Welcome to Yale University School of Medicine!

In this website, you will find important information pertaining to pre-orientation activities, registration, housing, the Yale Health Services program, important enrollment events and the 2009-10 calendar. 

Check back often!  This website will be updated frequently.

(last updated 7/2/09)

Information about the White Coat Ceremony and Registration Day (August 25, 2009)

Here's a checklist of things you should do as soon as possible

1)   Print and complete the New Student Data Collection Form and mail it to the Admissions Office (see address below).

2)  Complete Name Tag / White Coat order form.

3)   Housing:  Learn about on-campus or off-campushousing options at Yaleand submit your application for Harkness Dormitory if that is what you choose.

4)   Complete Yale Health Services forms.

5)   Arrange for your final undergraduate and (if applicable) graduate school transcripts to be sent directly to the Admissions Office at the address below.  The transcript(s) should confirm your degree(s) and date(s) awarded.  NOTE:  Transcripts sent to AMCAS will not be forwarded to Yale.  You must arrange with your school(s) to have official transcript(s) sent directly to Yale.

6)   Learn about MOOT or SAY (optional pre-orientation activities), decide if you wish to participate, and submit the appropriate form(s) to register. (Participants who will be living in Harkness may move into their rooms as early as Tuesday, August 18. If you plan on moving into the dorm on either 8/18 or 8/19, please send an email to grad.dorms@yale.edu letting them know what day/time you will arrive.  Both activities will begin with a Welcome BBQ at Harkness Hall on Thursday, August 20 at 5 o'clock.)

7)   Carefully review the information from Yale Information Technology Services regarding computing accounts, the purchase of computers and peripherals, network connectivity, computing clusters, and computing support resources.

8)   Read through this document written by the Class of 2012 entitled "What We Wish We'd Known."  The very helpful document includes an abundance of advice for preparing for medical school and your arrival in New Haven.

9) INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:  Incoming students who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States: Please download this 4 page document, which includes a Financial Certification Form and cover letter from the Yale University Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS).  The Financial Certification Form must be completed, signed and returned to the Admissions Office (not OISS) following instructions in the cover letter and on the form.  (See Admissions Office mailing address below.)

To help prepare for enrollment and the coming year, please review the following information:

Important Dates

2009 - 2010 Academic Calendar

Class of 2012 Contact List(contact the admissions office for a copy)

Class of 2009 Match List (alpha order)(by specialty)(by location)

YSM Medical Student Council

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