HEALTH SCIENCES SEMINAR (HSS) PROGRAM
Designed to target 6th - 8th grade West Virginia minority  and disadvantaged students and their parents with an interests in science, math, and/or health sciences.

HSS Program Flier

HSS Application 

PRELIMINARY EDUCATION (PE) PROGRAM
This component is designed to enhance the student's college-level basic knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in health career goals and to familiarize the student with the medical, dental, pharmacy, medical technology, dental hygiene, physical therapy, occupational therapy professions and other allied health professions. Eligibility: Current high school senior (as of  Fall 2010) that has interest in dental hygiene only or an incoming college freshman (Fall 2010) with an interest in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medical technology and dental hygiene.

Term: Summer residency for six weeks starting June 12 – July 23, 2010

Location: On the campus of West Virginia University

PE Program Flier
PE Application     (Incoming College Freshmen)

Application Deadline - April 17, 2010
ONLINE Application
Click here for our NEW ONLINE APPLICATIONS
You need two Recommendations -  Recommendation Form (Adobe Acrobat/PDF) PAPER Application
PE Application (Adobe Acrobat/PDF)
You need two Recommendations -  Recommendation Form (Adobe Acrobat/PDF)
 

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FACILITATING ENTRY (FE) PROGRAM
This component is designed to enhance the competitiveness of students as they prepare to apply to schools or programs of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy. The Facilitating Entry program includes a review for either the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), the Dental Admission Test (DAT), the Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT); preparation for the application and interviewing process including mock interviews; shadowing in health care clinics and/or research laboratories.

Eligibility: Currently enrolled in college

Term: Six week residency during summer prior to admission test to professional school

Location: West Virginia University campus

FE Program Flier
FE Application (College Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors)

  Application Deadline - April 3, 2010
ONLINE Application
Click here for our NEW ONLINE APPLICATIONS
You need two Recommendations - Recommendation Form (Adobe Acrobat/PDF)

PAPER Application
FE Application (Adobe Acrobat/PDF)
You need two Recommendations - Recommendation Form (Adobe Acrobat/PDF)
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RETENTION (RE) PROGRAM
(Students entering first year Medical School)
This component is designed to benefit those who have been accepted to one of the health professions schools. It is designed to assist students in developing the skills needed to succeed in an interdisciplinary curriculum, to identify any academic or social problems early, and to provide assistance or referral for solving these problems.Eligibility: Currently accepted or has applied to schools of dentistry or medicine.

Term: Four-week program for summer prior to enrollment in and throughout professional school years

Location: West Virginia University campus

Program FlierThere will not be a 2010 Summer Retention Program  RE Application Click here for our NEW ONLINE APPLICATIONS RE Application (Adobe Acrobat/PDF)

You need two Recommendations - RE Recommendation Form (Adobe Acrobat/PDF)

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