AVSAR
Application
Schedule 2005-2006
All
medical students
Business
students/graduates
Undergraduate
students
Software
engineers
Web
designers
Consultants
APPLICATIONS
ACCEPTED ON A “ROLLING ADMISSIONS” BASIS
SCHEDULE
Last Updated
November 26, 2005
Month Year |
Status of Applications |
Start Date (Monday) |
End Date (Friday) |
December
2005 |
Closed |
Nov 30 |
Dec 28 |
January 2006 |
Closed |
Jan 2 |
Jan 27 |
February
2006 |
Closed |
Jan 30 |
February 24 |
March 2006 |
OPEN- Applications Pending |
March 6 |
March 31 |
April 2006 |
OPEN-Applications Pending |
April 3 |
April 28 |
May 2006 |
OPEN |
May 1 |
May 26 |
June 2006 |
OPEN |
June 5 |
June 30 |
July 2006 |
OPEN |
July 3 |
July 28 |
August 2006 |
OPEN |
July 31 |
Aug 25 |
September2006 |
OPEN |
Sep 4 |
Sep29 |
October 2006 |
OPEN |
Oct 2 |
Oct 27 |
November 2006 |
OPEN |
Oct 30 |
Nov 24 |
December
2006 |
OPEN |
Nov 27 |
Dec 28 |
OPEN: Still accepting applications on a rolling-admissions basis.
CLOSED: The number of available positions has been filled. No more applications are being accepted.
HOW TO APPLY
Please note that applicants are given priority for phone interviews based on the date of completion of steps 1-5.
Step 1 – Click on
the following link (or copy and paste it into your browser’s address bar) to
download the AVSAR application:
www.goyalmd.com/Download/AVSAR_Volunteer_Application.doc
Step 2 - Create an email to join the AVSAR Yahoo Group which corresponds to the month for which you are interested in applying (send after completing Step 5). The format is AVSAR-Applicant-Subscribe@YahooGroups.com (see example below). This will add your email address to a general pool of interested applicants for AVSAR.
Step 3 – In the “CC” section of the same email, fill in the following email address: info@goyalmd.com (see example below).
Step 4 – In the same email message, fill in the subject heading in the following format: I would like to volunteer starting in MONTH of YEAR (see example below).
Step 5 – Fill in the following information in the message section of the same email:
A. What is your educational/professional background?
B. What type of volunteer experience you are interested in (medical student, public health, business management, undergraduate, web development, graphic design, etc.)?
C. What month would you like to begin, and for how many months would you like to apply for (please see start and end dates on our website)?
D. As a selected participant of this rotation you will be asked to make a presentation (poster presentation or oral presentation) regarding your experience (at a the next AAPI National Conference, AMSA National Conference, IFMSA-USA National Conference, at a nearby medical school, school of public health, college, high school, etc.). Will you be able to make such a presentation?
E. How did you find out about AVSAR and this opportunity (please be specific)?
F. Were you able to successfully download and open the application?
G. By what date will you submit your application (mm/dd/yy)?
EXAMPLE OF AN E
TO: info@goyalmd.com
CC: AVSAR-Applicant-Subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Subject: I would like to volunteer starting in January of 2005
A.
I am third-year undergraduate student at the
B.
I am taking a semester off and would like to volunteer for an
undergraduate volunteer experience.
C. I would like to begin in January of 2005 and will be applying for four months.
D.
I would be happy to make a presentation at a local school or at a
national conference about my experience.
E.
I heard about AVSAR through my
school’s Asian-American Students’ Association
F. I have successfully downloaded and opened the application.
G.
I will submit my application within two weeks.
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*Applications are
being accepted on a “ROLLING ADMISSIONS” basis, which means your phone
interview may be scheduled in as little as 3 days after you submit your
application. This also means, however, that positions may fill quickly.
Please direct all questions to info@goyalmd.com .
To learn more about future AVSAR opportunities, or to receive
actual journal entries from AVSAR’s current volunteers, join the AVSAR group listserv by sending a blank email to: AVSAR-SUBSCRIBE@YAHOOGROUPS.COM
*Please
note that all information contained within this page and this website is
tentative and subject to change.