Meeting Six- 11/11/25

Hi all!

Thank you all for another great meeting! We had Michele Duval-Martin from CLAS advising come in and give us a presentation on the Early Assurance Program that GVSU has between us and some medical schools in Michigan.

Announcements:

• Your Health Lecture Series: GR Street Medicine Lecture Thursday November 20th 7-8pm at the GVSU health campus

• Register for a free practice MCAT exam by November 4th

• Club Fundraising opportunity: Double Good Popcorn online fundraiser Dec 15-19

Here's the recap:

EAP is an opportunity for early medical school admission for GVSU students in their junior and senior years. Preference is given to those interested in serving in underserved communities as well as those interested in primary care, those who are first generation medical students, and those from a low income high school.

EAP timeline differs a bit from the typical medical school application cycle:

1. Work on and submit application which opens December 1st and closes January 31st

2. Attend interviews if invited in late March

3. Take MCAT no later than mid-June

GVSU partners with three schools for this program: CMU, Wayne State, and MSUCHM (MD program)

More information can be found on the CLAS advising page: https://www.gvsu.edu/clasadvising/early-assurance-programs-eap-265.htm

If you're interested in the EAP program, you must attend a self-assessment workshop. Registration can be found at the link above.

See you all for our last meeting of the semester next Tuesday, 12/2!

Meeting Five- 10/28/25

Hi all!

Thanks to everyone who attended our last meeting! We were lucky enough to hear from a local family physician, Dr. Devan Dykstra. Dr. Dykstra is also a GVSU grad and was able to provide some great insight into the pre-medical and medical school processes! Once he went through an overview of those basics, he gave a short lecture on patient communication. Linked below will be Dr. Dysktra's slides.

• Don't forget to pay dues! $10 can be paid in person to Faith Lutz or venmoed to @gvpremedclub

• Merch is in! We'll continue passing out t-shirts at the next couple meetings, just be sure to pay the $20 if you ordered one

Copy of Patient Communication.pdf

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See you all at our next meeting on 11/11 where we'll hear from one of our pre-professional advisors all about the EAP program!

Meeting Four- 10/14/25

Hi all! Thanks for joining us for another meeting this last Tuesday! Here is a little recap and the link to our slideshow as well as our MD/PhD presenter's slides as well:

Reminders:

• Merch is ordered! Please venmo @gvpremedclub $20 for your shirt if you got one and haven't already. You won't receive your shirt until we receive the payment.

• Pay your $10 dues to be an active member before the end of the semester!

This week we we an MD/PhD student, Kali Smolen come in an give us a fantastic presentation about what that program can look like! Kali is a GV graduate and was able to share lots of really helpful and interesting information about grad school applications in general and also about the MD/PhD path. She shared about the timeline, some of the realities, as well as many of the cool things that she did at GVSU that got her to where she is today.

Here is the link to our reminder slides as well as Kali's slides:

MD-PhD and Me.pptx.pdf

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Pre-Med Club Meeting October 14th Guest Speaker_ Kali Smolen.pdf

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See you all October 28th for a presentation from Dr. Deven Dykstra, a local family physician who also graduated from GVSU!