Pre-Health Advising Update: Files and the 2025 Committee Letter Process.

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Carmen Gamlin

For 5 years, Current students and Alumni Titans accessed all files and pre-health career information in one location that has now moved to TEAMS.  As long as the pre-health Titan has their Detroit Mercy email address, then access will remain seamless. Here is the new location in TEAMS. Announcements have been sent in Blackboard, but now can be sent from TEAMS so that both current Titans and engaged pre-health Titans can receive updates.

The 2025 committee letter process is open now for any current Detroit Mercy Titan or Pre-Health Titan Alumni who plan to apply in the 2025/2026 cycles. If you are a Titan who will participate in the 2025 Committee Letter Process then watch this Intro Session with Dr. Mio.  The GPA calculations and transcripts are due on the 17th of January with the full application materials on March 17th.

Go Titans!!

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Detroit Mercy Dentistry Information Session Sept 3 at 12:45 room 114 Chemistry

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Carmen Gamlin

Dr. Steven Chang, Director of Admissions for the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry will present on all academic , industry, DAT and extra-curricular requirements to submit competitive applications for general pre-dentistry students. This session is open to all levels, college freshmen – alumni. This session is not intended for 7-year Dentistry students nor prospective 7-year dentistry students. Direct all question to Carmen Gamlin, Pre-Health Advisor, (313) 993 1956.

Information Session ​
Tues, Sept 3rd 12:45 – 1:45 pm​
CHM 114

This is an in-person Information Session and will not be recorded.

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5 years of Pre-Med Titans becoming Early Assurance Spartan MDs

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Carmen Gamlin

We are celebrating our 5th year of Titans accepted to Michigan State University College of Human Medicine through the Early Assurance Program. The Mission of the College of Human Medicine that includes “responding to the needs of the medically underserved in our communities” which is a smooth transition for many of our pre-med Titans when you reflect of Detroit Mercy’s Value of producing “graduates who lead and serve in their communities”. This 5-year Early Assurance Program partnership has produced Titans who aspire to become “physicians in an underserved region or with an underserved population”. At this time we celebrate all of our Detroit Mercy Titans who have become MSU CHM EAP Spartan MDs.

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Titans Make Individualized Pre-Health Plans

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Carmen Gamlin

Starting freshmen year, Titans can meet to make their Individualized Pre-Health Plans. This would include all areas needed on their journey to competitively applying to graduate schools in the health professions:

  1. Academic and extra curricular requirements
  2. Opportunities to shadow clinicians
  3. Community service that is tailored to your needs / areas of interests
  4. Planning for summer pre-health programs and activities
  5. Testing resources including Detroit Mercy’s free Kaplan All Access test prep
  6. Strategies in securing letters of recommendations &/or University of Detroit Mercy Committee Letter Process
  7. Making informed choices in specialized programs and/or graduate program selection
  8. Support in writing applications, interviewing etc.

During academic semesters, Titans meet periodically to revise their plans to reflect their changing skill sets and needs. University of Detroit Mercy Freshmen through alumni are welcome to schedule a time to make an Individualized Pre-Health Plan. Prospective students engage University Admissions.

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Interview workshops for Titans in Zoom and the Center for Career and Professional Development

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Carmen Gamlin

Interview prep for Detroit Mercy Titans in Zoom with Carmen Gamlin, Director and Advisor for Pre-Health Programs. Titans will have traditional interviews either in person or online when applying to graduate school. Most will also demonstrate their competencies in Situational Judgement Tests like Casper, KIRA and AAMC PreView.  Strategies will be shared for the following formats:

  • Online, phone and in-person interviews
  • Asynchronous Interviews
  • Timed versus untimed interview formats.

Carmen Gamlin, Pre-Health Counselor is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Interview prep workshop
Time: Jul 1, 2024 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://udmercy-edu.zoom.us/j/95537511891?pwd=VWhMUkRQZmllb3dqK3AzVVRIU01hdz09

Meeting ID: 955 3751 1891
Passcode: Titan

In addition to these sessions, all Titans have the Center for Career and Professional Development for both preparation and resources such as Interview rooms, interview clothing, one on one interview prep and interview practice software with the Big Interview.

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Detroit Mercy Sponsors Test Prep for Titans!!

