Including:                                                                                              Volume 20, Issue 1   

• An Introduction to the Health Professions Office & Staff
• Information about Pre-Health Night (for students new to Rutgers Health Professions Office)
• An invitation to come and meet Dr. George Heinrich New Jersey Medical School 's Associate Dean for Admission
• Requirements and Deadline for Induction into Alpha Epsilon Delta, The National Premedical Honor Society
• Descriptions of Health Professions student clubs/organizations including The Examiner (Rutgers Pre-Med Newsletter --                                                                    run by and dedicated to the pre-med community )
• Important Information for Current Applicants (Interview Waitlist Deadline, Releasing Letters of Recommendation...)
• Tips for Professional Interviews
• Aresty Research Information and Deadlines
• What is the Difference Between an MD and a DO
• An Employment Opportunity for those who scored well on the MCAT
• Physician Shadowing Updates
• Upcoming Events/Deadlines

April /May 2008 Newsletter

Including information and tips on:                                                       Volume 19, Issue 4   

• What you need to do before leaving for the summer
• BA/MD Applicant Information
• Packets and policy for students who will not have an interview
• Letters of Recommendation
• HPO Policy about the processing and release of letters of recommendation*
• Your application
• Reapplying to medical/dental schools

* This is important information for all applicants who will be using the HPO.  If you read nothing else, read this.

Some of the policy is new because of changes to the way letters are transmitted and to whom they are transmitted.

March 2008 Newsletter

Including information and tips on:                                                       Volume 19, Issue 3   

• The Rutgers/Robert Wood Johnson BA/MD Program
• The Rutgers/New Jersey Medical School BA/MD Program
• The Rutgers/UMDNJ Physician Assistant Program
• The Rutgers/New Jersey Dental School  BA/DMD Program
• The University College Community's Post-baccalaureate, Premed Program
• The University College Community's Fast-Track to Medical School Program for qualified post-baccalaureate students

• Experience in the field
• Letters of recommendation
• Email tips
• Personality traits that can help or hurt you

November 2007 Newsletter

Volume 19, Issue 2                                             November 2007