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<div><font face="Arial">Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:13:17
-0500</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">To: 2008-premeds@mit.edu,
ugadmins@mit.edu</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">From: "Tamara R. Menghi"
<trmenghi@MIT.EDU></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Subject: Premed/Prehealth Advisor
Requests</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF"><b>Getting a Premed/Prehealth
Advisor</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Students who are interested in a health
profession career and want a prehealth advisor are encouraged to open
a file and apply for a prehealth advisor two years prior to the year
they are interested in matriculating at a health professions school.
Prehealth advisors are local area professionals and MIT faculty
members who volunteer their time to advising and mentoring
individuals.<b> The MIT Careers Office (MITCO) is now accepting
advisor requests for individuals wishing to enter medical or other
health profession schools in Fall 2008.</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><b>Steps to Requesting a Prehealth
Advisor</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial">Read the information on prehealth advisors
http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/advisors.html and the credential
service http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/credential.html.
<li>Complete the advisor request &</font> <a
href="http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/credentialform05.pdf"><font
face="Arial"><u> credential service form</u></font></a><font
face="Arial"> (<u>
http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/credentialform05.pdf</u>) and
submit it to MITCO (12-170).
<li>Schedule an appointment to meet with a member of the
Preprofessional Advising staff to review your form, your course
requirements, and discuss the prehealth advisor assignment process.
Appointments can be made by calling 617-253-4733. A front desk staff
member will assist you with scheduling.</font></ul>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">Once you have submitted the 2008
credential service form and met with a member of the Preprofessional
Advising staff your file will be open. Advisor requests will be
processed throughout the summer and assignments will be announced at
the Advisor-Advisee Mixer in late September 2006.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><b>Important! Please note the
following:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<ul>
<li><font face="Arial">It is important that you request an advisor
earlier than later. The Preprofessional Advising Staff recruits
Advisors based on the number of students we expect are seeking
advisors.
<li>Advisor assignments are not guaranteed. Requests for advisors made
during Fall semester risk being wait listed or unassigned. It is
unlikely that the Preprofessional Advising staff will be able to
provide an advisor to student requests late in the process.
<li>Student to advisor matches are made based on interests in common
or course number when possible. Please know, we may be unable to
accommodate specific requests for an advisor.
<li>Students are welcome to suggest local area physicians to serve as
their advisor, that are not currently members of the MIT Prehealth
Advisory Council. All nominated physicians, dentists, etc., must be in
the local Boston area and have to be approved by the Advisory Council.
Please see a member of the Preprofessional Advising staff to learn
more about this process.
<li></font><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/#alumni"><font
face="Arial"><u>Alumni</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> requests for
advisors will be processed starting in September. Please know that
alumni are not guaranteed advisors.</font></ul>
<div><font face="Arial"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><b>Study Abroad Students</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Prehealth students studying abroad will be
given their advisor assignments prior to their departure, when
possible. Please indicate on your</font> <a
href="http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/credentialform05.pdf"><font
face="Arial"><u> credential service form</u></font></a><font
face="Arial"> your plans to study abroad so that the Preprofessional
Advising Coordinator can make the appropriate accommodations. It is
important that students considering study abroad apply early (March or
April) for an advisor, to help ensure that you can receive an advisor
prior to leaving campus. Please provide the Careers Office with a copy
of your acceptance to the study abroad program you will be attending.
You will be assigned an advisor shortly upon our receipt of this
documentation.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><b>Alumni Seeking Prehealth
Advisors</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Preference is given to undergraduate and
graduate students in the advisor assignment process. However, when
possible, local area alumni may be provided an advisor based on
availability. Once the majority of assignments have been made for
undergraduates and graduate students, local area alumni may request an
advisor in late September. Please know that Alums are not guaranteed
advisors.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">We encourage alumni/ae applicants living
outside of the Massachusetts area to utilize the resources offered
through ICAN http://alum.mit.edu/cs/ican/index.html. The
ICAN database will allow an alum to find physicians in their area to
conduct informational interviews, and possibly organize shadowing
and/or volunteer opportunities.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">More information on the advisor and applicant
role can be found at:
http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/advisors.html</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">To schedule appointments with a member of the
Preprofessional Advising staff:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Please call 617-253-4733 and a front desk
staff member will assist you with making an in-person or phone
appointment.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><i>To schedule appointments with a member of
the Preprofessional Advising staff:</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Please call 617-253-4733 and a front desk
staff member will assist you with making an in-person or phone
appointment.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Preprofessional Walk-ins (no appointment
needed): Mondays 1-2pm and Thursdays 10-11am</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#800000"><b>Tamara Raimundi
Menghi</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#800000">Assistant Director
for Preprofessional Advising</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#800000">MIT Careers Office
(MITCO)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#800000">Massachusetts
Institute of Technology</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#800000">77 Massachusetts
Avenue, Building 12-170</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#800000">Cambridge, MA
02139-4307</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#800000">trmenghi@mit.edu</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#800000">Tel: (617)
253-4733</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#800000">Fax: (617)
253-8457</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#800000"> http://web.mit.edu/career/www/prepr</font><font
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