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Guest Speaker: Bernadette So

Volunteering: Swann Center, Saturday Feb 7^th at 2pm

Leadership Positions

• Shadows for…
  • President: Oversight over logistics and growth of club
    
    
  • Vice President: Helping presidential activities
  • Treasurer: Reimbursements, SORF applications, and fundraising
  • Secretary: Minutes for exec and general body meetings, track attendance, & points
  • Volunteering: Finding opportunities and overseeing their execution
• New Openings…
  • Advertising: Post flyers around campus, send out lecture slides, maintain presence
  • Webmaster: Post emails, minutes, and announcements on website; create and manage electronics forms, documents, spreadsheets via Google; manage mailing list
• Apply online in next email & short interview

Points System

• 20 points to be active member
• 10 points / position
• 5 points / volunteering event
• 2 points / general meeting
• Note: Points will be taken into account during elections
  
  

MCAT

• Princeton Review: $125 off classroom prep or $200 off tutoring package
• Free Practice MCAT by Kaplan (02/07) | http://www.kaptest.com/enroll/MCAT/61820/events
• Medical School Admissions & MCAT Strategy Seminar 6p-7:30p at Kaplan Center (3/16)
  
  

Upcoming Events:

· February 17^th: Exam Krackers Sample Verbal Class

· March 18^th: Mentor Match Reception (Apply by Feb 6^th)

· March: Physician Guest Speaker

· April 7^th: Medical Student Panel

· April 9^th: Blood Drive at YMCA

· Visit from Urban Health Caravan: Meet advisors from UIC medical school

· Senior Panel: Learn from your classmates how they did it

‘Pre-Med Orientation’ Outline

In case you guys missed our comprehensive meeting on 9/30/08 about all the things to do as a pre-med student, here is the outline of the information we presented for download.

The document contains valuable links to more information on tutoring, volunteering, research, studying abroad, and much, much more.

1/29/08 Minutes

SNMA Conference 

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  • The SNMA conference will be held in Manhattan, New York on March 19-23, 2008.
  • The cost of the conference is about $800.
  • You must be register as an SNMA member in order to attend.
  • There are specific deadlines that need to be met in order to attend the conference.
  • All of the hotel rooms that are located at where conference will be are booked.
  • Processing papers to get fundraising for the conference.
  • Check the snma.org for more details.