Hey! Are you a fellow UMBC pre-medical student, hoping to surround yourself with a like-minded group of people while you prepare for a future in medicine? If yes, come and join our Phi Delta Epsilon phamily!
**Please note that first-semester freshmen are not allowed to join our fraternity and are not allowed to attend our open recruitment events per UMBC policy. If you are a first-semester freshman, we look forward to seeing you at our Spring 2024 rush events next semester!
What is Phi Delta Epsilon?
We are UMBC's only medical fraternity where we endeavor to create physicians of integrity with a lifelong commitment to our guiding principles of philanthropy, deity, and equity. Phi Delta Epsilon started out in 1904 at Cornell College of Medicine; today, there are over 100 premedical and medical chapters making PhiDE the Largest Medical Fraternity in the world.
What are the benefits of joining our chapter?
- Mentoring: Our members come from a variety of backgrounds with a plethora of different experiences, each able to offer key advice on what classes to take, how to take the MCAT, how to get into a specific professor's lab, and much much more! Each member gets to participate in our Big/Little system, a student mentorship experience where new members gets paired with an upperclassman member who can provide useful personal mentoring!
- Networking: PhiDE connects its premedical student members with its medical students, practicing physicians, and emeritus members through whom the premedical student members can gain first-hand information about the medical profession. All our members have exclusive access to this database and can network with any PhiDE alumni around the world.
- Discounts: As a PhiDE member you will have access to several discounts on educational study prep, traveling, insurance, and much more. The international fraternity is partnered with Kaplan, Osmosis.org, and Brooks Brothers, to name a few.
- The memories! Whether it is taking the same classes together, going out for bubble tea, doing amazing community service, attending Formal, attending weekly chapter meetings, you get to create wonderful life-lasting memories and friendships.
How do I join?
Please attend our recruitment events and fill out the application (due by 9/15 @11:59 AM with no exceptions) in order to be considered for membership!
Fall 2023 Rush Schedule
Information Sessions:
- Information Session on 9/10 @7pm on Zoom
- Information Session on 9/11 @7pm in ILSB 233
Recruitment Events:
- Philanthropy Night on 9/12 @8pm in ILSB 118
- Meet the Fraternity on 9/13 @8pm in Commons Skylight Room
- Physicians of Integrity on 9/14 @8pm in ILSB 118*
- Invite Only on 9/16 @6pm, location TBD*
*Business Casual
Questions?
Email us at umbcphide@gmail.com!
We look forward to meeting you! :)