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Paul Landolt, professor of zoology and chief
adviser for pre-medical students at UNL.
Most pre-medical school students who have
applied to medical school should know by the end of
March if they have been accepted, according to Dr.
Paul Landolt, chief pre-medical advisor at UNL.
Landolt said scholastic records, Medical College
Admissions Tests (MCAT) scores, interviews by the
examining board of the medical school and
recommendations submitted by the students are the
criteria used to select students.
Landolt said one member of the University of
Nebraska Medical College admissions board estimated
60 per cent of whether a student is accepted is
determined by the MCAT and the student's scholastic
record. The remaining 40 per cent is determined by
the recommendations and the interview.
The MCAT must be taken at least one year before
the student plans to enter medical school, Landolt
said.
A student may be accepted with a minimum of 90
hours credit, Landolt said, provided the 90 hours
include the student's group requirements. If a student
is accepted with 90 hours credit, his first year of
medical school is used to finish work on his
undergraduate degree.
Landolt said a student can apply after his junior
year and if not accepted usually applies again the
next year.
Costs $25
Students may take the Medical College Admissions
Test as many times as they warn but it costs $25
every time, Landolt said.
The students list on the test application the
schools they want the test results sent to. Scores of
the last three MCAT's taken by the student are
reported to those schools.
Landolt said many students first take the test to
gain experience. "I recommend to my advisees they
take the test twice," he added.
One of every three UNL students who apply to the
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is
accepted, Landolt estimated. Out of all the
applications received by the UNMC one of every 10 is
accepted, he said.
Landolt said UNMC chooses 145 students from
1,200 applicants each year. The Creighton Medical
School, receives over 3,000 applications each year, he
said.
Many students who are not accepted to a medical
school the first time try again, Landolt said. Others
disappear, go into different fields or enter related
fields also starting to get crowded.
Cheating a possibility
Because the acceptance rate is a lot lower than the
number of application., cheating on the MCAT is
always a possibility.
Landolt said students must submit 'photographs
with the test application. The picture is compared
with the student who shows up to take the test
Landolt said. When the student arrives at the medical
school, he is compared to the pictures again, Landolt
said.
. Frank Hallgren, director of the University Career
Planning and Placement Center, Graduate and
Professional School Testing, said there has never been
a "questionable" test turned in. Hallgren is
responsible for administering the MCAT at UNL.
If it happened, Hallgren said, the schools receiving
the application would be informed there was a
question about the test's validity. A report is made to
the American College Testing Program, which
administers the tests nationally, Hallgren said. He
added that law suits have been brought over the
validity of some tests.
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ASUN CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION
AMENDMENT I
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Passed by the ASUN Senate on February 16, 1975.
To be voted upon by the student body on March 19, 1975 with ASUN elections.
(word changes are boldface)
Amendment I will revise the present ASUN Constitution as follows:
A. Update all obsolete language.
B. Article V, Section 1, C, No. 1; to read as follows: Elected members shall assume office one class week
after the fall general election and shall serve one year.
C Article V Section 2, B, No. 2; to read as follows: Replacement. In case the First Vice-President of the
' Association shall become unable to fulfill hisher duties by reason of disqualification, disability, death, or
impeachment and conviction, or in the event of succession of the First Vice-President to the President
the Second Vice-President shall assume the power, duties, and responsibilities of the office of the First
Vice-President, including the succession to the Presidency in the event of the vacating of that office, for
the remainder of the original term.
D. Article V, Section 2, D, No. 1. a,b,c; to read as follows:
a President of Organizations for Honoraries and Professional Fraternities, Sororities and Societies.
b. President of Organizations for Reguiatory Organizations, to include IFC, Pan-Hellenic, all dormitory
governing bodies, and ICC.
c. President of Organizations for Activities, to include all other organizations.
E. Article V, Section 2, E, No. 1 and No. 2; DELETE.
F. Article VII, Section 2, A, ADD No. 18 as follows: 18. To serve as a non-voting member of the Board of
Regents.
G. Article VII, Section 2, A, No. 17; DELETE.
H. Article VII, Section 2, E; DELETE.
I. Article VII, Section 2, D; to read as follows: The individual members of the Student Cabinet shall have
such powers as the President of the Association may delegate them in writing, provided such delegations
do not infringe upon the ptoviiun8 of this Conititytion- The Presidents of Organizations shall be
responsible to the President for the execution of any legislation passed by the Senate pertaining to
organizations, for the maintenance of good relations between organizations, and to serve as liaison
between organizations and the Association organs.
J. Article VIII; to read as follows: The President of the Association with the assistance from the Executive
Committee shall prepare before the first day of December in each year an itemized budget of proposed
expenditures of the Association for that fiscal year. This budtet shall be submitted to the Student Senate.
The budget shaft be introduced in the Senate as a Government Bill.
K. Article X, Section 4; to read as follows: Proposals for amendments shall be ratified by a simple majority
of those voting.
L. Article V, Section 1, A, No. 3; to read as follows: Advisors. The Senate shall have two advisors. The
positions being open to any staff member, faculty member, or administrator.
M. Article V, Section 1, C, No. 2; to read as follows: Advisors. Advisors shall have terms of two years. Terms
shall be staggered. .
N. Article V, Section 2, F; to read as follows: The Executive Committee. The Senate shall elect three of its
members to serve with the President and First and Second Vice-Presidents of the Association as an
Executive Committee. The advisors shall serve in an advisory capacity to this body.
O. Article VI, Section 1, A; to read as follows: Composition. The Electoral Commission shall consist of six
Commissioners, two of whom shall be the advisors to the Student Senate, one of whom shall serve as
Director, one of whom shall be elected by a majority vote of the Senate, one of whom shall be selected by
the Student Court from its own membership by a majority vote of that body, one of whom shall to the
Second Vice-President,
P. Article VI, Section 1, B; to read as follows: Eligibility. To be eligible for appointment to a non-advisor
seat on the Electoral Commission, a nominee must be a regularly enrolled full-time student, and meet
University regulations for participation in extra-curricular activities. ,
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