelope to Mark Bassard in the Campus Learning Center, Hibbs 108. Cash, credit and/or debit cards and starter checks are not accepted.
2) Save your file as yourlastnameyourfirstname(2015) - i.e., doejohn(2015).
3) Email your completed file to prehealthadv@vcu.edu by April 11, 2014 by 5:00 p.m. EST.
You will receive a confirmation email of receipt of your application within 24 hours of submission. You can check the status of your letters of recommendation in
Blackboard course – pre-health file for 2015 applicants.
All applications must be submitted electronically to prehealthadv@vcu.edu
. Applications submitted to any other email address will not be processed.

VCU Pre‐Health Advisory Committee Information for Fall 2015 Admissions Cycle
The process to obtain a Pre-Health Advisory Committee letter for applications to schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Optometry,
Osteopathic Medicine and Podiatric Medicine occurs once a year during the Spring semester of each academic year. Eligible
VCU students and alumni must submit an application, references and participate in the interview process to obtain a committee letter. The committee letter is valid for the current application cycle only.
Students who wish to participate in the Pre-Health Advisory Committee for the Fall 2015 application cycle must attend an application workshop and complete and return forms A, B,C D, E, F and H (Committee re-applicants only) via email at prehealthadv@vcu.edu
, by April 11, 2014 by 5:00 p.m. EST. Additionally, applicants must have at least (2) letters of recommendations submitted by April 11, 2014 by 5:00 p.m. EST.
A $20.00 fee is required for participating in the Pre-Health Advisory Committee. Form G must be submitted with a $20 check or money order, payable to Virginia Commonwealth University, to Mark Bassard in the Campus Learning Center, Hibbs 108.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Letters of evaluation are required by all applicants to schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Optometry, Osteopathic Medicine and
Podiatric Medicine.
The Office of Pre-Health Advising acts a central agency to:
• Provide waiver forms for letters of evaluation and instructions designed to assist students in the collection of letters.
• Maintain a confidential file of the student’s recommendation letters (up to five). o
Students applying to both school of Osteopathic and Allopathic Medicine and/or MD/PHD programs may have a maximum of six letters.
• Transmit letters of evaluation files to schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Optometry, Osteopathic Medicine and Podiatric
Medicine as designated by the student.
This process saves the applicant and letter writers from transmitting correspondence to every school for which a student makes an application.
WHEN TO START A FILE
Students who plan to apply for admission to schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Optometry, Osteopathic Medicine and Podiatric
Medicine in fall 2015 should start a file in the early part of the spring 2014 semester. Letters should not be more than one year old; from the time dated by the letter writer and actually sent to the schools. Your file should be completed by mid-July, 2014 Don’t wait too long thinking that professors who know you will write a letter in a day or so and send it directly to the Office of Pre-health
Advising. This very rarely happens. Students have been known to wait for six months or longer for letters of evaluation to arrive in their files.
REGULATIONS CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN PRE-HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Due to limited interview space, the Pre-health Advisory Committee cannot guarantee all students an interview. In order to obtain an interview, students must meet the following minimum criteria:
• Have completed at least 25 credit hours by June 1, 2014 at VCU (Spring 2014 enrollment will be considered)
• A minimum cumulative VCU GPA of 3.2 by the end of Fall 2012 semester (including repeated courses) OR a 3.5 cumulative
GPA (including course repeats) in the last 60 credit hours attempted at VCU
• Attend at one of the orientation sessions. Check for dates, times, and locations of sessions at http://www.vcu.edu/uc/prehealth
• Complete a pre-health advisory committee applications which includes: o
Forms A,B,C,D,E,F and H (for re-applicants) emailed to prehealthadv@vcu.edu by April 11, 2014 at 5 pm o
Submit form G with a $20 check or money order payable to Virginia Commonwealth University, to Mark Bassard in the
Campus Learning Center, Hibbs 108 by April 11, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. o
At least 2 letters of evaluation received at the Office of Pre-health Advising by April 11, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.
 All letters of evaluation should be sent to the attention of Chair of Pre-Health Advisory Committee, Ms. Melinda
Anderson and dropped off or mailed to University College Advising, Office of Pre-Health Advising, located on the 1 floor of Hibbs Hall. Additionally, letters can be sent directly from the letter writer via email to st prehealthadv@vcu.edu.

