Committee Interview & Evaluation Process
The pre-health advising office facilitates the committee interview and evaluation required by medical, dental, and optometry schools. The committee evaluates you as an applicant based on your academic and non-academic credentials. The result of this process is a committee letter supporting your application to professional school that is electronically sent to your application service after you apply.
Checklist and Timeline for Committee Evaluations:
- During fall semester, attend “Junior/Senior” Workshop which discusses Committee Evaluations. Click Here to watch the workshop recording.
- Fill out Committee Interest Form to receive paperwork via email from Tammy Martorana AFTER you have watched the Junior/Senior Workshop video or attended the workshop.
- Required paperwork includes:
- Reference forms for 3 faculty who have taught you in at least a 3 credit hour lecture class (1 Chemistry, 1 Biology, 1 any department)
- Student Information Sheet – you submit some information about yourself along with a rough draft personal statement and resume.
- Submit a headshot photo
- February 14: Priority deadline for Pre-Professional Health Career Track Office to receive required paperwork (3 letters of reference and student information sheet)
- Email Tammy Martorana during fall and early spring semester with inquiries about the status of your file.
- March and April: Committee Interviews
- One 60 min interview with two faculty/advisors plus feedback.
- Check your email often - Tammy Martorana will contact you to schedule your interview when all committee paperwork has been turned in.
- If you miss the deadline for a committee interview in March/April, your committee interview will be conducted in September.
- After your committee interview, Mrs. Carrick writes an additional letter of reference from the advisor’s perspective.
- Committee letter = the advisor letter + your 3 faculty references.
- Committee letter will be uploaded to your account AFTER you submit your application.
