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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Our department is changing from “Walk-In Advising” during registration (March 11 through April 24) to “Express Advising.” 

Express Advising is for scheduling questions only and will be held each weekday, Monday through Friday from 11:00am to 1:00pm. This advising is open to the following:

1. Students pursuing a B.S. in Science or Premedicine who would like help planning their schedule for Summer and/or Fall 2019
2. Pre-health professional students in any major at Penn State who would like help planning their schedule for Summer and/or Fall 2019

For more detailed questions and more serious matters, please plan to schedule a 30-minute appointment with a PreHealth or Eberly College of Science adviser during that time.

The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine recently sent out a press release to prehealth advisers with some notable changes: 

• The Personal Statement Character length has increased from 4,500 characters to 5,300 characters.
• One new college designation: California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

For the full summary of changes, go here: http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/2019/04/17/aacomas-changes/

Running List of Application Opening Dates: http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/2019/04/10/application-dates-for-2019-2020-for-2020-matriculation-updated-weekly/

Committee Letter Information:
http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/committeeletter/

Personal Statement Modules: 
http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/prehealth-advising/personalstatement/

*NOTE*: Submissions are closed to have a PreHealth Adviser review your personal statement, but the writing exercises are still available for you to use!

Recent AAMC Announcements:
https://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/category/announcements-and-press-releases/

2019 MSAR released, with helpful changes and additions:

http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/2019/04/04/2019-msar-is-available-with-changes/

• *NEW* June 1 Deadline - University Park Chemistry Lab TA Positions
• May 2019 - CNA Training Course through Centre Crest
• Paid gap year positions with New England Biolabs (Ipswich, MA), posted end of March
• Kaplan MCAT Instructor Position - State College, PA
• May/June Start Date - Full-time Research Assistant at Hershey Orthopedics Department
• Mount Nittany Internships
• Gap Year Medical Assistant/Scribe Opening in Livingston, NJ
• Biomedical Summer Internship on Lung Cancer and Respiratory Diseases at Mount Sinai
• NARAP Research Associate Applications Open (gap year or spring semester)
• Geisinger Surgery Institute Summer Intern (Research)
• Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp - Health Staff Openings
• Full-time Senior Clinical Research Coordinator at the Fetal Medicine Institute
• Full-Time positions with Integrated DNA Technologies

• 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

• (No deadline listed) - Human Osteology Research/Field Work in Tanzania
• (No deadline listed) - Charleston Pharmacy Boot Camp
• (No deadline listed) - May 2019 - CNA Training Course through Centre Crest
• April 22 Priority Deadline - Keck Graduate Institute's Summer Pharmacy Program
• *EXTENDED* May 1 Deadline - Summer Pharmacy Institute at University of Illinois
• *NEW* May 3 Deadline- PT and OT Summer Training at Jefferson
• May 3 Deadline - I-DOC Program Application at OSU College of Optometry
• May 17 Deadline - Opto-Camp at UC Berkeley
• June 1 Deadline - UB Pharmacy Summer Institute
• The Prehealth Advising Office has compiled a list of summer volunteer/research/shadowing opportunities. Go here to view.

• April 19 Deadline - Med/Dental/Optom Early Admission Opportunities for Penn State Students

• *NEW* April 18 - OSE Summer Internships Workshop
• *NEW* April 23 - ADRI Seminar: Anthropology and Forensic Art Collaborations
• *NEW* April 26 - HEART: A Symposium at the Junction of Health & Art
• Spring 2019 - EPPIC Workshops for International Students and Second-Language Learners
• *NEW* May 6- Faculty in Medicine-University of Toronto visit to New York City
• May 10 -  Info Session on Rural Physician Shortage Area Program (Jefferson Medical)

• HESE Program Applications Open
• May 2019 - CNA Training Course through Centre Crest
• SU19 - Penn State Language Institute STARTALK Program and Intensive Language Program Scholarships
• Summer Session 2019 Discounts and Scholarships
• Summer EMT Course through Centre Lifelink
• FA19 Course - SC 402: Science-Related Employment (1 cr.)
• FA19 Course - BIOL 497-006: Evolution of Infectious Diseases

• *NEW* April 24 and 25- ShaDOw Day at NYITCOM
• April 27 - Concordia University Wisconsin School of Pharmacy Open House
• May 30 - SUNY Optometry Open House
• Spring Open House Dates for NYIT COM
• UNE COM Summer Open House dates

• Exam Krackers - Free MCAT Prep Webinars
• Kaplan - Free MCAT/DAT/OAT/PCAT/GRE Prep Webinars
• May 8- Q&A with Admissions at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

• *NEW* April 17 - Undergraduate Research Exhibition
• 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

• April 29 - Penn State's CCSA Substance Abuse Conference

• *NEW* Out of meal points? Need a healthy snack or meal? We’ve got you covered!
• Month of April - Pride Month Events
• Month of April - Sexual Assault Awareness Month Events
• Key Dates for New AAMC Official Prep Hub  (Information important for OLD AND NEW users)
• Kaplan weekly prizes and free MCAT guide
• Altius March discounts

• Test Prep Book Exchange

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

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

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