Hey everyone!
My name is Carlos, and I was so excited to hear the I was accepted to UTHSCSA this year! I just found out about these SDN forums and love to hear from people I'll be meeting in just a few months.
Some of you asked about scholarships, and I e-mailed Dr. Lawrence, Associate Dean for Student Affairs. Here's what he had to say:
Thank you for your inquiry relative to scholarships within the Medical School of The University of Texas health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). For entering medical students there are two scholarships for which there is an application process. One of these is a scholarship in the amount of $10.000 of which there are four (4) or five (5), depending on the wishes of the donor. This is the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Foundation Presidential Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to persons from certain South Texas counties. Within the next four weeks, we will send letters to all eligible persons inviting their applications. The applications are reviewed by the Medical Dean's Scholarship Selection Committee which is composed of five (5) Associate and Assistant Deans, who will rank the applicants and submit their recommendations to the President of the Health Science Center. He will make the final decision on recipients.
The other scholarship is the Coates Scholarship which is being instituted only this year and will be in the amount of $25,000 per year. This scholarship also in designated for persons from specific counties, and those eligible persons will also be notified.
Our remaining scholarships are primarily in the amount of $1000.00. They are awarded based on admissions rankings as determined from Admissions Committee assessments. Those selections will be made by the Medical Dean's Scholarship Selection Committee. Those awards are generally made in late September or early October. Whenever other scholarship opportunities are made known to us, we will notify those eligible students and invite application.
Again, thank you for your inquiry. If you have additional questions, please contact this office.
Leonard E. Lawrence, M.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics
and Family and Community Medicine
7703 Floyd Curl Drive - MSC 7790
San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900
(210) 567-4429
(210) 567-6962 FAX
(210) 235-3792 PAGER
(210 260-5357 MOBILE
Electronic Mail:
[email protected]
