Dear Applicants,
Congratulations on deciding to apply to Alpha Epsilon Delta, Washington University’s Pre-Health Honor Society, with chapters at major universities nationwide, and an extensive roster of alumni who are now practicing physicians and health professionals. The society was founded in 1926 at the University of Alabama and has since grown into the world's largest honor society exclusively serving pre-health education. Currently, Alpha Epsilon Delta boasts a membership exceeding 144,000 in 186 chapters.
The mission of the Society is to encourage and recognize excellence in pre-health scholarship; to stimulate an appreciation of the importance of pre-health education; to promote communication between health field and pre-health students and educators; to provide a forum for students with common interests; and to use its resources to benefit health organizations, charities, and the community. The Society recognizes achievements both inside as well as outside the classroom in the health fields. In order to be eligible to apply to AED, one must have the following:
•3.5 minimum overall Wash U GPA
•3.2 minimum pre-health Wash U GPA
•30 Wash U credit hours (20 of which must be in the pre-health sciences)
•Commitment to service
•Involvement in the health field outside of the classroom
If accepted to the Society, your AED commitment will include:
- Attending all meetings
- Involvement in at least one AED-sponsored event per semester
- Participation in at least three community service events per semester
Please visit our website at for more information on AED.
Applications are due by Friday, February 19th 2016 at 5:00 PM in the AED mailbox in the 2nd floor of the Student Union Office in the Danforth University Center or e-mailed to .
Though successful applicants must meet all the above requirements, not all students meeting these requirements will necessarily be invited to join. Applications will be evaluated by the executive board and candidates selected will be notified via email by the evening of February 25th at the latest. Interviews will take place throughout the week of February 22nd. Please make plans accordingly.
Sincerely,
Washington University Alpha Epsilon Delta’s Executive Board
Co-Presidents: Christina Tsai & Allison Rhodes
Treasurer: Regina Liu
PR Chair: Shana Zucker
Secretary: Kelly Ren
Community Service Chair: MeytalChernoff
Internal Development Chair: Adam Ross
Application for AED Membership, Spring 2016
(Please type or print clearly and legibly.)
General Information
Name: ______ID______
School Address: ______
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Perm. Address: ______
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Phone Number: ______E-Mail: ______
Majors & Minors: ______
(Use Webstac to obtain your cumulative GPA and unofficial transcript. To calculate your pre-health GPA, use the information on the following page, or the calculating spreadsheet on our website.)
Cumulative GPA: ______Pre-health GPA: ______
Total Credits:______Pre-health Credits:______
What extra-curricular activities are you currently involved in on campus? Please list.
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Future Plans: ______
Essays(Limit each answer to one single-sided, double-spaced page. Put only your Student ID in the header.)
- Why have you chosen to pursue Pre-Health?
- Of all the extracurricular activities which you participate in, which one is most meaningful to you, and why? How do you think participation in this activity will help you prepare for a career in the health field? (Note: The activity does not have to be directly related to medicine or the health field in general.)
Quick Takes (Limit each answer to 1-3 sentences)
- What is your favorite disease or condition, and why?
- What non-health-professional on TV or in movies are you most like and why?
- What superpower would best assist you in your pre-health goals and career?
- What are you not?
Transcript
Please enclose a current transcript (official or unofficial) with this application.
Signature
By signing on this line, I declare that everything in the application is true to the best of my knowledge.
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Name Date
How to Calculate Pre-Health GPA
Include all classes in the mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry departments. Also include classes listed below. If a class is not listed in one the above departments or on the list below, do not include it in the GPA calculation.
To calculate your pre-health GPA, multiply the grade value of a course (see below) by the semester hours for that course. The product will be the grade points assigned for the coursework. Divide the cumulative grade points by the cumulative attempted hours.
Grade Values
A+/A4.0B3.0C2.0D1.0
A-3.7B-2.7C-1.7D-0.7
B+3.3C+2.3D+1.3F0
Anthropology ClassesEarth and Planetary Sciences
Anth 150Intro to Human EvolutionEPSc 103AOceanography
Anth 307AHuman VariationEPSc 105AEarth’s Atmosphere
Anth 362Biological Basis of Human BehaviorEPSc 108AOceans and Atmosphere
Anth 3620Anthro. Perspectives on the FetusEPSc 109AQuantitative Reasoning in
Envir.
Anth 3621Anthro. of Human BirthEPSc 171ASolar System
Anth 365Human Growth and DevelopmentEPSc 230Intro. to Astrobiology
Anth 3661Primate BiologyEPSc 323Biogeochemistry
Anth 367APaleoanthropologyEPSc 335Igneous and Metamorphic
Petrology
Anth 372GeoarchaeologyEPSc 352Earth Materials
Anth 379Feast or FamineEPSc 353Earth Forces
Anth 401Evolution of Nonhuman PrimatesEPSc 401Earth Systems Science
Anth 4012Prosimian BiologyEPSc 407Remote Sensing
Anth 406Primate Ecology and Social StructureEPSc 409Surface Processes
Anth 407Comparative Primate AnatomyEPSc 410Earth Remote Sensing
Methods
Anth 4081Evolutionary Human AnatomyEPSc 419Biostratigraphy and
Sedimentation
Anth 4181Comparative Methods in Physical Anthro.EPSc 425Invertebrate Paleontology
Anth 4182Field and Lab Methods in PrimatologyEPSc 428Hydrology
Anth 4191 Primate CognitionEPSc 430Environmental Mineralogy
Anth4202 Evolutionary GeneticsEPSc 441Intro. to Geochemistry
Anth 4211Paleoethnobotany and EthnobotanyEPSc 444Environmental Geochemistry
Anth 4221Biological Basis of Human BehaviorEPSc 446Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Anth 434Behavioral Research at the STL ZooEPSc 447Analytical Methods in Envir.
Geoche.
Anth 458Craniofacial BiologyEPSc 448Microbial Geochemistry
Anth 4581Principles of Human Anatomy and Develop.EPSc 449Microbes in the Environment
Anth 459Human OsteologyEPSc 452Intro. to Seismology
Anth 4591Human Functional MorphologyEPSc 453Interior of the Earth
Anth 4762Neanderthal LegacyEPSc 454Exploration and Envir.
Geophysics
Anth 481ZooarchaeologyEPSc 474Planetary Geochemistry
Anth 482Experimental ZooarchaeologyEPSc 480Special Topics in
Microbiology…
Environmental StudiesPsychology
EnSt 109AQuantitative Reasoning in Envir. SciencePsych 300Introductory Psych Stats
EnSt 295Intro to Environmental Studies: BiologyPsych 330Sensation and Perception
Psych 3401Biological Psychology
Social Thought and AnalysisPsych 3604 Cognitive Neuroscience
STA 442Social Statistics PracticumPsych 4411Topics in Cognitive
Neuroscience
Psych 4418Computational Modeling in
Cog. Neuroscience