SUNY Buffalo AOA

[Optimus123]

Anyone familiar with how AOA works at SUNY Buffalo? There is no website of any kind for it (although I am aware the AOA website lists an administrative contact and I will shoot him a message if no one here knows). Thanks for your time!!!

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[kdburton]

Anyone familiar with how AOA works at SUNY Buffalo? There is no website of any kind for it (although I am aware the AOA website lists an administrative contact and I will shoot him a message if no one here knows). Thanks for your time!!!

Grading is based on Pass/High Satisfactory/Honors. Each credit you take (variable for each module or clerkship) is an opportunity to earn honors points - you get 1 honors point per credit for High Sat and 2 honors points per credit for Honors. If, in a given academic year, you receive 75% of possible honors points you will get a Dean's Letter of Commendation for that year. To be eligible for AOA one must receive a Dean's Letter of Commendation in two of the first three years. Third year is the most important as it seems that almost everyone who gets a DLOC in 3rd year and at least in one either of the first two years will make AOA as a senior. Rarely someone who gets a DLOC in only the first two years will make AOA. People who make junior AOA are those that got a DLOC in years 1 and 2 and have gotten honors in all of their clinical rotations up until the time the decisions for junior AOA is made (that date which I am unsure of). Apparently non-academic stuff goes into the decision somehow or another, but you still must get a DLOC in two years at a minimum. So hopefully that answers your question.

 

[Optimus123]

That definitely answered my question, thank you very much for taking the time to write that.