We have a new format for the 2018-19 school year! All annoucements will be posted as blog posts on our website. We will still link to the current items in this weekly newsletter, but on the blog website, you will be able to sort posts by category and by health professions tags. This will also allow us to reduce the Newsletter to one email each week.

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The Army Reserve has updated it's citizenship requirements, and green card holders now qualify for the Army Resident Physician program. Note: this is not for the Health Professions Scholarship Program.

Details here: http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/2019/06/03/army-scholarship-update/

Penn State Information

• Committee Letter Information: Link
• Personal Statement Modules: Link
• *NOTE*: Submissions are closed to have a PreHealth Adviser review your personal statement, but the writing exercises are still available for you to use!

General Application Information

• Application Opening Dates: Link
• Recent AAMC Announcements: Link
• AACOMAS Changes: Link 
• AACOMAS Fee Waiver Update: Link
• MSAR Changes: Link
• CASPer Test Information: Link

• Kaplan MCAT Instructor Position - State College, PA
• May/June Start Date - Full-time Research Assistant at Hershey Orthopedics Department
• NARAP Research Associate Applications Open (gap year or spring semester)
• Gap year opportunity: Crack the DAT is hiring (dental)

• Conemaugh Health System SupremEd Volunteer Program Applications Open
• Applications Open for National Health Corps (AmeriCorps) 1 year service
• Volunteers Needed - James E. Van Zandt VA Hospital in Altoona, PA
• Volunteers Needed - Out of the Cold: Centre County

• June 3 Deadline - Keck Graduate Institute's Summer Pharmacy Program
• June 7 Deadline - Charleston Pharmacy Boot Camp
• June 14-16- Penn ASDA Pre-Dental Summer Academy
• The Prehealth Advising Office has compiled a list of summer volunteer/research/shadowing opportunities. Go here to view.

• HESE Program Applications Open
• Summer Session 2019 Discounts and Scholarships
• FA19 Course - SC 402: Science-Related Employment (1 cr.)
• FA19 Course - BIOL 497-006: Evolution of Infectious Diseases

• UNE COM Summer Open House dates
• Summer 2019 WVSOM Mini-Open House dates
• June 2019: LECOM Open House Dates (RSVP Required)
• June 5 Registration Deadline- GW PT Grad Fair
• June 8- University of Buffalo's A Day in the Life (Dental)
• June 11- Optometry Virtual Fair

• June 19- Virtual Information Session with Zucker School of Medicine (Hofstra)
• Exam Krackers - Free MCAT Prep Webinars
• Kaplan - Free MCAT/DAT/OAT/PCAT/GRE Prep Webinars

• NARAP Research Associate Applications Open (gap year or spring semester)
• Pitch Exploration Lab at Penn State - Undergraduate Research Opportunity
• Crowley Lab in Biobehavioral Health – Volunteer and For-Credit Research Positions

• Key Dates for New AAMC Official Prep Hub  (Information important for OLD AND NEW users)
• Kaplan weekly prizes and free MCAT guide
• *NEW* Summer 2019 - "CUB" Food Pantries at UP Campus

• Test Prep Book Exchange

Throughout the fall and spring semesters, Penn State PreHealth Advising offer a series of group advising sessions.
Students considering medical, dental, podiatry, and physician assistant professions must attend a Med Prep or PA Prep group advising session prior to meeting one-on-one with PreHealth Advising.

Please check back in future editions for group advising sessions for the 2019-2020 school year. Dates and times will be posted here and on our website: https://science.psu.edu/premed/advising

Opportunities available year-round can be found on this page:
http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/blogroll/opportunities-available-year-round/

Such opportunities include:

• Offical Calendars from Health Professional Organizations (AAMC, ADEA, etc.)
• Information regarding Health Professions Group Advising Sessions
• Information regarding the Committee Letter process
• Donations for test prep books (MCAT, DAT, PCAT)
• Medical Scribing positions
• Other continuous job postings

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