The UMBC HPEC Fall 2022 Cohort is forming

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:51:01 -0500

[Repost from Pre-Med/Pre-Dental Advising's myUMBC page]

For Medical and Dental School Applicants, the UMBC Health Professions Evaluation Committee's (HPEC) Cohort process - which begins with exercises to help applicants prepare the materials they need to complete their professional school application, and results in a Committee/Composite Letter from the HPEC to accompany an applicant's other Letters of Recommendation - is set in motion nearly a year and half before an applicant plans to enter Medical or Dental School.

The next HPEC Cohort, supporting applicants planning to enter Medical or Dental School in Fall 2022, is about to begin!

Information regarding the process of expressing an interest in joining the Health Professions Evaluation Committee (HPEC) Fall 2022 Cohort has been posted to the PreMedical & PreDental Advising Office web site. Follow the link below to view the Minimum Requirements for participation and to access the online forms through which you can express your interest.

The HPEC Cohort process serves current UMBC Undergraduate students, and UMBC Alumni who completed an Undergraduate (Bachelor's) degree at UMBC within the past seven (7) years.

NEW THIS YEAR: In light of the restrictions in place on campus due to COVID-19, the mechanism for current UMBC Undergraduates to express their interest in joining the HPEC Fall 2022 Cohort has been changed from mandatory attendance at a Kickoff Workshop to the completion and submission of an online interest form. This aligns with the mechanism used by Alumni and Re-Applicants last year.

The deadlines for expression of interest from First-Time Applicants to Medical or Dental School who wish to join the HPEC Fall 2022 Cohort are:

11:59 pm on February 1, 2021 for ALUMNI (former students who completed their Bachelor's degree at UMBC between May 2014 and December 2020, inclusive)

11:59 pm on February 15, 2021 for UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (UMBC Undergraduates who plan to complete their Bachelor's degree at UMBC between January 2021 and May 2022, inclusive)

Re-Applicants - meaning, those who participated in a previous HPEC Cohort past the point where an HPEC Committee Letter was submitted to Medical or Dental School on their behalf - have an extended period of time to join the upcoming Cohort. This later deadline is designed to give applicants who are awaiting decisions from the current (2020-2021) application cycle to join the next immediate Cohort once their admission status at all of the schools they have applied to has become clearer. Please remember that you can only receive an HPEC Committee letter TWICE, so make sure that you have addressed (and improved) the weaker aspects of your applicant profile before making another attempt. Potential Re-Applicants should see the website linked below for more details.

As in the past, additional action beyond the expression of interest will be required to officially join the Cohort. Information about next steps will be sent via email to current undergraduates and alumni who have submitted their interest form, beginning in January and continuing on a weekly basis through the interest submission deadlines.