[bioundgrd] Fwd: Premed/Prehealth Advisor Requests

[Janice Chang]

>From
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>Tamara Raimundi Menghi
>Assistant Director for Preprofessional Advising
>MIT Careers Office
>77 Massachusetts Ave, 12-170
>Cambridge, MA 02139
>trmenghi at mit.edu
>617-253-4733
>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/
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>Getting a Premed/Prehealth Advisor
>
>The MIT Careers Office (MITCO) is now accepting prehealth advisor 
>requests for individuals wishing to enter medical or other health 
>profession schools in Fall 2009. Please read thoroughly the email 
>below for information about how to request an advisor.
>
>We apologize for the delay in the advisor request process. To date, 
>we are still experiencing some technical difficulties with our new 
>online credential service and advisor database. We anticipate that 
>the online service will be available in the coming weeks, but would 
>prefer for students to begin to come in now to make appointments and 
>request advisors. Once the new online credential service is 
>available, an announcement will go out via email and will be posted 
>on the premed website. Please save all written materials 
>electronically, as you will be requested to submit the advisor 
>request questions a second time once the online system has been 
>launched.
>
>Steps to Requesting a Prehealth Advisor
>- Read the information online 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.
>- Complete and submit the credential service form and advisor 
>request form to the MIT Careers Office (MITCO) (12-170). 
>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/credentialform09.pdf 
>REMINDER: Please save an electronic copy of your responses to the 
>advisor request questions. Once the new online credential service 
>goes live,  you will be asked to resubmit this information 
>electronically.
>- Schedule an appointment (call 617-253-4733) to meet with a member 
>of the Preprofessional Advising staff to review your form, your 
>course requirements, and discuss the prehealth advisor assignment 
>process. We strongly encourage individuals to schedule appointments 
>prior to leaving for summer break. (Please note that MITCO is open 
>all year round, and maintains its regular 9-5pm hours throughout the 
>summer.)
>
>Once you have submitted the 2009 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 
>early Fall semester 2007.
>
>Important! Please note the following:
>- 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.
>- Advisor assignments are not guaranteed. Requests for advisors made 
>during Fall semester risk being waitlisted or unassigned. It is 
>unlikely 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, we may be unable to 
>accommodate specific requests for an advisor.
>- 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.
>- Study Abroad: Prehealth students studying abroad will be given 
>their advisor assignments prior to their departure, when possible. 
>Please indicate on your request form your plans to study abroad so 
>that the Preprofessional Advising staff can make the appropriate 
>accommodations. It is important that students considering study 
>abroad apply by Friday, April 27th 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 after our receipt of this documentation.
>- Alumni Seeking Prehealth Advisors: Preference is given to current 
>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 requests will be processed and assigned advisors (permitting 
>availability) in late September 2007. Please know that Alums are not 
>guaranteed advisors. We encourage alumni/ae applicants living 
>outside of the Massachusetts area to utilize the resources offered 
>through ICAN. 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. 
>http://alum.mit.edu/cs/ican/index.html
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>More information on the advisor and applicant role can be found at 
>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/advisors.html#student.
>
>Best Regards,
>Tamara Menghi
>
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>To schedule appointments with a member of the Preprofessional Advising staff:
>Please call 617-253-4733 and a front desk staff member will assist 
>you with making an appointment.
>
>Preprofessional Walk-ins (no appointment needed): Mondays 1-2pm and 
>Thursdays 10-11am
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>Tamara Raimundi Menghi
>Assistant Director for Preprofessional Advising MIT Careers Office
>77 Massachusetts Ave, 12-170
>Cambridge, MA 02139
>trmenghi at mit.edu
>617-253-4733
>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/preprof/
>
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