Application Guide
Application Guide
Applicant Time Table
(for matriculation in 2010)
Fall 2008
- Continue strong academic/work performance
- Make certain will have completed all the requirements by the end of next semester
- Start thinking about AMCAS/AACOMAS/ADSAS/VMCAS
- Volunteer in community
- Investigate options for the summer/next year
December
- Pick up or download HP applicant guidelines and forms.
- Contact and provide recommendation request/waiver form to each individual you are asking to write a recommendation on your behalf. Meet with each person if possible; if not, be sure to speak by phone
January 2009
- If on college break, consider volunteering in a health care setting or shadowing a health care provider
- Complete and submit on-line applicant information form and resume to HP advisor by January 31
- Work on personal statement
January-April
- Study for MCAT or appropriate standardized test
- Select test date and register well in advance
- Keep a positive outlook on test day!!!
February
- Make list for Experience section of application
- Submit first draft of personal statement to HP Advisor by February 15
- Follow up on recommendations
- Request any non-Bowdoin transcripts and submit to HPA Office
- Meet with Health Professions Advisor if logistics permit
March
- Continue to work on personal statement
- Decide on tentative school list
- Be sure credential file in HPA Office is complete by March 15
April
- Recheck status of file to be certain all recommendations are in
May
- Request Bowdoin transcript with spring semester grades
- Enter information into the application form
- Refine school list, unless awaiting MCAT results
June
- Submit AMCAS/AACOMAS (or other appropriate) application
Summer
- Complete secondary applications promptly
Fall 2009
- Prepare for and enjoy interviews
August 2010
- MATRICULATE!!!