Dear Future Physician,

Let us, your Orientation Co-Chairs, be among the first to congratulate 

you on your acceptance at one of the finest medical schools in the 

country - the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine!

Now is perhaps one of the more exciting times in your life. The is a 

great sense of accomplishment (well deserved!) as well as a certain 

security in knowing at least in part your course for the next few years. 

There is also a great anticipation for new experiences to come. The 

entrance to medical school is a profound passage - the first day of gross 

anatomy, learning the secrets of human physiology, speaking to patients 

about their hopes and fears, histories and futures - you are beginning a 

marvelous journey, and one that will take you to the fulfillment of 

many dreams.

Helping you begin this journey is where we come in. Our classmates 

elected us to head up the Orientation Committee, a committee made entirely 

of the first-year (soon to be second-year!) students dedicated to 

ensuring you the best possible start to medical school and introducing you 

to the calling and profession of medicine. Over the next few months you 

will receive communication from us as well as from many of our 

classmates also involved in your orientation.

You will very soon be receiving information about housing and health 

insurance, as well as information about the White Coat Ceremony, a 

tradition in fact founded at the U of C. During this hallowed ceremony you 

will be welcomed to the profession, presented with your long, white coat 

embroidered with the University of Chicago Crest, and asked to recite 

along side your fellow classmates and faculty the Oath of Hippocrates. 

This ceremony takes place the first night of orientation, on Sunday, 

September 16th. More detailed information will be in your mailing. In the 

mean time, if you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts whatsoever, 

please do not hesitate to contact either of us via email or phone or 

singing telegram. Our contact information is below the byline.

All of us in the first-year class are committed to creating an 

orientation that was as fun and helpful and important as was our orientation 

(gosh, maybe even more so). We wish you the best of luck in your summer 

endeavors and once again congratulations on your outstanding 

achievement!

Yours,

Alex Langerman                            Jen Gnerlich

[email protected]                [email protected]

773.684.7686                                773.256.0961