Events

2023-24 Curriculum:

PROPEL activities will occur approximately 2-3 times per month and typically take 3-5 hrs per event, including prep time (occasionally longer, if giving a presentation, for example)

For more details on each course/workshop, including room assignments, specific dates and zoom links, check the PROPEL google calendar or email [email protected].

Fall Quarter

  • Literature Review Course -​  2nd or 3rd Thursdays of each month, 4pm-5pm
    • Literature Review 101s (review sessions) - 4th Thursday of each month (remote)
  • Graduate School Applications Panel -  October 10th, 9-11am (Mission Bay)
  • Personal Statement Workshop - September 25th, 3-5pm (Parnassus), September 27th, 3-5pm (Mission Bay)
  • Applicaiton Workshops specifically for MD/PhD-Bound Scholars
    • Demystifying the AMCAS Application Process - September 25th, 9-10:30am (remote)
    • MSTP Application Panel - October 23rd, 4-5:30 (Mission Bay)
    • MSTP Essay Writing Workshop (MD/PhD Essay and Significant Research Essay) - October 15th, 3:30-5pm (remote)
  • Secondary Mentor meetings (individually scheduled)

Winter Quarter

  • Literature Review Course -​  2nd or 3rd Thursdays of each month, 4pm-5pm
    • Literature Review 101s (review sessions) - 4th Thursday of each month (remote)
  • Build Your Research Community (second year scholars and PREP scholars only) - select Wednesdays 9-10am (Parnassus), 2-3pm (Mission Bay)
  • Mock Interview Workshop - January 2023 (individually scheduled)
  • Application Workshops specifically for MD/PhD-Bound Scholars
    • AMCAS Appilcation Nuts and Bolts - TBA

Spring Quarter

  • Literature Review Course -​  2nd or 3rd Thursdays of each month, 4pm-5pm
    • Literature Review 101s (review sessions) - 4th Thursday of each month (remote)
  • Build Your Research Community (second year scholars and PREP scholars only) - select Wednesdays 9-10am (Parnassus), 2-3pm (Mission Bay)
  • Introduction to Programming and Statistics with Albert Lee - TBA, April - May
  • Secondary Mentor meetings (individually scheduled)
  • Annual PROPEL Symposium -- (Time and Location TBA)

New Scholar Orientation Slides

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