[bioundgrd] Fwd: Premed/Prehealth Advisor Requests - Schedule an appointment soon!

[Janice Chang]

>Subject: Premed/Prehealth Advisor Requests - Schedule an appointment soon!
>Organization: MIT Careers Office
>
>Getting a Premed/Prehealth Advisor
>
>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.
>
>The MIT Careers Office (MITCO) is accepting 
>advisor requests for individuals wishing to 
>enter medical or other health profession schools 
>in Fall 2008.
>
>Steps to Requesting a Prehealth Advisor
>·        Read the information on prehealth 
>advisors 
><http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/advisors.html>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/advisors.html 
>and the credential service 
><http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/credential.html>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/credential.html
>·        Complete the advisor request 
><http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/credentialadvisor08.pdf>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/credentialadvisor08.pdf 
> and submit it to MITCO (12-170).
>·        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.
>
>Once you have submitted the 2008 credential 
>service form and met with a member of the 
>Preprofessional Advising staff your file will be 
>open and your advisor requests will be 
>processed. Advisor assignments will be announced 
>at the Advisor-Advisee Mixer on Tuesday, October 
>3, 2006.
>
>Important! Please note the following:
>
>·        It is important that you request an 
>advisor earlier than later. If possible, try to 
>make an appointment before the school year 
>begins or for as soon as you return to campus. 
>Appointments can be held in-person or by phone. 
>We have already received over 80 requests for an 
>advisor. Advisor assignments are made on a 
>first-come, first serve basis.
>·        Advisor assignments are not guaranteed. 
>Requests for advisors made during Fall semester 
>risk being wait listed or unassigned. It is not 
>guaranteed that the Preprofessional Advising 
>staff will be able to provide an advisor to 
>student requests late in the process.
>·        Student to advisor matches are made 
>based on interests in common or course number 
>when possible. Please know that we may be unable 
>to accommodate specific requests for an advisor.
>·        Students are welcome to suggest local 
>area physicians to serve as their advisor, whom 
>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. 
>requests for
>
>Alumni Seeking Prehealth Advisors
>Preference is given to undergraduate and 
>graduate students in the advisor assignment 
>process. 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 will be assigned advisors. Please know 
>that Alums are not guaranteed advisors.
>
>More information on the advisor and applicant 
>role can be found at 
><http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/advisors.html>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/advisors.html
>
>If you have further questions please contact 
>Tamara Menghi 
>(<mailto:trmenghi at mit.edu>trmenghi at mit.edu) or 
>Rachel Greenberg 
>(<mailto:ragreenb at mit.edu>ragreenb at mit.edu).
>To schedule appointments with Tamara Menghi or Rachel Greenberg:
>Please call 617-253-4733 and a front desk staff 
>member will assist you with making an 
>appointment.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Tamara Raimundi Menghi
>Assistant Director for Preprofessional Advising
>MIT Careers Office
>77 Massachusetts Ave, 12-170
>Cambridge, MA 02139
><mailto:trmenghi at mit.edu>trmenghi at mit.edu
>617-253-4733
><http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/
>
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