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The Admission scholarship program awards merit based scholarships to incoming students. No applicaiton is required as recipients are selected by the Admission Scholarship Advisory Committee. Scholarship awards from this committee are made starting in December and continue through the admission cycle. To be considered for an admission scholarship, you must be accepted to the College of Medicine M.D. program.  There is no application form for any of the Admission scholarship programs listed below– all accepted applicants are considered for incoming merit scholarships.

This committee comprehensively reviews a student’s undergraduate academic performance, Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) results, as well as other experiences/activities/leadership roles that the student was involved in before applying to the College of Medicine. Students selected for an Admissions scholarship are initially notified by telephone followed by a formal award letter sent by mail. 

About 1 in every 7 incoming students receives an admission scholarship. These scholarships range from $1000 to as much as $20,000 per year with many of the scholarships renewable for all four years of medical school.

Students need to read the information that accompanies their award letter to determine the renewal eligibility and criteria of their scholarships. Students that receive these scholarships after they receive their original award letter will be sent a revised award letter.

Endowed Admissions scholarships
This program is funded by various donors who have given to the College of Medicine. These scholarships are awarded to students based on a variety of criteria and are determined by the Admission Scholarship Advisory Committee.

Dean’s Scholarship
This program awards scholarships to those students who show a commitment to academic excellence.  This is a four-year scholarship renewable to a maximum of 14 quarters of enrollment in the College of Medicine as long as the student remains in the top half of the class.

Achievement Scholarship
Based on achievement, this scholarship program awards several four-year renewable scholarships up to a maximum of 14 quarters of enrollment in the College of Medicine.

College Merit Scholarship
This scholarship program offers four-year renewable scholarship awards and is based on outstanding academic performance. These scholarships are renewable up to a maximum of 14 quarters of enrollment in the College of Medicine.

College Supplemental Scholarship
These are one-year, non-renewable scholarships. These scholarships are typically awarded to students as a supplement to certain Endowed Admission Scholarships. Incoming students receiving these funds must remain in good academic standing to retain this scholarship.

Admissions Scholar
These are one-year, non-renewable scholarships given to high achieving incoming medical students.