MEMBERSHIP

HOW TO JOIN
Feel free to come to our virtual General Body Meetings this Fall Quarter!

General Body Meeting #1 (Research Opportunities @UCSD): October 13th, 2020, @6:30 PM PDT
General Body Meeting #2 (Meet the Bigs!): October 27th, 2020, @6:30 PM PDT
General Body Meeting #3 (Standardized Exam Advice Panel/Kaplan Presentation): November 10th, 2020, @6:30 PM PST
General Body Meeting #4 (Mini Symposium): November 24th, 2020, @6:30 PM PST

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 (during COVID-19/online learning)

Qualifications to attain Local Active Membership are the following:​

1. An interest in health care!
2. Attend at least 2 social events (4 if considering involvement in the Big/Little Mentorship Program) & complete 1 publicity activity and 2 points of volunteer services with AED per quarter.
3. Attend at least three of four (3/4) 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 Sharlene Diep at s4diep@ucsd.edu at least 24 HOURS BEFORE THE GBM so there is record! (No exceptions.)
4. Typically, 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. (FEE MANDATE PUSHED TO WINTER 2021)

NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP (during COVID-19/online learning)​
National Membership requires all the qualifications of Local Active Membership with the addition of these few:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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

Contact Joshua Hussong (jhussong@ucsd.edu), Caitlin Shin (c9shin@ucsd.edu) or Sharlene Diep (s4diep@ucsd.edu) if you have any questions!

LOCAL ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Qualifications to attain Local Active Membership are the following:​

1. An interest in health care!
2. Attend at least 1 social event, 1 fundraising event per quarter & complete 1 hour of publicity and 4 hours of volunteer services with AED per quarter.
3. Attend all 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 Sharlene Diep at s4diep@ucsd.edu at least 24 HOURS BEFORE THE GBM so there is record! (No exceptions.)
4. 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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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