For First Year Students: Summer Opportunity!

Applications are now open for the SMDEP program!  If you are interested, apply EARLY in the process, as it  has a rolling admissions policy and places are usually full by the application deadline.

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. The SMDEP program choses students representing a wide range of economic, cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity

2012-2013 SMDEP Application opens November 1, 2012, for the 2013 summer session!
Program Offerings Include:


  *   Academic enrichment in the basic sciences (organic chemistry, physics, biology) and pre-calculus/calculus

  *   Career development

  *   Learning-skills seminar

  *   Limited clinical exposure

  *   A financial-planning workshop

Program Sites:


  *   Case Western Reserve University <http://www.smdep.org/progsites/casewestern.htm>
  *   Columbia University <http://www.smdep.org/progsites/columbia.htm>
  *   Duke University <http://www.smdep.org/progsites/duke.htm>
  *   Howard University <http://www.smdep.org/progsites/howard.htm>
  *   University of California-Los Angeles <http://www.smdep.org/progsites/ucla.htm>
  *   UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical and New Jersey Dental <http://www.smdep.org/progsites/newjersey.htm>
  *   University of Louisville <http://www.smdep.org/progsites/louisville.htm>
  *   University of Nebraska <http://www.smdep.org/progsites/nebraska.htm>
  *   University of Virginia<http://www.smdep.org/progsites/virginia.htm>
  *   University of Washington <http://www.smdep.org/progsites/washington.htm>
  *   University of Texas-Houston <http://www.smdep.org/progsites/houston.htm>
  *   Yale University<http://www.smdep.org/progsites/yale.htm>