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Carmen Gamlin

The University of Detroit Mercy has partnered with Kaplan Test prep for All Access. This means that 100% of current Titans and those 6 months or less post graduation can access test prep for free! It is an amazing demonstration of the university’s student-center mission in action. In fact employees benefit as well. So whether you work or go to school at the University of Detroit Mercy, it is a great time to be a Titan!

Graduate School test prep options:

  • DAT​
  • GMAT​
  • GRE​
  • LSAT​
  • MCAT​
  • OAT

Credentialling Test Prep options:

  • ARE 5.0​
  • CFA​
  • INDBE​
  • FE​
  • FPQP​
  • NCLEX-RN​
  • PANCE + Q Bank​
  • PRAXIS​
  • SIE​
  • WMS

Professional Development options:

  • Critical Thinking​
  • Data Analysis​
  • Data Literacy​
  • Python & Math​
  • Project Management

 

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Committee Letter Process update for Detroit Mercy Titans

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Carmen Gamlin

In the 2024 Winter semester, 104 University of Detroit Mercy Titans completed the Committee Letter Process as part of their application journey to Medical, Dental and other graduate programs in the health professions.

Having a competitive application to graduate school is more than just academic preparation and a good test score. It includes development of skills and perspective that is learned both on and off campus. Titans have worked, shadowed in clinical settings, researched, and/or volunteered for years before using the committee letter process. Titans shared their preparation by the following documents:

  1. Transcripts & a Centralized Application Service formatted GPA Calculator
  2. Application highlighting activities on and off campus post high school graduation
  3. Reflection of how they have demonstrated the University of Detroit Mercy’s Jesuit and Mercy values as future clinicians
  4. Video personal statements sharing their journey leading to applying to a life of healthcare service.
  5. Responses to 9 brief essay/questions

Watch the recorded update.

Each Titan who has completed the committee letter packet has been assigned to one of 13 Committees of Faculty and Administrators who will meet and evaluate their assigned students.  This year’s committee members really reflect a campuswide engagement that highlights how student-centered the university is.

Students continue to have support through individualized application services and group interview prep services from the university’s pre-health advisor.

The University of Detroit Mercy has sponsored the test prep and professional development needs of students, faculty and staff with Kaplan All Access. This new resource allows Titans to prep with the best without limitation during their time in their degree and through 6 months post graduation.

It is a great time to be a Pre-Health Titan!

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This week in Pre-Health

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Carmen Gamlin

Current Titans from any major as well as recent alums can engage the University of Detroit Mercy’s Pre-Health Advisor for an Individualized Pre-Health Plan. Any Titan applying to graduate schools in the health professions for the 2024 / 2025 cycle can access all Committee Letter Program resources. CLP applications are due by March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day. 

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Michigan State University MD/PhD Information Session Tuesday, January 30th at 1 Eastern

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Carmen Gamlin

If you have every been curious about this process or just found out that you really like research then join us. Freshmen through alumni are all welcome.

Carmen Gamlin, Pre-Health Counselor is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Michigan State MD/PhD Information Session 
Time: Jan 30, 2024 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 976 3967 9113
Passcode: MD/PhD

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Reminder: MSU CHM Early Assurance Program applications are due January 31st

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Carmen Gamlin

Here are the 5 Titans that have successfully applied and Interviewed to previous cycles of the MSUCHM EAP.  Go Titans to Spartan MD!!!! 

This application is very different from the traditional timeline for MD & DO medical school applications.  

  • Make sure that you are eligible for this MSUCHM EAP.
  • It has a very compressed timeline.  
  • The medical school primary application and secondary application is done at the same time. The application for the students this cycle is due on January 31st.  
  • Letters of Recommendation are sent directly to Carmen Gamlin at prehealth@udmercy.edu on letterhead and signed by Feb 9th.  
  • The interview would be in February if selected to interview.  
  • A response yes or no for acceptance to Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Early Assurance Program would be in March pending the June MCAT with a minimum score of 500 or greater. 
  • University of Detroit Mercy has SCIE 2400 that intensely meets after finals to prepare any Titan who has taken the pre-requisites for the MCAT. It also works with this compressed timeline for the MSUCHM EAP.   
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