Hey Bruins! Hope you all are having a good weekend!

This week’s meeting will be about we will also be giving a presentation of many different volunteering opportunities at UCLA. In addition, we will be talking other extracurricular opportunities presented by PPA officers/interns. There are many things that you can join that are not medically related and can help build your resume. Come out and learn about all the different clubs that we are involved in!

Hope to see you all there!

Also, good luck to everyone that has midterms this week, you got this!!

TIME: Thursday, April 26, 2018
5:00 to 6:00 pm
LOCATION: Ackerman Union 2412

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please email us at premedpa@gmail.com.

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Hi Bruins! Thank you for coming to our meeting last week on choosing which medical schools to apply and how to prepare for them. This coming Thursday (4/19/2018), we will have Simon from Kaplan talk about the MCAT for those of you who are planning on taking it. He will go over what is on each of the sections and some strategies on studying and taking it. We understand how daunting it is to study for this 7-hour exam, but ALL of us have the potential to do it!! Please note the room change to Ackerman 2412 this quarter but at the same time 5:00 – 6:00 pm.

Sincerely,
PPA

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Hi bruins! Thank you for coming to our first meeting last week on how to prepare for med school in college. This coming Thursday (4/12/2018), we will continue with the process of applying to med school. There will be a presentation on selecting which medical schools to apply, and online resources to prepare for the applications/interviews for these schools. Please note the room change to Ackerman 2412 this quarter but at the same time 5:00 – 6:00 pm.

Sincerely,
PPA

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Welcome back! Hope everyone has had a good spring break spending time with family and friends!

We are excited for this quarter to dive in more on how to prepare for medical school! We will give some general advice to 1st~4th years on the steps this Thursday (4/5/18). And please give us any suggestions what specific topics you would like us to prepare. Please note the room change to Ackerman 2412 this quarter but at the same time 5:00 – 6:00pm.

Sincerely,
PPA

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Hope that you guys have finished all your midterms and get a bit of rest before the finishing line! 

We are thankful to see you last Thursday’s with Dr. Avital Harari from UCLA’s Endocrine Surgery team. She has provided her email to you if you still have more questions or get contacted with her: AHarari@mednet.ucla.edu

Again, we are privileged to have Maani Archang who is willing to spend his time with us this Thursday at 5pm in Ackerman 2408. He is a 3rd year MD-PhD student at UCLA, and has also been on the admissions committee at UCLA school of medicine for a year. We highly encourage you guys to come for this great opportunity to learn about premed life from a perspective of an admission committee! He is more than qualified to provide reliable answers/advice on anything premed you are wondering about. You are more encouraged to come if you have any specific questions 

He has prepared a presentation that will be very useful in helping freshmen to juniors making the best of their time at UCLA and prepare themselves as superior applicants to medical school. It will also be extremely useful for seniors too if you are planning on taking a gap year and learning what is more important in your med school applications! Come with questions in mind:) 

On a side note, Manni has also given a presentation in Med Friends group at UCLA. If you doesn’t want to hear the same presentation, we still encourage you to come toward the end for Q&A.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through premedpa@gmail.com

Sincerely,
PPA 

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Hi friends,

Happy Week 7!!

Tomorrow, Dr. Lee from UCLA’s radiation oncology department will be joining us to share about his journey to become a physician! This is a great opportunity to learn more about this specialty and medicine in general. See you there at 5pm in Ackerman 2408!

Also the deadline for officer Application for 2018-2019 is 3/1/2018 at 11:59 pm. Here is the link

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchdp2wOLAlwrWLAoqf3dJO3j3TrxM8kAXbBsck1ei4IfEmgQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through premedpa@gmail.com

Sincerely,
PPA 

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Hi friends, 

Hope your week 6 has been going well! Just a friendly reminder that President’s Day Weekend is coming up 😀

For this week, we will be having an open discussion/Q&A with your fellow PPA members to talk about whatever questions you might have or any suggestions for PPA. Some questions you might have are: Why do gap years? Is a low GPA possible to get into med school? (The Answer is YES!!) What makes you want to become a doctor? Or any misconceptions that you might have. We really would like to make this a positive, supportive pre-med environment because we all know how stressful and tiring being a premed. But every single one of us is CAPABLE to become a doctor so be PROUD of how far we are now! So please come with ANY questions you have or Anything you want to talk about!

We would be so happy to see you there!! Cookies, chips, and drinks are provided :)) We will also be talking about officers applications for 2018-2019 school year this week too! See you in Ackerman 2408 at 5pm!! 

Sincerely,
PPA 

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Hello everyone!

Here is a really helpful handout on “SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEWING”

Don’t forget to check it out!

PPA WINTER 2018 _ Feb Handout-8