AVSAR

Alliance of Volunteers for Service, Action, and Reform

Application Schedule 2005-2006

All medical students

MPH students/graduates

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.

SOFT-CLOSE: We anticipate filling the number of available positions with the applications which are pending completion plus the completed applications which are pending approval. Since applications are approved on a “rolling admissions” basis, however, phone interviews are only guaranteed for the applicants who have already submitted their complete application and deposit. For applicants who have yet to complete their application, a phone interview will only be granted if the available positions have yet to fill. Once the positions are filled and the status is changed to “CLOSED,” no more applications will be accepted and no phone interviews will be granted.

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 EMAIL WITH STEPS 1 THROUGH 5:
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 University of Michigan majoring in Biology.

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.