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Some Demographics of the Dartmouth Pre-health Student
• ~30% of each entering class (= 300 students) attends the “pre-health” meeting during orientation
• The Nathan Smith Society has a membership of ~1100 students
• ~160-170 applicants per year to medical school (# alumni > seniors by 4:1)
• ~80-85 % success rate in first application; no differences in success between various majors, between science & non-science majors or between seniors and alumni
• There is no pre-health major at Dartmouth
The Dartmouth Pre-health Student
and Alumnus/a
Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC)Faculty advisors (DC)
DMS faculty and Admissions Office; DMS studentsClass Deans
Peer Advising; Alumni AdvisingTucker Foundation
Pre-health Advising SystemPre-health Advising System
Career ServiceHealth Professions
Advisors
Stacy BartonAnnette Hamilton
Faculty Advisorof
Nathan SmithSociety
Lee A. Witters
Nathan Smith
1762-1829
www.dartmouth.edu/~nss
Nathan Smith Society Events Spring Term 2010
• DHMC Shadowing Program• Community Veterinary
Shadowing Program• Community Dental Shadowing
Program• Dartmouth Ears (a patient
visiting program at DHMC)• ‘Dinner with a
Doc/Vet/Dentist’ Program• NSS Research Opportunities
Database• DMS “Interest Groups” &
Alumni Workshops
• ‘Take a Med Student to Lunch’ Program
• “Mock Admissions”• Paying for Medical School
(DMS Financial Aid office)• Senior Night• DC/DMS Night• “Dance for a Dream” (annual
fund-raiser for selected charity)
• Workshops on Medical/Dental/Vet School Application
Emerging Changes in Assessing Candidacy of the Medical School Applicant
Revisiting the Medical School Educational Mission at a Time of Expansion Report from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, January 2009
Evaluating Beyond Grades,MCAT/DAT/GRE Scores and
Prior Experiences in Health
• Active listener• Problem solver• Communicator
(oral, written)• Critical thinker• Multilingual
• Resiliency• Integrity• Adaptability• Persistence• Motivation• Intellectual curiosity• Empathy• Altruistic service
Skills & Abilities Personal & Professional Characteristics
Things to Pay Attention To• Get sound advice from an experienced advisor; beware of
“anecdotes”; get a “first year checkup”• Most students from Dartmouth and country-wide are applying to
medical/vet/dental school after they graduate. • Make a four year schedule for the required science courses
needed to apply to medical school. • Students are accepted into medical school with any
undergraduate major, but displaying aptitude in the sciences is very important. Many students “stub a toe” in early science courses; that does not disqualify a student from the health professions!
• Many students complete courses or strengthen their classroom credentials in a post-bacc program
Things to Pay Attention To
• Utilize resources that can help you succeed in the curriculum (Academic Skills, course TAs, office hours with professor)
• GET TO KNOW PROFESSORS
Things to Pay Attention To• Participate in extracurricular activities that demonstrate
your humanism (e.g. volunteer activity, advocacy organizations), your interest in medicine (e.g. shadowing), your scholarship (e.g. research), and your leadership/creativity. Do these in a sustained way over several terms, not just for a few weeks. BUT don’t overextend your commitments to the detriment of classroom performance.
• Participate in activities of the Nathan Smith Society• Don’t plan your life at Dartmouth exclusively around
pointing to medical or graduate school; take advantage of a liberal education in and out of the classroom both in Hanover and elsewhere
Application “Wheel”
MCAT GPA/BCPM
Letters of Evaluation
Motivation
Experience - Clinical-
Research
- Service