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Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) is a FREE (full tuition, housing, and meals) six-week summer academic enrichment program that offers freshman and sophomore college students intensive and personalized medical and dental school preparation.

Eligibility

• Be currently enrolled as a freshman or sophomore in college
• Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.5
• Be a U.S. citizen or hold a permanent resident visa
• Not have previously participated in SMDEP
  

Program Offerings

• Academic Enrichment in the Basic Sciences and Math
• Career Development Activities
• Learning Skills Workshops or Sessions
• Exposure to Clinical Settings
• Workshops in Financial Planning and Health Policy

Application Process

Application Opens: November 1, 2011 at 12:01 a.m. EST
Application Closes: March 1, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. EST

All applicants are encouraged to apply early!

The SMDEP National Program Office (NPO) has established admissions guidelines regarding acceptance procedures for applicants.

Please remind your students to submit all of the following materials by the deadline.

1. SMDEP Web Application
   
   
2. Students interested in living off campus and attending one of the participating sites must complete the 2012 Commuter Application Form in addition to the SMDEP Web Application. The following sites are offering a non-residential/commuter component:
   
   Case Western Reserve University
   
   Columbia University
   
   Duke University
   
   University of Texas-Houston
   
   UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical and New Jersey Dental
   
   University of Washington
   
   
3. Transcripts
   
   Please Note: College freshman who have not received their first semester grades are advised to wait until their grades are reported before sending a transcript to the National Program Office.
4. Letters of Recommendation

Late submission of transcripts and recommendations could result in their application not being processed. Please remind them that all documents need to be submitted to the NPO on or before the application deadline of March 1! The NPO strongly encourages early application submission to increase their chance of being considered by the program site(s) because applications are reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Note: To give the program sites adequate time to view all applications and make decisions, the NPO is requesting that all letters of recommendation and transcripts be postmarked by Thursday, March 1, 2012.

The Admission Decision Release Dates are February 15 and April 1, 2012.

Please Note: Students may attend SMDEP only once!

Contact Information

To obtain additional information, you can call the National Program Office toll-free at 1-866-587-6337.

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