OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS CONSTITUENCIES WE SERVE

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OFFICE OF ADMISSIONSCONSTITUENCIES WE SERVE

• UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS
• APPLICANTS
• BUSM ALUMNI THE PROFESSION
• CURRENT BUSM FACULTY, STAFF, HOUSE OFFICERS,
  STUDENTS
• PATIENTS SOCIETY

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BUSM MISSION STATEMENT

• . . . TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN STUDENTS,
  PHYSICIANS, AND SCIENTISTS WHO WILL BRING
  SUPERIOR QUALITIES TO THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE,
  BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND WHO
  WILL BE PREPARED FOR CHANGES IN THE SOCIAL,
  LEGAL, AND ECONOMIC CLIMATE THAT WILL AFFECT THE
  PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.

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ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE MISSION STATEMENT

• TO IDENTIFY, SELECT, AND RECRUIT
  STUDENTS WHO ARE LIKELY TO EXCEL ACADEMICALLY,
  ENGAGE VIGOROUSLY IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, AND
  CONTRIBUTE GENEROUSLY TO OUR SOCIETY IN THE CARE
  OF PATIENTS, IN THE CONDUCT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH,
  AND IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PUBLICS HEALTH.
  QUALITIES OF INTELLECT, CHARACTER, MOTIVATION,
  PREPARATION, AND LIFE EXPERIENCE ARE ALL
  CONSIDERED AS THESE FACTORS MAY INFLUENCE A
  CANDIDATES POTENTIAL TO SUCCEED AS A PHYSICIAN
  IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING AND PLURALISTIC SOCIETY.

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• PREDICTING IS ALWAYS UNCERTAIN, ESPECIALLY OF
  THE FUTURE.
• Vice President Dan Quayle
• 1991

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DATA AVAILABLE TO ADMISSIONS COMMITTEES

• UNDERGRADUATE GRADES RANKING
• REPUTATION OF THE SCHOOL
• INDIVIDUAL FACULTY LETTERS
• PERSONAL STATEMENT/ESSAYS
• MCAT
• INTERVIEW
• HEALTH PROFESSIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE LETTER

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WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU?

• SUMMARY OF LIFE HISTORY
• ACADEMIC HISTORY
• PERSONAL QUALITIES
• --CHARACTER CITIZENSHIP
• --HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS (EMPATHY, KINDNESS,
  HONESTY, COMPASSION)
• --COMMUNICATION SKILLS (ORAL WRITTEN)
• --LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
• --INTELLECTUAL DEPTH RIGOR
• -- GOALS COMMITMENTS
• --SPECIAL POINTS
• EVALUATION RECOMMENDATION

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IF YOU WONT TELL US . . . .

• WE ARE FORCED TO GUESS

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