Case Western Reserve University Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio

Overview

The goal of the Case Western Reserve University SMDEP is to identify, recruit, and assist in preparing as many highly talented, committed, and hardworking minority and disadvantaged students as possible for careers in dentistry and medicine. The students we are looking to recruit are rising freshmen and sophomores in college. If we do our jobs well, we expect to imbue our students with the confidence and skills necessary to allow them to return to school better prepared to take more rigorous basic science and math classes and to perform well in those classes.

We will accomplish our goal by providing participants with many of the basic ingredients necessary to be successful as dental and medical students and later as professionals: an introduction to the fundamentals of biological and physical sciences, a love (or renewed love) of reading, strategies for learning and acquiring information and knowledge, and an acquaintance them with the ins and outs of applying to dental and medical school. Our goal is not only to assist participants in getting admitted to dental and medical schools, but also to assist them in acquiring the skills, habits, and work ethic necessary to do well later in life. Students will recieve limited clinical exposure.

Finances

• Meals: 3 meals per day, 7 days a week
  
  
• Travel Assistance: Up to $300 for students living outside of Ohio
  
  
• Stipend: Two installments; end of week 2, and after completing program

Living

• Housing: Case Western Reserve University dorm
  
  
• Health Insurance: A modest student health plan provided
  
  
• Social Activities: Late-night ice skating trip, July 4th picnic, major league baseball game, a birthday party, and possibly an evening at the Blossom Music Center (the summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra)

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