If your application is lacking any of these credentials or is received after the deadline, you will be notified via your VCU email that your application for a committee interview has been denied.
Before participating in the pre-health advisory committee, it is important that you understand the structure and function of the committee. For more information, click on the pre-medical or pre-dental advising portion of the pre-health advising web site.
RE-APPLICANT TO THE PRE-HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Letters of evaluation are kept current for a one year time period. Letters over a year will not be transmitted by the Office of
Pre-Health Advising. All students who want to participate in the committee process must re-apply. Re-applicants to the committee must complete the following process.
• A minimum cumulative VCU GPA of 3.2 by the end of Fall 2012 semester (including repeated courses) OR a 3.5 cumulative
GPA (including course repeats) in the last 60 credit hours attempted at VCU
• Meet with your assigned prehealth advisor prior to submission of application
• Complete a pre-health advisory committee applications which includes: o
Forms A,B,C,D,E,F and H (for re-applicants) emailed to prehealthadv@vcu.edu by April 11, 2014 at 5 pm o
Submit form G with a $20 check or money order payable to Virginia Commonwealth University, to Mark Bassard in the
Campus Learning Center, Hibbs 108 by April 11, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. o
At least 2 letters of evaluation received at the Office of Pre-health Advising by April 11, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.
 All letters of evaluation should be sent to the attention of Chair of Pre-Health Advisory Committee, Ms. Melinda
Anderson and dropped off or mailed to University College Advising, Office of Pre-Health Advising, located on the 1s t floor of Hibbs Hall. Additionally, letters can be sent directly from the letter writer via email to prehealthadv@vcu.edu
.
WHO SHOULD WRITE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION?
Each school has its own idea of what kind of evaluation package they want you to submit. To cover your bases, we suggest four letters; two from science faculty, one from a non-science faculty, and one health care worker with whom you have done shadowing or service. Letters from personal friends or family members are not acceptable.
Research early to determine if a school has letter requirements that will not be met by letters you have requested for your file. You do not want to desperately search for someone to write a letter during the summer semesters when many faculty are away or beginning of the fall semester when they are extremely busy preparing for their classes.
Choose faculty who know you well and are favorably impressed by you. Although faculty letters are preferred by admissions committee, you can have a letter from a graduate teaching assistant if it is endorsed by the faculty member in charge of the course.
Transfer students may wish to have a letter from one or two professors at the school in which they were previously enrolled.
VCU utilizes an evaluation form. This form is a fillable pdf and downloadable form from the Pre-health Advising website – http://www.vcu.edu/uc/prehealth . You should give these forms to your evaluators and request that they complete the form and send it directly into the address indicated on the back. Letters writers can also email forms back to prehealthadv@vcu.edu
.
Make sure you complete the top of the form before giving it to an evaluator and provide an envelope with the appropriate address and postage, if applicable. All letters and evaluation forms must be received from the e-mail address of your evaluator or in a sealed envelope with the evaluator’s name written across the seal. These forms will replace evaluation forms that are provided by individual schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Optometry, Osteopathic Medicine and Podiatric Medicine.
Keep in mind that the Office of Pre-Health Sciences sends out the same packet of evaluations to every school. If the person evaluating you is going to write a letter in addition to completing the evaluation form, please ask the letter writers to address the letter to the following: Ms. Melinda Anderson, Chair - Pre-Health Advisory Committee.
