Title: Gap Year Information Session: Teach for America

Description: Teach for America is a diverse network of leaders who confront educational inequality through teaching and work with an unwavering commitment from every sector of society to create a nation free from this injustice. Teach For America finds outstanding leaders who commit to expanding educational opportunity, beginning with at least two years teaching in an under-resourced public school. Working shoulder-to-shoulder with students, educators, and community members, corps members go beyond traditional expectations to support the academic and personal growth of their students. The impact corps members have in the classroom fuels a lifelong commitment to their students and shape the trajectory of their lives and careers.

Title: Spanish and Community Health in Latin America Study Abroad Information Session

Description: Dr. Jorge Nowalski will discuss the Spanish and Community Health summer program in Costa Rica. Hunter College joins forces with the International Center for Development Studies (ICDS) and Hospital Clinica Biblica to offer students planning to enter health professions a six-week program, which will provide them the opportunity to explore health care issues in a developing country while furthering their Spanish language skills and gaining an understanding of the life and culture of Costa Rica. The Spanish for Health Sciences offers two levels of Spanish language instruction, intermediate and advanced. Students will be placed in the appropriate level based on an oral placement exam taken upon arrival. The course will prepare students to interview patients, complete patients' files and medical reports, and read texts of medical relevance effectively. The Health Care in Latin America course is intended to create a unique experience for students interested in Latin American and Caribbean Health issues.

Title: Research Speaker Series: Sun Young (Sunny) Chung

Description: Join us for our inaugural research speaker series. Sunny Chung is a Hunter College alumnus, working in the lab of the award-winning scientist, Dr. Lorenz Studer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She has been doing neuroscience research since high school and has worked in several labs studying neurological diseases. In her current role, she has published several papers elucidating the mechanisms of Parkinson's disease using embryonic and induced/patient-derived stem cells. Prior to working at MSKCC, she studied Alzheimer's disease at Weill Cornell and completed a summer research internship at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. This is a great networking opportunity. Bring your questions. Category:

Title: Community Service Volunteering for Pre-Health Students

Description: Neha Surender, the Let's Get Ready College Access Managing Director will discuss the importance of community service and will be recruiting volunteers for the program. Let's Get Ready is an educational non-profit offering SAT preparation and application counseling to high school students from underrepresented backgrounds. Volunteers will be trained to serve as tutors and mentors.

Title: Personal Statement and Experiences Workshop

Description: The experiences and personal statement sections of your common application bridge the gap between a description of you as a scientist and humanitarian and the metrics provided by your test scores and GPA. Medical institutions need to affirm your temperament and commitment to your intended profession. Your experiences and personal essay are a window into your non-academic mindset. This workshop will take you from brainstorming to strategies for writing your personal statement in the most advantageous light and writing self-reflective experiences. This a required workshop for 2020-2021 Committee Letter applicants.

Title: How to MCAT Series: Conquering CARS

Description: You've put in the work for your science classes. You know cellular organelles and ATP production pathways like the back of your hand. There's just one problem for you - that dreaded CARS section. Conquering CARS by a 99+% CARS scoring MCAT tutor can help you streamline the process and attain your MCAT goals!

Title: The Royal Veterinary College, University of London Information Session

Description: The Royal Veterinary College is one of the world’s leading specialist institutions of veterinary medicine, biosciences and veterinary nursing. The College supports a practical learning experience, where students are exposed to a small animal referral hospital, a first-opinion practice, an equine hospital, a farm, diagnostic services and the opportunity to continue professional development. The small animal referrals hospital is the largest and most highly regarded teaching hospital in Europe, with Europe’s greatest concentration of 95 veterinary specialists (from over 20 countries), and treats over 7,000 cases each year. In 2013, the RVC achieved the unique distinction of being the only veterinary school in the world to hold full accreditation from American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE), Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and Australasian Veterinary Boards Council Inc (AVBC).