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Benefits of Being an AMWA National Member!
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Inquarta
Free on-line course and video assessment – “What Are My Chances? For Medical School Admissions.” Valued at $47, this program practically pays for the AMWA Membership!
[ https://www.amwa-doc.org/students/resources/inquarta-partnership/]
Test Prep Offers
Kaplan
If you would like to register for a KAPLAN MCAT course this year, please contact Haley and Tiffany at ufuamwa@gmail.com. If you sign up through us, you can get $600 off an in-person or live online MCAT course from Kaplan. The courses are originally $2499 but will be discounted for us to $1899.
To sign up, please email us with a screenshot of your registration with nationals, your full name, email address, billing address (including zip code), and the MCAT class code you would like to register for (found at kaptest.com/mcat). Also, feel free to email us if you have questions about this partnership!
Princeton Review
15% off prep courses for members. Discount does not apply to MCAT Summer Intensive.
10% off one-one-one tutoring for members. Free practice tests for AMWA members.
Invitation to Princeton Review premier webinar series.
Exam Kracker
$250 off all products
Next Test Prep
Offer coming soon!
Altius Test Prep
$225 per full length MCAT practice exam (regular $300)
Gold Standard Multi-Media Education
Extra 10% discount on the Platinum package
https://www.mcat-prep.com/mcat-prep-courses/
Extra 15% discount, plus one month access.
https://www.mcat-prep.com/mcat-practice-tests/#Full-length-mcat-practice-tests
Tutor the People
$200 discount on any bulk study packages
[coupon code AMWA200]
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AMWA PRE-MEDICAL DIVISION AWARDS
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A reminder that the first cycle of the Pre-medical Education Award is coming up! Here are a list of deadlines of the scholarships that are coming up!
Branch Award: Due by January 20th
Pre-medical Education Award:
for Juniors, Seniors, or Post-Bacc Students
Application Cycle 1: August 1, 2017 – September 30, 2017
Application Cycle 2: December 15, 2017 – January 31, 2018
Student of the Year: Due by January 20th
Travel Grant: December 22
Our scholarship page can be found here
As a note, we are still updating the website - all of the questions will be identical but the form to submit will be different, so feel free to start working on the questions now! Please email premedawards@amwa-premed.org if you have any questions.
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AMWA Interim Meeting Registration is Open
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September 15 - 17, 2017 at the University of Kansas Medical Center & The National WWI Museum and Memorial. Register here.
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Travel Grants for the 103rd Annual AMWA Meeting are Open HERE!
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Branches, Get Rewarded for Recruiting!
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REMINDER: Every existing and new member of your pre-medical branch must register with national AMWA and complete the one-time payment of $25.00 USD. This payment covers all four undergraduate years. Please check with your existing members to ensure that they are registered nationally and remember to instruct new members as such. If a member has registered with National AMWA in the last 3-4 years, they do not need to register again.
The top two branches to register the most national members by September 30, 2017, will receive an award! The branches in first and second place will receive MCAT test prep by Gold Standard MCAT, the third place branch will receive a free application and personal statement review from Tutor the People that can be raffled off to a member of their branch, and the fourth place branch will receive AMWA swag for their branch! To enter, send an excel spreadsheet listing your new national members (members who register in August or September) to your Regional Director and the National Recruitment Chair by October 5, 2017. Please put first names and last names in separate columns. |
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Region 2 Mentorship Program
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The Region 2 (NJ, NY) Mentorship Program is launching soon. The application cycle opens September 1 and will remain open for 4 weeks. Sign up here. Email region2premed@amwa-premed.org with any questions.
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Meet our Officers: Yasamin Vafai
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Yasamin is our National Pre-Medical Advocacy Chair and Executive Committee Director for the Berkeley chapter. She currently is a senior at UC Berkeley, studying Cognitive Science. She wants to become a physician, specializing in pediatric neurology and hopes to work in policy advocacy as well. Yasamin decided to join AMWA at first because she "was drawn to the culture and the people in the organization" and believes "AMWA does so much on so many fronts and I'm so glad I decided to check it out in college." In her free time, she enjoys reading books, going on hikes, and crafting!
When asked for advice she would give to younger women, she replied "Be honest with yourself. There will be many times that you will freak out because the road ahead is frankly very hard. But if you are honest with yourself about why you are doing this and stay true to that, it will help push you along. Make sure you really want this and once you know you do then go for it! On that note, don't be afraid to explore other options and take your own path. This might sound cliche, but it's crucial that you check in with yourself along the way and remember why you wanted to do this in the first place."
If she were to meet any iconic woman in history, it would be: "Rosalind Franklin. I remember being in awe with her story and her contributions to the DNA mystery when I first learned about her. She is not credited enough for her work and I'm curious to know what it was like for her to be a female research scientist during her time."
We are very lucky to have her on our team!
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