{"id":163,"date":"2020-11-10T13:58:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T18:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/health-professions\/?page_id=163"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:38:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:38:54","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/health-professions\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>February 8, 2027 (Monday, 6:30pm &#8211; In person and via Zoom for alums)<\/h3>\n<p>Attend the MANDATORY meeting for students considering applying for Fall 2028 matriculation to a health professions program.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mandatory meeting for all students and alumni who intend to apply to MD, DO, DMD\/DDS programs.<\/li>\n<li>Time 6:30pm and place Clement Chemistry Building, room 105.\u00a0 Contact Professor Draper for details.<\/li>\n<li>Alumni will receive emails through their Trinity Email unless you update contact information.\u00a0 To update your email contact Professor Alison Draper at <a href=\"mailto:alison.draper@trincoll.edu\">alison.draper@trincoll.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/health-professions\/hpac\">Health Professions Advisory Committee<\/a> (HPAC) will present information on the materials you need to submit for your HPAC file to qualify for a Letter of Evaluation.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>March 26, 2027 (Friday)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Deadline to Request a Committee Letter<\/strong> <strong>for MD, DO, DMD\/DDS Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>STUDENT MUST SUBMIT:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>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 <a href=\"mailto:alison.draper@trincoll.edu\">alison.draper@trincoll.edu<\/a> (cc\u2019ed to <a href=\"mailto:kathy.mallinson@trincoll.edu\">Kathy Mallinson<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>All necessary signed letterhead forms: Sign and email\/mail\/hand-deliver the HPAC Letter of Evaluation form to Kathy Mallinson (Clement 107, Science Commons). See details and linked documents below.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Personal Statement &#8211; send as email attachment (Word or PDF files, please) to <a href=\"mailto:kathy.mallinson@trincoll.edu\">Kathy Mallinson. <\/a>Guidelines: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/health-professions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2020\/11\/Personal-Statement.pdf\">Personal Statement<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Autobiographical Profile &#8211; send as email attachment (Word or PDF files, please) to <a href=\"mailto:kathy.mallinson@trincoll.edu\">Kathy Mallinson. <\/a>Guidelines: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/health-professions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2020\/11\/AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL-PROFILE-GUIDELINES2014.docx\">Autobiographical profile guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Resume &#8211; send as email attachment (Word or PDF files, please) to <a href=\"mailto:kathy.mallinson@trincoll.edu\">Kathy Mallinson.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Send Kathy Mallinson a list of the people who will be writing letters of recommendation for you. This is also the deadline to <em>request<\/em> 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:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/health-professions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2025\/01\/Guidelines-for-Letter-Writers-2025-3.docx\"> Guidelines for Letters of Recommendation Faculty Writers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The letterhead forms can be found here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MD programs: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/health-professions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/07\/HPAC_Committee_Letterhead-2027revised-AMCAS.docx\">HPAC_Committee_Letterhead-2027revised-AMCAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>DO programs: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/health-professions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/07\/HPAC_Committee_Letterhead-2027revised-AADSAS.docx\">HPAC_Committee_Letterhead-2027revised-AADSAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dental school: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/health-professions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/07\/HPAC_Committee_Letterhead-2027revised-AADSAS.docx\">HPAC_Committee_Letterhead-2027revised-AADSAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TYPE your Name, Class Year and application ID in the correct lines on the form.\u00a0 Your letter will be printed on this form, so be sure that this is done <em>exceptionally<\/em> neatly.<\/li>\n<li>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).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recommendation Letter Information<\/p>\n<p>Requesting letters of recommendation earlier is better.\u00a0 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 student&#8217;s discretion (athletic coaches, job supervisors, research mentors, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Letter writers will have until April 7 to submit their letters as a pdf file to Kathy Mallinson (<a href=\"mailto:kmallinson@trincoll.edu\">kathy.mallinson@trincoll.edu<\/a>). Letters should be signed and on institutional letterhead. <u>Letters not on letterhead and\/or not signed will be returned to the letter writer (because they are generally not accepted by professional school programs).<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT:<\/strong> It is your responsibility to check the status and content of your file by contacting Kathy Mallinson and to remind writers of your deadline.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>April 21, 2027<\/h3>\n<p>Deadline for scheduling HPAC Committee Interviews \u2013 you will be contacted in early April with the names of the two committee members who will interview you.\u00a0 You must contact them by April 21 to schedule interviews during the months of April and May at your mutual convenience.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>May 2027<\/h3>\n<p>AACOMAS, AMCAS, and AADSAS usually open to receive new applications in early May \u2013 you will have the month of May and early June to complete your application.\u00a0 This will take some time. Do it carefully, but aim to have everything submitted by early to mid-June.<\/p>\n<p>To have your committee letter submitted, use Prof. Alison Draper&#8217;s name and contact information (alison.draper@trincoll.edu; 860-297-5189) to request a committee letter in the system.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Summer 2027<\/h3>\n<p><u>Follow AMCAS, AACOMAS, and AADSAS instructions<\/u> &#8211; Submit all secondary applications, responses to school-specific questions, and summer updates to individual professional schools.<\/p>\n<p>Prepare for interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Please notify HPAC of interviews and acceptances by e-mailing <a href=\"mailto:kathy.mallinson@trincoll.edu\">Kathy Mallinson<\/a> and let us know as you have questions! We are here to support you through the entire process! 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