MCAT Immersion Program

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The QU MCAT Immersion program is designed to increase the number of underrepresented students in medicine scoring competitively on the MCAT and being accepted into medical school programs.

Requirements:
The applicant must be a college junior, senior or postgraduate who has completed all prerequisite science courses (biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, and statistics/math) with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better, and is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Each student must have her/his own laptop computer.

There is no cost to participate. Financial support, along with a travel and housing allowance, will be provided.

Application Process:

·         Complete the online application

·         Write 500-word essay, typed and double-spaced, on the topic: Why should you be chosen for the MCAT Immersion program?

·         Submit a recommendation letter, written and mailed by a science faculty member or an employer for those who are no longer enrolled.

·         Submit all official transcript(s), mailed directly from the institution.

Mailing address:
Charles Collier 
Quinnipiac University
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
275 Mount Carmel Ave.
Hamden, CT, 06518-1908

For more information about the QU MCAT Immersion program, contact Charles Collier, assistant dean, health career pathways, at [log in to unmask].