Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 4-7pm

Medicine
Welcome

Precious Robinson
Career Counselor
UCLA Career Center
Overview of UCLA
Pre-Health Career Services

Karol Johansen
Counseling Manager
Pre-Professional Services
UCLA Career Center
 Agenda
Career Center Overview
Karol Johansen, Counseling Manager, Pre-Professional Services

Physicians for a National Health Program-CA

Angelica C. Ramirez, MPH, CaHPSA Coordinator, Physicians for a National Health Program

City Year
Erica J. Eddings, Regional Recruitment Manager West Region, City Year, Inc.

Guest Speaker David Geffen School of Medicine

Theodore R. Hall, M.D., Associate Dean for Admissions Chair, Admissions Committee, David Geffen School of Medicine (UCLA)

MCAT/Test Prep (Kaplan/Princeton)

Kevin Sun, Graduate Program Manager

Alpha Epsilon Delta

Victoria Gaor, Alpha Epsilon Delta, President

Med Student/ Resident Panel

Nina Vyas, 3rd year UCLA Medical Student, UCSD Undergrad
Yas Sanaiha, 4th year UCLA Medical Student, UCI Undergrad
Justin Koh, 3rd year UCLA Medical Student , Harvard Undergrad
Jason Scapa, 4th year UCLA Medical Student , UCLA Undergrad
Kathy Palatnik, General Surgery Resident at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Huan Vinh Dong, M.S., Doctor of Medicine candidate [2018 - MS1], Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Edgar Carona, First Year UCLA Medical Student, UCLA Prep Alumni

Physician Panel
Madonna Fernandez-Frackelton, MD, FACEP, Program Director and Vice Chair of Medical Education Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Valerie Zamudio, MD, Advanced Fellow, Geriatric Medicine, UCLA Bureau of Health Professions Faculty Training Program
Paul Tumeh, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, Dermatology
Josephine Isabel-Jones, MD, Pediatric Cardiology

Army Health Scholarship

SSG Yuniva Gutierrez, Health Care Recruiter Culver City MRC

Raffle for Test Prep Classes

Networking with Professionals & MCAT Prep Companies

Career Center
Pre-Health Services
Overview
 UCLA Career Center
Career Center Library Hours: M-F, 9a-5p

30 Minute Same Day Counseling: M-Th, 11a-4p,

Friday 11-3p (Signup through BruinView)

Advance Career Counseling Appointment (Sign up through

BruinView)

We help with: resume critiques, personal statement review,

mock interviews, graduate school planning timeline, and much
more!

Drop-In Hours: Monday & Thursday, 10am-1pm, 15 minute

sessions
 Career Center Services
for Pre-Health

Quarterly Workshops:
Writing the Personal Statement
Interviewing for Medical, Dental and
Pharmacy Schools
Asking for Letters of Recommendation
Pre-Med Journey

Sign up through BruinView, under the

Workshops tab at career.ucla.edu
 Other Workshops

Mock Interviews
Limited to 1 mock interview per quarter
1 hr mock with a career counselor
Pre-Health Mock Interview Day

Personal Statement Critiques

30 minute critique with a career counselor

Sign up through BruinView, under the Workshops

tab. career.ucla.edu
 Job Search JumpStarts
Upcoming Spring 2015 JumpStarts:
Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
Thursday, May 21, 4-7pm

Upcoming Fall 2015 JumpStarts:

Summer Programs for Pre-Med/Health Students

Upcoming Winter 2015 JumpStarts:

Allied Health (Optometry, Physical Therapy, Audiology, Occupational Therapy)
Nursing
Pharmacy
Psychology

Upcoming Spring 2016 JumpStarts:

Post Bac / Pre-Health Gap Year

Dentistry
International Medicine
Physician Assistant
Medicine (MD)
Osteopathic Medicine (DO)

www.career.ucla.edu/JumpStart $20 fee

 UCLA Career Fairs

Health School Information Fair

Held April of Each Year in Ackerman Ballroom
This large-scale specialized fair brings together competitive medical and health school
programs to recruit UCLAs bright pre-health professions population. Representatives
from medical, dental, pharmacy, public health, optometry, physical therapy, nursing,
veterinary, applied life sciences, post-bac, and related programs are encouraged to register.
Schools have the opportunity to engage hundreds of UCLA Bruins and inform them of
admissions criteria, the curriculum, special programs, graduate outcomes and ways of
financing a graduate education.
 Other Resources and Services

Career Center Library/Lab

Extensive section on pre-
professional planning
Books about the graduate and
professional school
application/admissions process
MCAT/DAT/PCAT Test Guide