Waiving your right to inspect the content of the evaluation lets the admission committee know that the evaluation is confidential.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPENING A FILE WITH THE OFFICE OF PRE-HEALTH SCIENCES ADVISING
1. Complete Forms A, B, C, D, E, F and H (for re-applicants) in order to participate in the Pre-health Advisory
Committee. These forms are due by 5pm on April 11, 2014. Form G must be submitted with a $20 check or money order payable to Virginia Commonwealth University, to Mark Bassard in the Campus Learning Center,
Hibbs 108 by 5pm on April 11, 2014. Please make sure you meet the minimum qualifications to participate in the
Pre-Health Advisory Committee before submitting application and payment. Payments are non-refundable.
2. Return the completed forms to Office of Pre-Health Advising via email at prehealthadv@vcu.edu
. Form G must be hand delivered or mailed with a $20 check or money order payable to Virginia Commonwealth University, to Mark Bassard in the
Campus Learning Center, Hibbs 108. After a folder is created for you, these documents and all letters of evaluation that come in for you will be kept in your folder. You can check the status of your folder through the on-line system that is available on Blackboard. Blackboard will keep track of the letters that have been received and will verify your payment. The letter file will appear on your Blackboard account as a course entitled “pre-health file” once your letters start arriving. Look in the grade book function for updates. Received letters will be acknowledged in Blackboard by the listing of the last name of the author of the letter.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR REQUESTING LETTERS OF EVALUATION
1.
Take an evaluation form to each person who you are asking to assist you. Provide each evaluator with a short résumé and a rough draft of your personal statement. When the letter is completed, it will be returned directly to the Office of Pre-Health
Advising, Hibbs 119 in one of three ways:
• By the letter writer
• By you, IF the letter is in an envelope that is signed at the seal by the author of the letters
• Letters can also be emailed by the letter writer to prehealthadv@vcu.edu
2.
As letters are received by the Office of Pre-Health Advising, they are logged into Blackboard. Blackboard accounts are updated each business day.
3. Remember to write your evaluators a thank you note approximately 2-3 weeks after your request. By sending a thank you note, it will serve as a reminder for them to write your letter if they have not already done so.
REGULATIONS CONCERNING COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF LETTERS
• All schools that you will apply to will receive a copy of the evaluations that you request to have submitted to the Office of Pre-
Health Advising.
• Upon filing with centralized application services (AMCAS, AACOMAS, AACPMAS, AADSAS or OptomCAS), it is highly recommended that you release your application information to your pre-health advisor. This will ensure that the Office of Pre-
Health Advising has an updated and comprehensive list of all the schools that you are applying to.
• If you are participating in the Pre-Health Advisory Committee, the committee letter will be part of your file and will be sent out as part of your evaluation packet.
• Before you request that your letters be transmitted, your file should be complete. If you request your file to be sent while incomplete, any late letters will have to be sent directly to the file service by the evaluator.
• The Office of Pre-Health Advising requires that no more than five letters of evaluation be kept in your file for MD, OD, DPM or
DDS programs, 6 for MD/PhD. programs, and 6 for D.O. programs.
• ALL LETTERS in your active file will be sent to each school that you request. Although some schools may only require one or two letters, sending the entire file is a commonly accepted practice from letter service organizations.
• You will not be allowed to view the contents of your file or handle your own letters at any time. All transmission of packets must take place between the Office of Pre-Health Advising and the programs you are applying to.

