Pre-med Students Scholars Program in Organic Chemistry (SPOC)

A new ten week program at the University of Texan Southwestern offers college students an opportunity to learn organic chemistry in a controlled environment with an innovative and exciting approach.

-Students will be paired with an physician for clinical shadowing opportunities
-Begins June 1, 2010 through August 5, 2010
-Summer stipends provided for participants

Qualifications
-Underrepresented minority* or disadvantaged** undergraduates who will have completed general chemistry in college by June 2010
-SAT score between 1500 and 1900 or ACT score between 20 and 27
-Minimum GPA 3.0
-Must NOT have taken organic chemistry in college
-Participants responsible for locating their own housing in the Dallas-Fort Worth area during the summer of 2010

Application deadline: January 29. 2010

For more information

Contact:
Ada Granado, RN, MSN
Director of Minority Student Affairs
UT Southwestern Medical School

*Underrepresented minority students are defined as designated by the American Association of Medical Colleges as being underrrepresented in medicine as compared to their proportion representation in the general population (African American, Hispanic, Mainland Puerto Rican, Native American).

**Disadvantaged students are defined as designated by the Texas Joint Admissions Medical Program as financially eligible for a Pell grant and/or an Estimated Family Contribution of up to $8000 unless other evidence of economic disadvantaged status exists.