This week in Pre-Health

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

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)

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Meeting ID: 976 3967 9113
Passcode: MD/PhD

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

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

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

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

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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Michigan College of Optometry Information Session for Future Optometrists

When you think of the little kids on Zoom kindergarten during the pandemic and the teens and adults that vaguely remember a life without constant screen-time, you know our future will need more Optometrists.

Dr. James Miller, O.D., F.A.A.O. who serves as both a Professor and Coordinator of Student Recruitment at Michigan College of Optometry  at Ferris State University will be facilitating an information session on Thursday, November 30th at 1:00 Eastern time. 

 

 

 

 

 

Join this zoom meeting co-hosted by Titan alum, John Ruskus and Detroit Mercy’s Director of Pre-Health Programs, Carmen Gamlin, MA, LPC.

James Miller is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Detroit Mercy Pre-Optometry Zoom Meeting

Time: Nov 30, 2023 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97702598565

Meeting ID: 977 0259 8565

You can learn more about becoming a Doctor of Optometric Medicine, O.D. by visiting futureeyedoc.org. The University of Detroit Mercy is a great place to begin your journey because it is a great time to be a pre-Optometry student. 

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Join Dr. Fleck in a conversation about Precision Medicine and Distributive Justice: Are Some Human Lives Priceless?

Michigan State University continues the informative, “Your Health Lecture Series” tonight with a 7pm Eastern discussion with Professor Leonard M. Fleck, PhD. Dr. Fleck is a Michigan State University Distinguished Professor in the Center of Bioethics and Social Justice. The University of Detroit Mercy is hosting this lecture both in person or online. You are invited to join us.

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New Future Physician Pathway for Titans with Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

 

In an effort to increase the numbers of University of Detroit Mercy Titans to become a Spartan DO, a new pathway has been created! On Tuesday, October 3rd in Chemistry 114, Director Gerica Lee  shared the new Pre-Med Pathway for Titans. It is a great time to be a Pre-Med Titan!

Gerica Lee, Director of Post-Secondary Pathways at the

Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Office of Admissions & Student Affairs

If you are a Titan, or even a future University of Detroit Mercy Pre-Med Titan,

 

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35 Pre-Med Titans are headed to Michigan Medical Education Day, Saturday October 7th

The University of Detroit Mercy has had an increase in pre-medical students over the past few years. As a result, more future physician have the foundation of integration of their intellectual, ethical, spiritual and social development. It is a great time to be a pre-med Titan.

Michigan Medical Education Day is when all 7 of the Medical Schools in the state of Michigan facilitate an all day free conference for up to 500 pre-medicine students. Building the foundation before application starts in the freshmen year of college. Our University of Detroit Mercy Director of Pre-Health Programs, Carmen Gamlin will be part of the team of presenters for this conference held on the campus of Michigan State University.

We are celebrating good news with our pre-medical students. For the 2022/ 2023 application cycle, 16 Verified Titans applied to Medical Schools ( MD & DO); Twelve out of sixteen Pre-Med Titans received at least 1 offer to attend medical school for an overall acceptance rate  of 75%!

It is a great time to be a pre-med Titan!

University of Detroit Mercy Titans not only have access to traditional applications for Allopathic (MD) and Osteopathic (DO) medical schools, we have specialized recruitment programs to increase pathways to become a doctor. 

As a partner school, we have just completed our 4th cycle of the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Early Assurance Program. Each cycle at least one Titan has started medical school with a passion to practice in an underserved region or underserved population. 

We ae also partnering with LECOM for the Early Acceptance Program. The 2022 / 2023 application cycle was the first time that Titans matriculated into one of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine’s 4 medical campuses through the Early Acceptance Program. 

In addition, any qualified University of Detroit Mercy Titan has guaranteed interviews for Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine for their Medical school, Pharmacy School and Podiatric Medical programs. This is just one more reason why Detroit Mercy is the right foundation for future clinicians. 

 

 

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