• This service is designed to assist students applying to MD, DO, OD,DPM, DDS, DDM and joint MD/PhD programs. Letters can also be sent to military scholarship programs, post-baccalaureate or pre-health sciences certificate programs. Letters will not be mailed to admissions offices in other health care programs, academic departments, other graduate programs or employers.
• All files can only by transmitted from July 15, 2014 to June 1, 2015 for professional school classes starting in fall 2015.
All materials in your file will be shredded at the end of the application cycle. If you apply to start professional schools in subsequent admission cycles, you must start a new file by submitting new forms and requesting new letters of evaluation at the beginning of each application cycle. To obtain a committee letter, re-applicants must go before the
Pre-health Advisory Committee again and get an updated committee letter before reapplying to professional programs.
• It is important that you check your VCU e-mail for updates pertaining to the file service and applying to professional schools.
• A payment of $20 must be made (see form G) to establish a letter file with the Office of Pre-Health Advising. Payments are non-refundable upon submission even if a student des not submit application to medical, dental, podiatric or optometry schools or does not meet the minimum requirements to participate in the advisory committee.
This file service is a convenience offered by the Office of Pre-Health Advising and must work within the limits of its resources. You are not required to use this service, but if you choose to do so, abide by the above regulations.
TRANSMITTING LETTERS
To maximize your chance of admission to professional schools, you will want to be considered by admissions committees early in the process (when there are more spaces available in the entering class for which you are applying). Therefore, it is to your advantage to have your file complete and letters ready to transmit by July 15, 2014. Letters are transmitted by the Office of Pre-Health Advising within 5 business days from the receipt of your letter transmission request.
It is your responsibility to have your file complete and request your letters in a timely fashion. The Office of Pre-Health Advising will neither guarantee that letters will arrive by the school’s deadline, nor provide special rush services (such as faxing or next day service) for any individual student. Letters are sent on a first requested, first transmitted basis. Packet transmission will begin on
July 15, 2014.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRANSMITTING LETTERS
For pre-medical (allopathic and osteopathic) students:
Our office will transmit packets electronically directly through the AMCAS systems for most medical schools. Additionally, VCU participates in
VirtualEvals, a program that allows us to electronically transmit evaluation packets to all other participating medical and osteopathic schools.
If applying through AMCAS, please indicate in the AMCAS system your assigned pre-health advisor’s name, title and email address (see the advisor assignment list below).
Once you have confirmed that all of your letters of evaluation have been received in Blackboard and you have applied to medical and/or osteopathic schools, you can request that your packets be transmitted to schools where you have applied.
When you are ready for this step, email your assigned pre-health advisor (see advisor assignment below) with a request to transmit your packet to your professional schools. Email requests may be sent to your adviser on or after July 15, 2014.
The email request must include:
• A statement from you giving the advisor permission to transmit your packet
• A list of the schools to which you are applying
• Your AMCAS #
• Your AACOMAS #
• Your AMCAS Letter ID
For pre-podiatry, and pre-optometry students:
VCU participates in VirtualEvals, a program that allows us to electronically transmit evaluation packets to all participating optometry and podiatric schools. This technology allows us to send your packets to the participating schools before secondary packets are requested from you. This is an advantage because it ensures timely and reliable delivery of your materials.
Once you have confirmed that all of your letters of evaluation have been received in Blackboard and you have applied to optometry and podiatric schools, you can request that your packets be transmitted to schools where you have applied.
When you are ready for this step, email your assigned pre-health advisor (see advisor assignment below) with a request to transmit your packet to your professional schools. Email requests may be sent to your advisor on or after July 15, 2014.
The email request must include:
• A statement from you giving the advisor permission to transmit your packet
• A list of the schools to which you are applying
For pre-dental students:
Letters are sent electronically through the AADSAS system. AADSAS will transmit your packet to all of the dental schools that you apply to. When you are filling out the letter of reference portion of the AADSAS application, it is important that you list, the name and email address of your assigned pre-health advisor AADSAS will contact your pre-health advisor and make a request that your letter of evaluation be uploaded into the AADSAS system.
Once you have confirmed that all of your letters of evaluation have been received in Blackboard and you have applied to medical and/or osteopathic schools, you can request that your packets be transmitted to schools where you have applied.
When you are ready for this step, email your pre-health adviser (see advisor assignment below) with a request to transmit your packet to your professional schools. Email requests may be sent to your adviser on or after July 15, 2014.
The email request must include:
• A statement from you giving the advisor permission to transmit your packet
• Your AADSAS #
Pre-Health Advisor Assignment – First Letter of Your Last Name
B and D-G assigned to Ms. Betty Ann Moriarty ( bamoriarty@vcu.edu
)
C and H-K assigned to Ms. Sarah Pezzat ( scpezzat@vcu.edu
)
L- N assigned to Ms. Amber Cummings ( cummingsam@vcu.edu
)
O-S assigned to Mr. Ben Plache ( plachebm@vcu.edu
)
A and T-Z assigned to Ms. Sonya Barnes ( slbarnes@vcu.edu
)
Only one transmission can be made so make sure your packet is updated with all the evaluations you want the professional schools to receive before sending instructions to transmit materials.

