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 orientation events and the 2009-10 calendar. 

Check back often!  This website will be updated frequently.

(last updated 7/22/09)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BUYING A LAPTOP FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL:   This summer, the first year lecture hall is being completely renovated with new seats and tables that will make it easier to use laptops during class.  Yale does not require laptops, but we strongly recommend that you own a laptop.  All course material will be provided on USB flash drives (thumb drives), and you will often find it helpful to have your laptop in class.  If you are thinking about purchasing a new laptop, you may want to look at Yale’s recommendations for hardware at the following sites:http://www.yale.edu/its/students/med_students.html and http://www.yale.edu/its/stc/purchase/recommendations.html.   Questions?  Let us know.

FIRST HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

• Click here for your first assignment from Dr. Margaret Bia, Course Director, Pre-Clinical Clerkship, and Director, Clinical Skills Training Program.  You will be asked to write an essay based on an interview with a family member or friend about a medical illness.  The essay is due on September 1.
  

MAILING FROM STUDENT AFFAIRS 

• You will soon be receiving a letter from Dr. Nancy Angoff, Associate Dean for Student Affairs.  The letter is accompanied by a copy of the book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman.  As Dean Angoff's letter explains, this book will be central to important discussions and activities that will take place on September 2, and Anne Fadiman will be joining you for part of the day.  This mailing with your copy of the book should arrive shortly.   
  

     
Important Registration and Orientation Information:

NEW!  Click here for: Complete Orientation and Registration information (August 25, 2009)  including specific registration check-in time based on your last name.

Click here for: Information about the White Coat Ceremony (August 25, 2009).

Click here to: Order your White Coat Ceremony "First Official Picture" (form must be returned by August 18)

Click here to: Order your Yale School of Medicine Scrubs / Nalgene Bottle / Tshirt (form must be returned by August 18)

Click here for: Information about the YSM Big Sib / Little Sib Program  (please submit survey by August 5)

Click here for a detailed Orientation Schedule - (uploaded 8/7/09) this schedule subject to change.

Checklist of Things-To-Do ASAP (if not already completed):

1)  If you will need parking on campus during the semester, please click here for more information about obtaining a parking permit.

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

3)   Complete Name Tag / White Coat order form.

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

5)   Complete Yale Health Services forms.

6)   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.

7)   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.)

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 REVISED JULY 17

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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