Glide Year OpportunitiesBy: PPA Co-President – Aram Namavar

“Year off?” There is a common misconception with the term “year off”, many believe

that individuals will be doing nothing but traveling the world and wasting a year during the time between undergrad and professional school.

WRONG.

Who am I? Aram Namavar, 20-year-old twin

3rd Year Physiological Sciences Undergraduate

Co-President | Premedical Peer Association

Academia Advisor | Bruins in Arête

Orthopaedics/Family Medicine Volunteer | Assessing Residents’ C-ICARE (ARC)

Former Sports Medicine Intern for UCLA Football and Track & Field

Email: Aram.Namavar@gmail.com

Things to do during your gap year Global Medicine Programs

Master’s Programs

Post-Baccalaureate Programs

EMT Certification, Peace Corps.

Travel the world!

HAVE FUN

Global Medicine Programs Programs catered to individuals interested in serving underserved

communities: Somos Hermanos with USC Keck School of Medicine

6-month or 6-week immersion program 6-month program is language intensive

Primeros Pasos Sigue Adelante Pop Wuj Maximo Nivel Cis El Salvador

Master’s Programs USC Master’s of Science in Global Medicine – second PPA Meeting!

Columbia University MS in Nutrition

EVMS MS in Biomedical Sciences

Tufts University

Georgetown SMP

Boston University

Loyola Chicago

University of Cincinnati

Georgetown SMP 1-year program

Leads to MS in Physiology

Designed to address low GPA by affording students opportunity to display academic capability in rigorous curriculum

Curriculum overlaps first year of Medical School

If achieve in top half of class, selected for interview for Georgetown School of Medicine

Average Admitted Statistics: MCAT above 30 GPA above 3.0

Post-Bacc Programs U Conn Post-Bacc

Drexel IMS/DPMS

U Penn Pre-Health Specialized Studies

Charles Drew Post-Bacc

UCI Post-Bacc

UC Davis Post-Bacc

UCSF Post-Bacc

Berkeley/UCLA/Harvard Extension Programs

Charles Drew Post-Bacc Class size of about 40 students

Look for students that have demonstrated a commitment to academic excellence and serving underserved communities

Look for students with experience and continued interest in serving underserved communities

Useful Links http://career.ucla.edu/

http://thecollege.syr.edu/students/undergraduate/advising_academic_support/pre_health/_supporting_pages/resource_pb.html

http://services.aamc.org/postbac/index.cfm

http://studentdoctor.net/

Feel free to email me if you have any questions. Email: Aram.Namavar@gmail.com