Application for Pre‐Health Advisory Committee and/or Letter of Evaluation File
Office of Pre-Health Advising
PLEASE FILL OUT THE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CHECK ONE OF THE STATEMENTS.
Personal Information:
Last Name First Name
VCU ID# (Social Security Number
not acceptable)
Local Address
Local Phone Email Address
ACCESS WAIVER
Middle
I desire to be evaluated by the VCU Pre-Health Advisory Committee and I waive my right to access the
Committee evaluation and all evaluations submitted by individuals. I have read and understand all the regulations that relate to the collection of letters stated above. I pledge on my honor that all information that I am presenting to the Pre-
Health Advisory committee and the Office of Pre-Health Advising is factual and original materials.
If selecting this option, complete Forms A, B, C, D, E, F and G of this packet, H for reapplicants.
I do not desire to be evaluated by the VCU Pre-Health Advisory Committee but I would like the Office of Pre-
Health Advising to collect letters of evaluation on my behalf and submit them to designated schools. I waive my right to access all evaluations submitted by individuals. I have read and understand all the regulations that relate to the collection of letters stated above. I pledge on my honor that all information that I am presenting to the Office of Pre-
Health Advising is factual and original materials.
If selecting this option, complete Forms A, B and G of this packet.

Application for Pre‐Health Advisory Committee and/or Letter of Evaluation File
Office of Pre-Health Advising
PLEASE COMPLETE ALL FIELDS.
Last Name First Name Middle
V# (Social Security Number not acceptable)
AACOMAS/AADSAS/AMCAS/AACPMAS/OptomCAS # if known
Local Address
Local Phone Email Address
Which professional school are you applying to?
Medical
Osteopathic
Podiatry
Dental
Optometry
Will you be applying to allopathic and osteopathic schools simultaneously?
When do you plan to enter Medical/Dental/Optometry School?
Additional Evaluator if applying to MD/Ph. D program or D.O. schools
Yes No

Application for Pre‐Health Advisory Committee and/or Letter of Evaluation File
Office of Pre-Health Advising
FORM C: PERSONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION
(For Pre-Health Advisory Committee Interview Only)
Name
Last First Middle
Educational Information:
Current Major (s): Minor (s):
Term began at VCU: Expected Graduation:
Colleges/Universities attended and dates of enrollment (list in chronological order, most recent first):
1)
2)
3)
Experiences and Activities:
For each category, please give your title/position, a brief description of duties, location of experience, dates, total number of hours, contact person and contact information. Please be specific in your description of duties.
Exposure to/Experience in clinical settings: i.e. experience in health care setting, shadowing, etc.
Please make note of any direct patient contact.
1.
2.
3.
4.

Service to community, individuals, college: i.e., teaching, counseling, mentoring, community service
1.
2.
3.
4.
Research: laboratory, field, library (not limited to science topics)
1.
2.
3.
4.

Leadership/Student Organizations/Extracurricular Activities:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Paid Employment:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Other experiences:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Academic Record:
1. Is there anything that you would like the committee to know about your academic record? Please explain instances where you struggled academically, had leave of absences, experienced unusual challenges or obstacles that affected your academic ability?
2. Have you ever been brought up on honor code violations at VCU or any other institution? If yes, Please explain.

Honors and Awards:
Academic:
Community/Service:
Employment:
Criminal Background:
Have you been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony? Minor traffic violations should not be included – i.e., moving violations, traffic accidents, speeding tickets, etc. DUI’s should be listed.
1.
2.
3.
I hereby acknowledge with my signature, that all information listed in Form D is factual and truthful. I understand that all information is subject to validation and I allow the Office of Pre-Health Advising to contact any person(s) and/or office(s) listed for verification of listed information.
Yes No

Application for Pre‐Health Advisory Committee and/or Letter of Evaluation File
Office of Pre-Health Advising
FORM D: PERSONAL STATEMENT
Provide a narrative statement explaining your motivation for choosing your specific health career.
Statements should be typed, one page or less ( characters).

