PRE-PROFESSIONAL ADVISING FORMS

PRE-HEALTH FORMS

HPCA for Entry Year 2013
The Health Professions Committee Application is for students applying to enter medical school in the fall of 2012. It is due by 4 pm on Friday, March 30,2012. 

Sample HPCA for 2013 Cycle
This sample Health Professions Committee Application shows an example of a completed HPCA. .

Master List of School for 2013
Students applying to enter medical/dental school in the fall of 2013 need to submit this form to the office after completing and submitting their AMCAS/AADSAS/AACOMAS applications. 

veCollect Registration Form
This form is used by pre-health students to register and create a web-based account to collect letters of recommendation written on their behalf for eventual application to health professions schools. 

veCollect Evaluator Instructions
This form is used to request letters of recommendation using the veCollect system.  It provides your evaluators with information about the veCollect system, suggestions on what to cover in writing the recommendation, instructions for how to submit to veCollect, and options if the evaluator is unsble to use veCollect. You are advised to brief all of your evaluators on the content, process, and options presented in this form. The use of veCollect does not require the use of the Recommendation Waiver Form listed below.

Recommendation Waiver Form
This form is necessary when veCollect is not used by an evaluator to submit a letter of recommendation.   It provides the evaluator with instructions on how to submit a paper recommendation to the Pre-Prof. Office, suggestions on what to cover in writing the recommendation, and the applicant’s option to waive his/her right to view the letter under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.   This form can be used to request letters of recommendation prior to setting up a veCollect account or is used if an evaluator chooses not to utilize  veCollect.

Post-Bac/Masters Forwarding Recommendations Request Form
This form is used for applicants who anticipate not gaining admission during the current cycle and decide to apply to Masters/Post-Baccalaureate programs for enhancement.  This only applies to those programs that accept a Committee Letter packet from the undergraduate school. 

Uncovered Grades Request Form
This form is used to uncover freshmen year first semester grades for applicants to health professions school during an application cycle.  These grades may only be uncovered if an official letter from the institution is forwarded directly to the Director of Pre-Professional Advising stating that you are precluded from consideration or your candidacy is critically harmed because of the covered grades.  The Uncovered Grades Request Form and the letter should be sent by mail (Pre-Professional Advising, 300 Garland Hall, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD, 21218) or email (preprofessional@jhu.edu).

PRE-LAW FORMS

Dean’s Report
The Dean’s Report is one of three items required on file before the Pre-Law Advisor can complete one or more law school Dean’s Certification Forms.  Completed Law Professions Questionnaires  (below) and current JHU transcript are the other 2 requirements. The Dean’s Report is an internal document for use by this office only; Dean’s Certification Forms are external documents created and required by certain individual law schools at various stages of the application and admission process.  Complete and forward the Dean’s Report to the Associate Dean of Students who  will indicate whether you have an ethical or disciplinary violation of record with JHU.  The Associate Dean will forward the completed Dean’s Report form to the Pre-Law Advisor who will complete and forward the Dean’s Certification Forms to the law school(s).

Law Professions Questionnaire Part 1
The Law Professions Questionnaires are designed to allow the Pre-Law Advisor to best advise pre-law students toward their career goals.  All pre-law students to complete Law Professions Questionnaire Part 1 prior to their first appointment or soon thereafter.

Law Professions Questionnaire Part 2
The Law Professions Questionnaires are designed to allow the Pre-Law Advisor to best advise pre-law students toward their career goals.  The Law Professions Questionnaire Part 2 is completed when the pre-law student is appllying to law schools.  PLEASE NOTE: The Law Professions Questionnaire Part 2 is one of the 3 items required to complete a law school’s Dean’s Certification form.

Academic Major Codes
The two-letter Academic Major Codes are used when completing the Law Professions Questionnaire to enter academic majors and minors.

Warning Statement
Executing and submitting this form acknowledges that items on file with this office are accurate, i.e., records submitted, including resumes and applications, have not been falsified.

Law Professions Recommendation Waiver Form
This form is used by a recommender when submitting a COPY of a letter of recommendation (LOR) for your file.  The original LOR should be submitted to LSAC directly by the recommender, in conjunction with LSAC’s letter of recommendation form, located on the LSAC website: www.lsac.org.  Copies of LOR are kept on file for reference and as a safety.  This form also includes instructions for the recommender on items to cover in the LOR.  Under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, the applicant has the right to waive his/her right to view the letter.

OTHER FORMS

Advisor Recommendation Letter Request Form
This form is only used when an advisor has agreed to write a letter on your behalf for a particular school or program.