Step-by-Step Process of the Health Professional School Committee
Below are step-by-step instructions for participation in the Health Professional Committee review process. Please contact Ms. Gail Wallace (wallaceg@ecu.edu) in the Pre-Professional Advising Center if you have questions (252) 328-6001. Best wishes with the application process!
****NEW****
The Health Professions Committee is instituting new requirements for participation beginning January 1, 2012. In order to to participate in the review process and receive a letter of recommendation from the HPC, students must submit all documents required for an interview by October 15. This is to ensure that the committee has time to write and submit your letter by November 1st.
Minimum academic requirements for participation:
All students must have a minimum 3.0 overall gpa, and a minimum 3.0 science gpa.
Students applying to Medical School must have a minimum 22 MCAT score.
Students applying to Dental School must have a minimum 16 DAT score (Academic Average and Total Science).
If a student is told by their Pre-Professional Advisor not to apply to professional school but does so anyway, the student will not be granted an interview during that application cycle.
Special consideration can be made for students applying to Caribbean schools.
Step 1: Register with the Pre-Professional Advising Center by completing the Applicant Profile Form. This can be completed online and emailed to Ms. Gail Wallace at wallaceg@ecu.edu or can be submitted to Ms. Wallace in our office (2500 Old Cafeteria).
Step 2: Read and sign the Statement of Understanding Form and bring to our office for your file.
Step 3: Select the faculty members to complete the evaluations. You will need a total of three faculty evaluations: 2 in the physical sciences (biology, chemistry, and/or physics), specifically those that taught you the prerequisite science courses (or higher level) and 1 additional faculty evaluation -- this could be someone from your major. Provide each faculty member with the Faculty Evaluation Form and a deadline date (be sure to give them plenty of time to complete the form and do not ask at the last minute). The faculty will need to send the completed evaluation electronically, along with a letter of recommendation, to our office. This can be sent directly to Ms. Wallace at wallaceg@ecu.edu.
Step 4: Complete your centralized application (AMCAS, AADSAS, etc.), print a copy, and bring a copy to our office for your file. This can also be sent electronically (save as a pdf) to Ms. Wallace at wallaceg@ecu.edu. This will include your transcript, volunteer/work history, MCAT or other standardized test scores, and personal statement. *Please submit your AMCAS / AADSAS application prior to having the committee letter or individual letters complete.
Step 5: Submit the form Request to Send File to Ms. Wallace at wallaceg@ecu.edu with a list of the schools to which you would like your committee letter sent, as well as any other letters you would like included. Please note deadlines of schools to which you are applying.
Step 6: Once your file is complete (Application Profile form, 3 faculty evaluations, professional school application, and test scores) we will contact you to schedule an interview.
*Interviews for the fall are tentatively scheduled for Thursday and Friday afternoons in May, June, and July, and September and October. The deadline for participation is October 15th. All documents and faculty evaluations must be submitted to us by October 15th to gain an interview.
Step 7: After the interview is complete and the committee letter is returned to us, we will email your letter(s). For more information on the details of submitting letters, please refer to the AMCAS website at http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/faq/amcasletterwriter.htm.
Step 8: Once the committee letter has been received by the Pre-Professional Advising Center, you will need to enter in the contact information of the letter’s author in AMCAS (Gail Wallace, wallaceg@ecu.edu). This will generate a Letter ID #. Please share both this Letter ID and your AMCAS with Ms. Wallace. She will then submit the letter on your behalf to AMCAS.
We would also like to submit each faculty evaluation to AMCAS. To do, please enter the contact information of each of your evaluators in AMCAS to receive a Letter ID. Share this information with Ms. Wallace, and she will submit each of your evaluations to AMCAS as well.
Step 9: You should receive electronic confirmation from AMCAS once each of your letters has been received.