Application for Pre‐Health Advisory Committee and/or Letter of Evaluation File
Office of Pre-Health Advising
Please calculate your GPA as it would be calculated by the professional schools. Follow the instructions below and list all courses you have taken and compute both a cumulative and a BCPM (biology, chemistry, physics, and math) GPA.
All course attempts must be computed just as the centralized services will when they process your application to professional schools.
If you fall below a 3.2 cumulative GPA, then your application for a committee interview can be denied.
The following steps will help you estimate your grade point average for VCU and other schools you might have attended.
These steps will provide you with an estimated
GPA – only the GPA calculated and verified by the application services will be considered official by the professional schools
. You will be able to view the verified GPA when your application status is processed by your application service.” You may find additional information about grade conversions in the 2013 Application Instructions available on the AMCAS Web site: www.aamc.org/amcas.

Quarter
Quarter
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
0.3
0.7
1.0
1.3
1.7
2.0
2.3
2.7
3.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0
9.0
10.0
12.0
15.0
20.0
3.3
4.0
4.7
5.3
6.0
6.7
8.0
10.0
13.3
quarter hours x .667
[AMCAS Weight x Semester Hours = Quality Points]
Total Quality Points
Total Semester Hours

Grading System Type: Five or more passing grades, alpha with +/-
AMCAS Grades
AMCAS Weights
01
02
A
4.0
A
A+, A
A-
3.7
A-
A-
B+
3.3
B+
B+
B
3.0
B
B
B-
2.7
B-
B-
C+
2.3
C+
C+
C
2.0
C
C
C-
1.7
C-
C-
C+
1.3
D+
D+
D
1.0
D
D
D-
0.7
D-
D-
F
0.0
F
F
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
A
A+, A
B+ B
B+ B
C+ C
C+ C
A AB+ B BC+ C C-
D+ D
D+ D
A+, A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D
A B+ B C+ C D
A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D
F
F
F
F
F
F
A AB+ B BC+ C CD F
A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D DE/NC
11
12
A+, A AB+ B BC+ C C-
A+, A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D D-
13 A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D D-
Grading System Type: ABCD/F with Halfstep Grades (AB, BC, etc.)
AMCAS Grades
AMCAS Weights
A
4.0
AB
3.5
B BC
3.0 2.5
C CD
2.0 1.5
D
1.0
DE
0.5
F
0.0
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
A AB B BC C CD D DF F
A AB B BC C
A
A
A
A
A+, A
B+
B+
B+
B+
B
B
B
B
B
C+
C+
C+
C+
C+
C
C
C
C
C
D+
C-
D+
D
D
D
D
D
D
F
F
F
F
F
F
Grading System Type: ABCD/F type (4 passing letter grades)
AMCAS Grades
AMCAS Weights
25
26
27
28
29
36
37
A
4.0
B
3.0
C
2.0
D
1.0
F
0.0
A
A
A B C D E
H S+ S SU
E
B C D F
B C D NC/N
A
A
S M I F
B C D
B C D U/R
Grading System Type: ABC/F type (3 passing letter grades)
AMCAS Grades
AMCAS Weights
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
A
4.0
B
3.0
C
2.0
F
0.0
A B C F
H HP CR NC
H HP P F
A B C NC
B C A
H HP P NP
HH H P
HH H P F
E G P U/F

