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No problem! Glad I can help.@CourageMD thanks for answering our questions! That helps out a lot. I just have a couple more for you, if you don't mind.
What are the summer course offerings like? Month long terms or is the June thru July? Also, where do most participants live if they aren't planning to live in Clinton? I am thinking about getting a house in Jackson maybe since I plan on attending UMC after this program. If I need to take a lag year after completing this SMP, what do student typically do for that year before hopefully starting medical school? Thanks again!
There is a good amount of variable courses in the summer: Infectious Disease, Mitochondrial Genomics, Biochem, Cell Physiology, Grad Seminar, Genomics, Unifying Principles of Biology, Food and Water Microbio. Pharm 1 and 2, which are med school courses, are offered in the summer but there is a requirement for Med Phys 1 and 2. Most of the summer courses can be taken in one month. There are some that go June through July though. If people are not in Clinton, they usually live in Jackson or surrounding towns. The commute isn't bad but I have had a few friends complain when they had morning classes or if there were TA sessions in the evening lol. People usually work during the gap year before med school. Some stay at MC to work as TAs for med school courses to help retain knowledge. You can also work as a TA while in the program and all TAs are paid.