HOW TO JOIN
Feel free to come to our virtual General Body Meetings this Fall Quarter!
General Body Meeting #1: Wednesday, January 12 @ 6:30PM PDT
General Body Meeting #2: Wednesday, January 26 @ 6:30PM PDT
General Body Meeting #3: TBD
General Body Meeting #4: Winter Symposium
See the Socials, Volunteering, and Publicity tabs to see how you can get the rest of your Local Active Membership points for the quarter!
Feel free to come to our virtual General Body Meetings this Fall Quarter!
General Body Meeting #1: Wednesday, January 12 @ 6:30PM PDT
General Body Meeting #2: Wednesday, January 26 @ 6:30PM PDT
General Body Meeting #3: TBD
General Body Meeting #4: Winter Symposium
See the Socials, Volunteering, and Publicity tabs to see how you can get the rest of your Local Active Membership points for the quarter!
LOCAL ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP
Qualifications to attain Local Active Membership are the following:
Qualifications to attain Local Active Membership are the following:
- An interest in health care!
- Obtain at least 2 social points, 1 fundraising point, 1 publicity point, and 1 volunteer point (about 4 hours of volunteering) with AED per quarter.
- Attend at least 3 out of 4 general body meetings each quarter. If you cannot attend a GBM due to class or illness, please e-mail us at ucsd.aed@gmail.com or Secretary Lillian Blank at Lblank@ucsd.edu at least 24 HOURS BEFORE THE GBM so there is record! (No exceptions.)
- A small fee paid to AED as local chapter membership fee. It will be $35 for the whole year if you join in the fall or $15 per quarter if you join in winter or spring.
NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
National Membership requires all the qualifications of Local Active Membership with the addition of these few:
Benefits of National Membership:
National Membership requires all the qualifications of Local Active Membership with the addition of these few:
- Potential members must have completed at least 5 quarters of health preprofessional studies work with an overall cumulative GPA of at least 3.20 and also with a cumulative GPA of 3.20 in the sciences – biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics.
- Potential members who meet the GPA and are transferring from one school to one with an active chapter will be eligible for membership after the completion of 2 quarters at UCSD. The grade point averages used to determine scholastic eligibility at the new school will be determined by averaging all grades from both old and new schools.
- A fee paid to the National AED Office.
Benefits of National Membership:
- Priority to all events, HHAB trips, officer positions, opportunity to be a Big, do not need to pay Local Active Membership fees, exclusive sweatshirt, official recognition from the Alpha Epsilon Delta National Office, potential scholarship opportunities, discounts for test prep