Grading System Type: Numeric - Percent Type
AMCAS Grades A A- B+
AMCAS Weights
65
66
67
68
69
72
4.0
100-
93
100-
90
100-
94
100-
90
100-
93
90
100-
3.7
92-
90
93-
90
3.3
89-
87
89-
85
Grading System Type: Numeric - 4.0 Type
B
3.0
86-
83
89-
80
89-
85
89-
80
92-
85
84-
80
B-
2.7
82-
80
C+
2.3
79-
77
79-
75
C
2.0
76-
73
79-
70
84-
75
79-
70
84-
77
74-
70
C-
1.7
72-
70
D+
1.3
69-
67
D
1.0
66-
63
69-
60
74-
70
69-
65
76-
70
D-
0.7
62-
60
F
0.0
59-0
59-0
69-0
64-0
69-0
69-0
AMCAS Grades A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F
AMCAS Weights
74
77
79
80
4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.0
4.0
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7
2.3
2.0
1.7
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.0
1
4.0
2
3.0
3
2.0
1+, 1 12+ 2 23+ 3 34+ 4 45/6
81 3.0
2.0
1.0
Grading System Type: Numeric (4.0 type) using Halfstep grades (n.5 weights)
4
1.0
5
0.0
0.0
AMCAS Grades
AMCAS Weights
A
4.0
AB
3.5
B BC
3.0 2.5
C CD
2.0 1.5
D
1.0
DE
0.5
F
0.0
76
78
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.0
0.0
Grading System Type: Numeric - Canadian
AMCAS Grades A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+
AMCAS Weights
D D- F
0.0
85
86
87
4.0
100-
87
100-
84
100-
87
3.7
86-
80
83-
75
86-
80
3.3
79-
76
74-
72
79-
75
3.0
75-
73
71-
69
74-
70
2.7
72-
70
68-
66
69-
65
2.3
69-
66
65-
64
64-
60
2.0
65-
63
63-
62
59-
55
1.7
62-
60
61-
60
54-
50
1.3
59-
56
59-
56
1.0
55-
53
55-
53
0.7
52-
50
52-
50
49-0
49-0
49-0

Application for Pre‐Health Advisory Committee and/or Letter of Evaluation File
Office of Pre-Health Advising
FORM E: GPA CALCULATION SHEET AND COURSE ENROLLMENT
Please calculate the GPA of
ALL college level coursework, including transfer or undergraduate coursework from other institutions. In your GPA calculation you should calculate, factoring in the grades received for
ALL course attempts. Please list course withdrawals and AP credits as they appear on your transcripts.
BCPM Courses has 51% or more of scientific content. List all your courses including withdrawals and compute grades with factoring in all course attempts.
Last Name
1)
2)
3)
4)
First 15 courses
Course BCPM
Course
(Mark x)
Transcript
Grade
First
VCU ID# (Social Security Number
not acceptable)
Middle
Colleges/Universities attended and dates of enrollment (list in chronological order, most recent first):
AMCAS
Grade
AMCAS
Weight x
Semester
Hours =
Quality
Points
Total Hours
TOTAL CUMULATIVE OF 1 st
15
COURSES
TOTAL BCPM CUMULATIVE of 1 st
15 COURSES
Add semester hours / Divide By Quality Points =
Add semester hours of BCPM / Divide by Quality
Points of BCPM =

16-30 Courses Taken
Course BCPM
Course
(Mark x)
Transcript
Grade
Total Hours
TOTAL CUMULATIVE OF 2 nd
SET
OF 15 COURSES
TOTAL BCPM CUMULATIVE of 2 nd
SET OF 15 COURSES
31-45 Courses Taken
Course BCPM
Course
(Mark x)
Transcript
Grade
Total Hours
TOTAL CUMULATIVE OF 3 rd
SET
OF 15 COURSES
TOTAL BCPM CUMULATIVE of 3 rd
SET OF 15 COURSES
AMCAS
Grade
=
Add semester hours of BCPM / Divide by Quality
Points of BCPM =
AMCAS
Grade
AMCAS
Weight
AMCAS
Weight x x
Semester
Hours
Semester
Hours =
Add semester hours / Divide By Quality Points =
Add semester hours of BCPM / Divide by Quality
Points of BCPM =
Quality
Points
Add semester hours / Divide By Quality Points =
Quality
Points

