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Medical/Dental Education Program (SMDEP) |
SUMMER MEDICAL/DENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Application Deadline: March
1, 2007
Summer Medical/Dental Education Program (SMDEP) is a
free (full tuition, housing, and meals) six-week summer
medical and dental school preparatory program that offers
eligible students intensive and personalized medical
and dental school preparation.
To access the SMDEP application, go to http://www.smdep.org/apply.htm
INFORMING VENTURES SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Let us know about the status of your application. Please
email candoh@ventures.org
and,in the subject line, write SMDEP. Provide your
first and last name, college, year in college, interest
in medical or dental school, where you are applying and
the status of your application.
Here is a list of the 12 Ventures Scholars who have already
been accepted to the 2007 SMDEP Program. There are approximately
23 Ventures Scholars who are still waiting for their responses.
Name: Jason J. Bethea
College: Erskine College
Year : Sophomore
Attending : University of Virginia
SMDEP
Name : Valerie A. Pierre
College : Xavier University of Louisiana
Year: Sophomore
Attending: University of Virginia
SMDEP
Name: Ashela Bean
College: Johns Hopkins University
Year : freshman
Attending : Case Western School of
Medicine SMDEP
Name: Anwar Jackson
College: Howard University
Year: Freshman
Attending : University of Virginia
SMDEP
Name: Brittni Jones
College: Fisk University
Year: freshman
Attending: Univeristy of Texas SMDEP
Name: Victoria Kyerematen
C ollege : Xavier University LA
Year: Freshman/First Semester Sophomore
Attending : Duke SMDEP
Name: Jarrod Matthei
College: University of Miami
Year: Sophomore
Attending: UMDNJ (accepted) and Duke
is reviewing my application right now.
Name: Bruce Reaves
College: Duke University
Year: freshman
Attending : Duke University SMDEP
Name: Ezinnaya Ubagharaji
Attending : Denison University
Year : Sophomore
Attending : Columbia University School
of Medicine SMDEP
Name: Erica Wagner
Attending : University of Alabama in
Huntsville
Year: Sophomore
Attending: Columbia University SMDEP
Name : LaShawndra Walker
Attending : Howard University
Year : Freshman
Attending: University of Virginia Medical
School SMDEP
Name: Daniel Woolridge
Attending: Brown University
Year: Freshman
Attending: Yale University SMDEP
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for SMDEP, an applicant must:
--be a U.S. citizen or hold a permanent resident visa;
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--be currently enrolled as a freshman or sophomore in
college; and
--have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0, with 2.75 in the
sciences.
Other factors considered in the admissions process
include whether an applicant:
--have a combined verbal and math SAT score of at least
950 or ACT score of at least 20;
--comes from a group that is racially/ethnically underrepresented
in medicine and dentistry (as defined independently
by each program site);
--comes from an economically or educationally disadvantaged
background;
--has demonstrated interest in issues affecting underserved
populations;
--has local and/or regional residency; and
--submits a strong personal statement and strong letters
of recommendation.
Each SMDEP site makes its own student selections on
a rolling-admissions basis and responds to individual
applications on a case-by-case basis.
Students should contact their school's health professions
advisor for advice on which summer to apply to SMDEP
and for other information about a career in the health
professions.
Program offerings include:
- Academic enrichment in the basic sciences (organic
chemistry, physics, biology, pre-calculus/calculus)
and key elective courses (writing, oral presentations,
current topics in health)
- Learning-skills seminars, including study skills
and methods of individual and group learning
- Limited clinical exposure through small-group clinical
rotations and full-group clinician seminars
- Career development, including the exploration of
the medical and dental professions and an individualized
education plan to identify other appropriate summer
experiences
- A financial-planning workshop
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