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>