MEMBERSHIP

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

General Body Meeting #1: January 12, 2021 @6:30 PM PST (Accepted Students Panel)
General Body Meeting #2: January 26, 2021 @6:30 PM PST (Healthcare Professional Guest Speaker TBD)
General Body Meeting #3: February 9, 2021 @6:30 PM PST (Racism in Healthcare Panel)
General Body Meeting #4: February 23, 2021 @6:30 PM PST (Student 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 (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 & 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