46-60 Courses Taken
Course BCPM
Course
(Mark x)
Transcript
Grade
SET OF 15 COURSES
Total Hours
TOTAL CUMULATIVE OF 4 th
SET OF
15 COURSES
TOTAL BCPM CUMULATIVE of 4 th
61-76 Courses Taken
Course BCPM
Course
(Mark x)
Transcript
Grade
Total Hours
TOTAL CUMULATIVE OF 5 th
SET OF
15 COURSES
TOTAL BCPM CUMULATIVE of 5 th
SET OF 15 COURSES
TOTAL CUMULATIVE G.P.A OF ALL
COURSES
TOTAL BCPM G.P.A. OF ALL
COURSES
AMCAS
Grade
AMCAS
Grade
AMCAS
Weight x
AMCAS
Weight x
Semester
Hours =
Semester
Hours =
Quality
Points
Add semester hours / Divide By Quality Points =
Add semester hours of BCPM / Divide by Quality
Points of BCPM =
Quality
Points
Add semester hours / Divide By Quality Points =
Add semester hours of BCPM / Divide by Quality
Points of BCPM =
Add all hours / Divide By Quality Points =
Add all hours of BCPM / Divide by all Quality
Points of BCPM =

Application for Pre‐Health Advisory Committee and/or Letter of Evaluation File
Office of Pre-Health Advising
EXPECTED COURSE ENROLLMENT THROUGHOUT NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR:

Application for Pre‐Health Advisory Committee and/or Letter of Evaluation File
Office of Pre-Health Advising
FORM F: TIME(S) AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW
Last Name First Middle
Email address Local Phone
Special request for telephone or Skype interviews will be granted
only when a student is overseas and/or permanently resides out of the state of Virginia at the time of the interview dates.
Request for phone interview: Yes No
Interviews will be held during the weeks of April 28, 2014 and May 5, 2014. The week of April 28, 2014 includes two days of class (Monday, April 28 and Tuesday, April 29, 2014) and 1 reading day (Wednesday,
April 30, 2014). May 1, 2014 through May 9, 2014 is the final exam period.
Please look at your class and exam schedule and indicate below for EACH day the times when you are
NOT available for an interview.
Please be precise when listing your unavailable times. Once scheduled, interviews cannot be rescheduled.

Application for Pre‐Health Advisory Committee and/or Letter of Evaluation File
Office of Pre-Health Advising
FORM G: PAYMENT VERFICATION
Participating in the Pre-Health Advisory Committee process or establishing a letter of recommendation file with the Office of Pre-Health Advising requires you to submit a $20.00 fee. This fee is used to offset administrative, training and other costs associated with the Pre-Health Advisory Committee and the transmission of documents.
Please complete this form and enclose with a $20 check (starter checks are not accepted) or money order payable to Virginia Commonwealth University in an envelope and hand deliver to Mark Bassard in the
Campus Learning Center, Hibbs 108 or mail to:
Mark Bassard
University College
Campus Learning Center
PO Box 842500
Richmond, VA 23284-2500
Name:
V#
Phone Number:
Email address:
Payments will be accepted between February 15, 2014 and April 11, 2014 for a committee interview. A
$50.00 returned check will be imposed by VCU Treasury Department. Early payment is encouraged to avoid any delay in the processing of your Pre-Health Committee application.
Payment for $20.00 received on
Form of Payment: Check
Money Order
Check #
Money Order #

Application for Pre‐Health Advisory Committee and/or Letter of Evaluation File
Office of Pre-Health Advising
FORM H: CREDENTIAL UPDATE (FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN PRE-HEALTH
ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN PREVIOUS APPLICATION CYCLES)
For students who are choosing to participate in the Pre-Health Advisory Committee for multiple years, the
Pre-Health Advisory Committee will be evaluating actions you have taken to improve your application since the last time you participated in the Committee process. Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability.
Name
V #
Please check the semesters for which you have participated in previous Pre-Health Committee processes.
Spring 2013
Spring 2012
Spring 2011
Spring 2010
Spring 2009
Other
Please check the application cycles for which you submitted primary and secondary applications to schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Podiatric Medicine or Optometry?
Fall 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2011
Fall 2010
Other
If you withdrew your application or chose not to complete an application cycle, please indicate application cycle and reason:
Please describe any attempts you have made to receive advice on your credentials and/or application since your last pre-health committee interview. Please mention any specific meetings and name of contact persons.
Please list specific pieces of advice you received from these meetings.
Please list any efforts you have made to change your application and/or credentials since your last attempt.
Please focus on any efforts that involve grades, test preparation, healthcare experiences or extracurricular activities.