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SMDEP 2015 THREAD
Started by mchvz
First of all, CONGRATULATIONS! Possibly the best experience I have had in college so far, considering I am only a college freshman. (However i expect my JAMP internships to be far more rewarding...) Anyways, for a more in depth explanation of what to expect on your time in SMDEP at Houston in particular, based on my experience. You will have the pleasure of staying on the Rice Campus for 6 weeks, you will get to know you're colleagues very well because you will be living with them and seeing them basically everyday. When there is free time i guarantee you will have fun, if you want you can PM me for more details... You take classes the revolve around the pre-med requirements, you will see speakers that will teach you how to budget (if) you get in to medical school, how to be healthy in medical school, and how to interview, and much much more. There are also pre-med and pre-dent students that somewhat "supervise" all the students there, but they are there are resource for you primarily! You will take a pre and post test. Do as well as you can for these, for your personal satisfaction, there are rewards. Enjoy your summer simultaneously, it's almost a trade off of how well you want to do academically, and leisurely.
Tldr; exposed to pre-med required classes, shadowed once or twice, exposed to medical and some dental students, established a social life.
Just out os curiousity, what is this program for? and why would one want to do this? and when does one do this? I have no idea and willing to learn about it firsthand from those who has been part of it. Thanks
It's a Summer Medical and Dental Program for those who are planning to ( or are interested) in going to medical school and dental school. And it's only for freshman and sophomores in college. You can read more about it on their site http://smdep.org/about/program-overview/
I'm going to the site at UVA this summer and they basically said we are required to wear "business casual" attire during instructional times... don't know about the other sites. From what I gathered you're free to do whatever you want on the weekends and they also plan trips to amusement parks and stuff like that.
I applied to Houston, Virgina, and Washington. Mine only says in review at Houston so I doubt their full but it is weird that we're only in review for one place...
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Finally finished studying for my Middle Eastern Politics exam and even though I'm exhausted, I had to check the forum. Less than a week left! Best of luck to everyone. I've been in review for Houston, Rutgers, and UCLA since March 4th and submitted my application by March 1st. I am worried though because they didn't get one of my LORs which was from a professor who knew me better and he approved that he did send it in. It's weird because he faxed it two days before my other professor and SMDEP did receive the 2nd letter. I emailed them and they said that it wouldn't affect my chances of getting accepted- which I hope is a valid statement.
I applied to exactly all the same schools as you! Under your location it says Chicago, is that right? Cause I am also from Chicago! Haha small world!
Hahaha that's funny, yes I am from Chicago! I go to Loyola.
Interesting! I go to UIC. I got into Huston and Rutgers but not UCLA 🙁 Going to Rutgers so if you decide going there let me know!
So I'm kind of bummed that Louisville prohibits enrollment of an online class during the SMDEP session, but I really need it to graduate on time. Does anyone know how strenuous Louisville's program will be? Considering their program offers academic credit. Another curious question, has anyone attempted to take an online course while they're in the SMDEP program?
Sweet! I have a lot of friends who go to UIC! And yeah, I'm really hoping to get into UCLA, it's my first choice but I know it's super competitive so I guess I'll see, if not UCLA, Rutgers was my next choice. 🙂
I read somewhere that someone got waitlisted. But its probably more on the acceptance/rejection side.
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Hey guys! I've been stalking this page for a while. But any who, I am extremely nervous.
Sites: Duke, Rutgers, and UoW
My stats:
African American female
3.37 GPA
Extra curricular activities- STEM program, President of my campus, President of The Meek Achievers
LOR from chem professor and calculus professor.
I completed my app about 2 days from the March 1st deadline
Sites: Duke, Rutgers, and UoW
My stats:
African American female
3.37 GPA
Extra curricular activities- STEM program, President of my campus, President of The Meek Achievers
LOR from chem professor and calculus professor.
I completed my app about 2 days from the March 1st deadline
It's really difficult to understand what they are looking for because there's some people with perfect GPA's who didn't get in 🙁 and my GPA is terrible,but what I heard is that they look for students who needs an extra push
P.s.
lol I also forgot to include that I am A sophomore
P.s.
lol I also forgot to include that I am A sophomore
Good luck to those still waiting for a decision! If you get accepted to the UVA site remember to join the Facebook page!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/345305095671918/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/345305095671918/
Does anyone know what time the decisions are posted? Like I know they're up at midnight..but is it central or eastern time?
What is everyone going to do to pass the time until decisions come out?
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Luckily I have class until 10:50pm lol
It is 12 eastern time so right when the east coast hits midnight!
Luckily, I had an exam today and a presentation at 5 So when that's all done then I'll have like 6 brutal hours left. I guess then I'll stand keep refreshing my page to no new information and keep checking this thread
Eeeeeeeep I cannot wait 🙂 time is ticking. 7 hours left yippeeee!
Now my day is done the wait is starting to get to me.
Omg, less then two hours remaining! Where is everyone???? Where's the hype!!
I know right! I am super nervous, I really don't know what to expect
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Lol yessss! I just realized that my app was processed by March 12 but my sites were in review around that same Tim. Is that a good or bad sign?
^No clue
OH MY GOSH GUYS!!! Only one more hour!
OH MY GOSH GUYS!!! Only one more hour!
I seriously need to find something to distract me for 25 more minutes.
Let's see what happens. No matter what PRAISE THE LORD 😀
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