| Pipeline Summer Program:
The application deadline for Pipeline has been extended from March 1 until March 25.
THE PIPELINE PROGRAM is a six week on-campus residential program designed to enhance your science academic skills and facilitate continued academic success in undergraduate school. All academic activities will occur at the School of Dentistry from the end of May through early July. Transportation to the program and a stipend to assist with expenses is available for qualified students. The program includes the following components:
Science "Mini-courses"
Abbreviated didactic courses in biology, chemistry and physics.
Academic Skill Building
- Learning styles
- Reading comprehension
- Time management
- Note taking
- Test preparation
- Test-taking skills
Exposure to:
- School of Dentistry and Medical School admissions procedures
- Dental and medical career specialties
- Hands-on experiences simulating activities in clinical practice including: cavity preparation on plastic teeth, impression taking, exposing and processing radio- graphs and waxing tooth models.
Mentoring
You will be assigned dental student mentors who will orient you to the School of Dentistry and Medical Schools, and the University of Michigan. You will observe your student mentor in the School of Dentistry clinics.
Who Can Participate?
Freshman and Sophomore students from a disadvantaged background, which means a person who a) comes from an environment that has inhibited the individual from obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in a health professions school or comes from a program providing education or training in an allied health profession; or b) comes from a family with an income below a level based on low-income thresholds according to family size, published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Students who meet the following criteria may be eligible for this program:
- have an established cumulative college grade point average below 3.2 and above 2.0 or a science GPA below 3.0 and above 1.7
- are a U.S. citizen or a U.S. national.
For more information about this program contact:
Pattie Katcher, Program Coordinator
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
1011 N. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109 -1078
phone #: 734-763-3342
e-mail: hic@umich.edu
UMSD Admissions Page
Pipeline application
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