Dear Applicants,
Congratulations on deciding to apply to Alpha Epsilon Delta, Washington University’s PreHealth Honor Society, with chapters at major universities nationwide, and an extensive roster of alumni
who are now practicing physicians and health professionals. The society was founded in 1926 at the
University of Alabama and has since grown into the world's largest honor society exclusively serving
pre-health education. Currently, Alpha Epsilon Delta boasts a membership exceeding 144,000 in 186
chapters.
The mission of the Society is to encourage and recognize excellence in pre-health scholarship; to
stimulate an appreciation of the importance of pre-health education; to promote communication between
health field and pre-health students and educators; to provide a forum for students with common
interests; and to use its resources to benefit health organizations, charities, and the community. The
Society recognizes achievements both inside as well as outside the classroom in the health fields. In
order to be eligible to apply to AED, one must have the following:
•3.5 minimum overall Wash U GPA
•3.2 minimum pre-health Wash U GPA
•30 Wash U credit hours (20 of which must be in the pre-health sciences)
•Commitment to service
•Involvement in the health field outside of the classroom
If accepted to the Society, your AED commitment will include:
- Attending all meetings
- Involvement in at least one AED-sponsored event per semester
- Participation in at least three community service events per semester
Please visit our website at http://aed.wustl.edu for more information on AED.
Applications are due by Friday, February 19th 2016 at 5:00 PM in the AED mailbox in the 2nd
floor of the Student Union Office in the Danforth University Center or e-mailed to
washuaed@gmail.com.
Though successful applicants must meet all the above requirements, not all students meeting
these requirements will necessarily be invited to join. Applications will be evaluated by the executive
board and candidates selected will be notified via email by the evening of February 25th at the latest.
Interviews will take place throughout the week of February 22nd. Please make plans accordingly.
Sincerely,
Washington University Alpha Epsilon Delta’s Executive Board
Co-Presidents: Christina Tsai & Allison Rhodes
Treasurer: Regina Liu
PR Chair: Shana Zucker
Secretary: Kelly Ren
Community Service Chair: Meytal Chernoff
Internal Development Chair: Adam Ross
Application for AED Membership, Spring 2016
(Please type or print clearly and legibly.)
General Information
Name: ______________________________________________ ID_____________________
School Address: _______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Perm. Address: ________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Phone Number: ____________________________ E-Mail: _____________________________
Majors & Minors: ______________________________________________________________
(Use Webstac to obtain your cumulative GPA and unofficial transcript. To calculate your pre-health
GPA, use the information on the following page, or the calculating spreadsheet on our website.)
Cumulative GPA:
_________________
Pre-health GPA:
________________
Total Credits:
_________________
Pre-health Credits: ________________
What extra-curricular activities are you currently involved in on campus? Please list.
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Future Plans: _____________________________________________________________________
Essays (Limit each answer to one single-sided, double-spaced page. Put only your Student ID in the
header.)
1. Why have you chosen to pursue Pre-Health?
2. Of all the extracurricular activities which you participate in, which one is most meaningful to
you, and why? How do you think participation in this activity will help you prepare for a career
in the health field? (Note: The activity does not have to be directly related to medicine or the
health field in general.)
Quick Takes (Limit each answer to 1-3 sentences)
1. What is your favorite disease or condition, and why?
2. What non-health-professional on TV or in movies are you most like and why?
3. What superpower would best assist you in your pre-health goals and career?
4. What are you not?
Transcript
Please enclose a current transcript (official or unofficial) with this application.
Signature
By signing on this line, I declare that everything in the application is true to the best of my knowledge.
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Name
Date
How to Calculate Pre-Health GPA
Include all classes in the mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry departments. Also include
classes listed below. If a class is not listed in one the above departments or on the list below, do not
include it in the GPA calculation.
To calculate your pre-health GPA, multiply the grade value of a course (see below) by the semester
hours for that course. The product will be the grade points assigned for the coursework. Divide the
cumulative grade points by the cumulative attempted hours.
Grade Values
A+/A 4.0
B
A3.7
BB+
3.3
C+
3.0
2.7
2.3
C
CD+
2.0
1.7
1.3
D
DF
Anthropology Classes
Anth 150
Intro to Human Evolution
Anth 307A
Human Variation
Anth 362
Biological Basis of Human Behavior
Anth 3620
Anthro. Perspectives on the Fetus
Anth 3621
Anth 365
Anth 3661
Anth 367A
Anth 372
Anth 379
Anth 401
Anth 4012
Anth 406
Anth 407
Anth 4081
Anth 4181
Anth 4182
Anth 4191
Anth 4202
Anth 4211
Anth 4221
Anth 434
Anth 458
Anth 4581
Anth 459
Anth 4591
Anth 4762
Anth 481
Anth 482
1.0
0.7
0
Earth and Planetary Sciences
EPSc 103A Oceanography
EPSc 105A Earth’s Atmosphere
EPSc 108A Oceans and Atmosphere
EPSc 109A Quantitative Reasoning in
Envir.
Anthro. of Human Birth
EPSc 171A Solar System
Human Growth and Development
EPSc 230
Intro. to Astrobiology
Primate Biology
EPSc 323
Biogeochemistry
Paleoanthropology
EPSc 335
Igneous and Metamorphic
Petrology
Geoarchaeology
EPSc 352
Earth Materials
Feast or Famine
EPSc 353
Earth Forces
Evolution of Nonhuman Primates
EPSc 401
Earth Systems Science
Prosimian Biology
EPSc 407
Remote Sensing
Primate Ecology and Social Structure
EPSc 409
Surface Processes
Comparative Primate Anatomy
EPSc 410
Earth Remote Sensing
Methods
Evolutionary Human Anatomy
EPSc 419
Biostratigraphy and
Sedimentation
Comparative Methods in Physical Anthro. EPSc 425
Invertebrate Paleontology
Field and Lab Methods in Primatology
EPSc 428
Hydrology
Primate Cognition
EPSc 430
Environmental Mineralogy
Evolutionary Genetics
EPSc 441
Intro. to Geochemistry
Paleoethnobotany and Ethnobotany
EPSc 444
Environmental Geochemistry
Biological Basis of Human Behavior
EPSc 446
Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Behavioral Research at the STL Zoo
EPSc 447
Analytical Methods in Envir.
Geoche.
Craniofacial Biology
EPSc 448
Microbial Geochemistry
Principles of Human Anatomy and Develop. EPSc 449
Microbes in the Environment
Human Osteology
EPSc 452
Intro. to Seismology
Human Functional Morphology
EPSc 453
Interior of the Earth
Neanderthal Legacy
EPSc 454
Exploration and Envir.
Geophysics
Zooarchaeology
EPSc 474
Planetary Geochemistry
Experimental Zooarchaeology
EPSc 480
Special Topics in
Microbiology…
Environmental Studies
EnSt 109A
Quantitative Reasoning in Envir. Science
EnSt 295
Intro to Environmental Studies: Biology
Social Thought and Analysis
STA 442
Social Statistics Practicum
Psychology
Psych 300
Psych 330
Psych 3401
Psych 3604
Psych 4411
Psych 4418
Introductory Psych Stats
Sensation and Perception
Biological Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Topics in Cognitive
Neuroscience
Computational Modeling in
Cog. Neuroscience