Info for NEW IPN Students 

Health Insurance

            Georgetown covers your health insurance through Kaiser Permanente: https://www.kaiserpermanente.org/

            Prior to arriving, you will have filled out a medical history form which will be mailed to you after admission

During orientation you will have to fill out some paper work to accept enrollment into the program.  

You do NOT get visual or dental insurance.

However, you do get a dental discount via the Basix program: 

For more info: http://www.basixstudent.com/
 

Student ID Card

            You will get your ID card known as your GoCard on the first day of orientation. The office is located in Darnell Hall

For more info: http://gocard.georgetown.edu/what/id/

E-mail Account

            If you do not receive information about your email account prior to arriving, you can go to University Information Systems office to open your email Georgetown account.

For more info: http://uis.georgetown.edu/contact.html

Rotations
        How to choose your first rotation?  This is the trickiest one since you have not arrived yet.  Take advantage of the interview to probe faculty as to rotation projects and availability.  The more you can learn at that time, the better.  After you have decided on coming to Georgetown, use email to contact faculty and students who have rotated in the labs you are considering.  Keep in touch with Dr. Larry Kromer at kromerl@georgetown.edu and let him know your thought process and your decision.

      During the summer, students will be doing their first rotation in a laboratory. By May, you should begin contacting laboratories that you are interested in working with. By the middle of June, you should have already chosen the lab you will work in.  If you have any questions about rotations, feel free to contact Dr. Larry Kromer at kromerl@georgetown.edu

 
Things to consider when choosing a rotation LINK
 

Once you have chosen a lab, you will need to do two things.

1) You need to fill out a PRE-ROTATION FORM. 

            2) You must email Dr. Kromer (kromerl@georgetown.edu) to inform him of who you are rotating with for the summer.

Summer Classes

In the first week of starting your first rotation, you will be required to take a diagnostic test. Following the test, there will be refresher summer courses to prepare you for areas where you were weak on the exam.

Neurofest

In addition to the summer courses, you will also participate in Neurofest. This is a once a week symposium, where faculty present their research to the first year class. To see the schedule for Neurofest, please visit: http://neuroscience.georgetown.edu/newsinfo.html

Registration

You will register for classes near the end of August. See the IPN website for the courses you will take.  All first year students take the same courses.   http://neuroscience.georgetown.edu/gsCourses.html

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