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
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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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Titans are Enrolling in our Spring 2024 Live Online MCAT & Live Online DAT courses

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Carmen Gamlin

The University of Detroit Mercy has partnered with the Princeton Review to bring both Pre-Dentistry Titans and Pre-Medical Titans this Live Online test prep experience. Titans are too valued to simply persevere through years of academic preparation for graduate programs in the health professions and not also have resources for the critical DAT & MCAT admissions exams.

SCIE 2400 Pre-Healthcare Professional Development Strategies is a 1 credit course that has two components.

  1. Monday – Thursday afternoons is the live online DAT or MCAT test prep from an industry leader. titans who are local, across the county and around the world can engage with Princeton Review test prep experts. The Review online dashboard has every resource that a Titan would need to earn an excellent score.
  2. Application coaching and interview prep support is provided for Titans by Pre-Health Advisor, Carmen Gamlin a Licensed Career Counselor with decades of experience in STEM career launching.

Dear pre-dent/pre-med Titan,

Any resource that only provides pre-recorded videos and does not have a method to engage the instructors of those videos is not ideal. Titans are engaged with their faculty members in every department. There is a huge missing component to test prep if there is no live online feature.

  • If you were admitted to University Detroit Mercy “TEST Optional” 
  • If you are not proud of your SAT / ACT scores 
  • If you are a transfer student Titan or any Titan that never took a national exam 
  • If your acceptance to an accelerated program or EAP requires minimum DAT or MCAT scores
  • If you were thinking that you could just piece together secondhand resources to come up with a study plan  

Then you really should plan on taking the Live online DAT prep course or the Live online MCAT prep course this summer, SCIE 2400.

Any current Titan or alum can schedule a meeting to discuss their test prep options using https://calendly.com/prehealthadvisor.

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2024 Committee Letter for Titans applying to Masters or Doctoral Programs in Healthcare

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Carmen Gamlin

If you are a Titan or Titan Alum, know that you can engage in the Committee Letter Process 2024 in the Winter Semester before you apply in the 2024/2025 cycle. 

2024 Committee Letter Process Student Resources  

The due date for all written sections of this application (including all transcripts and completed GPA document) is Sunday, March 17, 2024, by 11:59 PM EST 


 CLP Introduction and CLP Responses  

 In addition to the completed CLP written application, there are two essential parts of the committee letter packet that will be recorded in the Big Interview platform. Not only is this an interview practice platform for all Titans, but this same platform will also be where you will record your CLP Introduction and CLP Responses. These are due on or before March 31st; however, if you want feedback from your pre-health advisor before it is sent to the committee, then submit these on or before March 17th.  

  • CLP Introduction: A video Personal Statement of how you know you are meant to be this type of clinician such as a Doctor, Dentist, Optometrist etc..    
  • CLP Responses: A recorded interview that compliments your written CLP application. These are the questions for the CLP Responses.  

 There will be 30 Minute interview prep workshops in February and March to prepare you for the following:  

  • Preparing your Committee Letter Responses that you will record in the Big Interview   
  • Situational Judgement Assessment CASPer, KIRA, AAMC-VITA  
  • Graduate School Interviews both online and in person  

Monday, February 19th at 1:00 pm Meeting ID: 972 0703 5668 Passcode: Titan  

Tuesday, February 20th at 1:00 pm Meeting ID: 935 1539 1678 Passcode: Titan  

Wednesday February 21st at 1:00 pm Meeting ID: 952 5108 0194 Passcode: Titan  

Friday, February 23rd at 1:00 pm Meeting ID: 956 6216 0534 Passcode: Titan  

Monday, March 11th at 1:00 pm  Meeting ID: 937 2510 1141 Passcode: Titan  

Wednesday, March 13th at 1:00 pm  Meeting ID: 915 3595 5309 Passcode: Titan  

Drop-in Interview Prep 8:30 – noon Thursday, 3/14 in Chemistry 117

Drop-in Interview Prep 8:30 to noon Friday, 3/15 in Engineering 125

Or by appointment calendly.com/prehealthadvisor

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2024 Committee Letter Process for Pre-Health Titans

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Carmen Gamlin

Our University of Detroit Mercy STEM faculty and university administrators are dedicated to evaluating Titans as they apply to Medical, Dental, Optometry, Pharmacy and numerous other graduate health profession programs. University of Detroit Mercy students and alumni who are applying to graduate programs in the health professions in Summer 2024 have access to the annual Committee Letter Process which opens January 5, 2024.

Each Winter semester, Titans from any major complete an application detailing their academic and extracurricular experiences that prepare them to competitively apply to their career programs. Completed application packets are delivered to about a dozen committees. Each committee evaluates the content of the application and interview in order to write a comprehensive letter.

Students who have transferred to the University of Detroit Mercy also benefit from the Committee Letter Process; The CLP application gives each Titan the opportunity to highlight their on an off campus activities that have prepared them for graduate school. Activities include but are not limited to the following:

  • Undergraduate Research
  • Clinical voluntary or paid experiences
  • Community Service
  • Campus clubs, activities & on campus employment
  • Jobs, shadowing and other industry engagement

If you are a current Titan or an alum in need the link to the resources for the annual Committee Letter Process, then send an email to gamlincd@udmercy.edu or schedule an appointment using calendly.com/prehealthadvisor.

  • 2024 Committee Letter opens January 5, 2024
  • Complete applications are due on or before March 31, 2024

Carmen Gamlin, Director & Advisor of Pre-Health Programs only provides advising services to current University of Detroit Mercy Titans and UDM alumni. Others should engage their primary undergraduate institution for pre-health advising.

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