Books about pre-health career paths

 Other Resources and Services

Letters of Reference Service (LOR)

Service for graduate and professional school letters ONLY

Open an account at career.ucla.edu/LOR

Sign and submit contract to activate file (one time $20 activation
fee)
Download confidentiality waiver and give to letter writers
Letter writers/students can submit letters to the Career Center
There are mailing fees

Available to all currently enrolled UCLA students

Alumni can activate/keep LOR account for $75/year
 Other Resources and Services

Opportunity Lists
on BruinView
Internship and hiring profiles for industry
leaders in a wide range of popular fields
Healthcare List includes:
General Pre-Health, Dentistry, Optometry,
Pharmacy, Nursing, Public Health, Podiatry
and Veterinary

www.surveymonkey.com/s/inforequest
(Local & National)
www.surveymonkey.com/s/intlrequest
(International)
 Online Services and Other
Resources

Career Network:
www.UCLAlumni.net/UCLACareerNetwork
Online Resume Critique Service
Online Workshops & Tutorials: career.ucla.edu
Resume Writing
Career Fair Prep
Interviewing
Career Center Library
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Questions?
Medical School Admissions Statistics:
2013 UCLA Bachelor Degree Recipients
Medical School Admissions; 2013 UCLA Bachelors Degree Recipients*
% Admitted by GPAs & MCAT Scores

GPA's 4.00-3.90 3.89-3.80 3.79-3.60 3.59-3.40 3.39-3.20 3.19-2.80 Below 2.80 Total
MCAT Scores
35+ 90% 80% 80 60% 100% 0% 0% 83%
18/20 12/15 4/5 3/5 1/1 0/0 0/0 38/46

30-34 82% 59% 71% 55% 0% 0% 0% 57%

9/11 10/17 17/24 6/11 0/5 0/6 0/0 42/74

25-29 100% 0% 40% 40% 0% 0% 0% 28%

2/2 0/4 4/10 2/5 0/4 0/4 0/0 8/29

20-24 0% 0% 0% 33% 0% 0% 0% 8%
0/3 0/1 0/1 1/3 0/1 0/3 0/0 1/12

Below 20 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/1

Total 81% 59% 63% 50% 9% 0% 0% 55%

29/36 22/37 25/40 12/24 1/11 0/14 0/0 89/162**

* Both charts include Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Spring 2013, and Summer 2013 degree recipients WHO RELEASED THEIR AMCAS
INFORMATION TO UCLA. Honors students constitute 26 of the 139 UCLA first-time applicants.
 Medical School Admissions; 2013 UCLA Bachelors Degree Recipients*

University of California Medical Schools

Applied Accepted Matriculated

Medical School N N % N
UCLA - Geffen School of Medicine 135 17 6% 0
UC San Francisco 110 4 4% 1
UC Irvine 128 4 6% 2
UC San Diego 125 8 11% 4
UC Davis 126 4 7% 0

UCLA/Drew Medical Education Program 35 0 8% 4

UCR/UCLA 39 4% 1
UCLA PRIME 17 1 9% 0

UC Berkeley & San Francisco Joint Program 0 0 10% 0

 Medical School Admissions; 2013 UCLA Bachelors Degree Recipients*

Other Medical Schools Which Accepted 3 or more UCLA Students

(Ranked in Order of Number of Students Who Applied)

Applied Accepted Matriculated

Medical School N N % N
fferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 54 5 6% 0
ayo Medical School 41 3 4% 1
edical College of Wisconsin 35 3 6% 2
oyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 34 3 11% 4
osalind Franklin Univ. of Med. 55 4 7% 0

bert Einstein College of Med. 59 4 8% 4

he Ohio State University College of Medicine 33 5 4% 1
emple University School of Med. 59 5 9% 0

orthwestern Univ. Feinberg Sch. 61 3 10% 0

ase Western Reserve University 40 7 5% 1
. Louis University School of Medicine 42 9 5% 1
ashington University School of Medicine 34 4 5% 0
Guest Speaker
UCLA Career Center Moderator

Panel of Medical Students

Karol Johansen
Counseling Manager
Pre-Professional Services
UCLA Career Center
Panel of Medical Students
 UCLA Career Center Moderator

Professional Panel of Practicing

Physicians

Precious Robinson
Counseling Manager, Graduate
Student Services
Professional Panel of
Practicing Physicians
 U.S. ARMY
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Raffles!!!
 Remember to complete Jumpstart survey!!!

For chance to win free entrance to a Jumpstart Program.

 NETWORKING

Networking with Speakers and

Panelists
7:00-7:30pm