This webpage provides the dates and instructions needed by students and alumni who wish to have a committee letter prepared by HPAC on their behalf. Pay careful attention to the deadline dates and requirements detailed below. If you miss a deadline or your file is incomplete, the HPAC will not write a Letter of Evaluation for you.
February 2, 2026 (Monday, 6:30pm – In person and via Zoom for alums)
Attend the MANDATORY meeting for students considering applying for Fall 2027 matriculation to a health professions program.
- Mandatory meeting for all students and alumni who intend to apply to MD, DO, DMD/DDS programs.
- Time 6:30pm and place Clement Chemistry Building, room 105. Contact Professor Draper for details.
- Alumni will receive emails through their Trinity Email unless you update contact information. To update your email contact Professor Alison Draper at [email protected]
The Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC) will present information on the materials you need to submit for your HPAC file to qualify for a Letter of Evaluation.
March 27, 2026 (Friday)
Deadline to Request a Committee Letter for MD, DO, DMD Programs
STUDENT MUST SUBMIT:
- An official request: Send an email that will serve as your official request for a Letter of Evaluation to Professor Alison Draper via e-mail at [email protected] (cc’ed to Kathy Mallinson)
- All necessary signed letterhead forms: Sign and email/mail/hand-deliver the HPAC Letter of Evaluation form to Kathy Mallinson (Clement 107, Science Commons).
- Personal Statement – send as email attachment (Word or PDF files, please) to Kathy Mallinson. Guidelines: Personal Statement
- Autobiographical Profile – send as email attachment (Word or PDF files, please) to Kathy Mallinson. Guidelines: Autobiographical profile guidelines
- Send Kathy Mallinson a list of the people who will be writing letters of recommendation for you. This is also the deadline to request Letters of Recommendation (minimum of 3). See further guidance below. Attached here is a guide you may share with anyone writing a letter of recommendation on your behalf: Guidelines for Letters of Recommendation Faculty Writers
The letterhead forms can be found here:
- MD programs: HPAC_Committee_Letterhead -AMCAS
- DO programs: HPAC_Committee_Letterhead – AACOMAS
- Dental school: HPAC_Committee_Letterhead – ADEA
- TYPE your Name, Class Year and Professional School or Program (Allopathic Medical School, Osteopathic Medical School, or Dental School) in the correct lines on the form. Your letter will be printed on this form, so be sure that this is done exceptionally neatly.
- Indicate whether you wish the Committee Letter to be Confidential or Non-Confidential by signing your name and writing the date in the appropriate box. (Professional schools generally expect a confidential letter).
Requesting letters of recommendation earlier is better. Two letters MUST be from Trinity SCIENCE faculty and one letter MUST be from a NON-SCIENCE faculty. (These are expectations for many programs.) One or two additional letters may be submitted at the students discretion (athletic coaches, job supervisors, research mentors, etc.).
Letter writers will have until April 6 to submit their letters to Kathy Mallinson ([email protected]). Letters should be signed and on letterhead.
IMPORTANT: It is your responsibility to check the status and content of your file by contacting Kathy Mallinson and to remind writers of your deadline. Writers must send recommendations directly to Kathy Mallinson as a pdf file. Letters must be on the official institutional letterhead and must have an original signature by the letter writer. Letters not on letterhead or signed will be returned to the letter writer.
April 15, 2026
HPAC Committee Interviews – you will be contacted in early April with the names of the committee members who will interview you. You must contact them by April 15 to schedule interviews during the months of April and May at your mutual convenience.
May 2026
AACOMAS, AMCAS and AADSAS usually open to receive new applications in early May – you will have the month of May and early June to complete your application. This will take some time.
Submit a copy of your primary application and letter of evaluation request form (AMCAS and AACOMAS application) to Kathy Mallinson and ‘cc’ to Prof. Alison Draper. Use Prof. Draper’s name and contact information ([email protected]; 860-297-5189) to request a committee letter in the system.
The HPAC Committee will meet to review applicant folders in late May and will submit committee letters to AMCAS, AACOMAS and AADSAS in mid June or within two weeks of receiving an official request for letter.
Summer 2026
Follow AMCAS, AACOMAS, and AADSAS instructions – Submit all secondary applications and summer updates to individual professional schools.
Prepare for interviews.
Please notify HPAC of interviews and acceptances by e-mailing Kathy Mallinson and let us know as you have questions! Good luck!
