Summer Academic Enrichment Program (SAEP)
Eligibility requirements
Any current college juniors, seniors, graduates and post-baccalaureate students who are preparing to apply to a dentistry, medicine, pharmacy or physical therapy health professional school or program.
Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 2.75, and have completed three years of college coursework, including organic chemistry I and II, (note; organic chemistry not required for physical therapy track). All applicants must have U.S. citizenship or Permanent Resident status.
Program description
SAEP is a six-week summer program that simulates the first-year of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy or physical therapy professional school instruction. Participants take academically intensive instruction in each of their chosen tracks in addition to non-credit core-coursework in virtual anatomy (head and neck), pharmacology and physiology. SAEP participants attend learning skills and test-taking workshops, mock interviews, professionalism seminars, current health care topics, coaching and community service activities in an interprofessional framework. At the conclusion of the program, participants receive an assessment of their readiness to attend professional school.
A modest stipend is provided to participants. Commitment to full attendance, including an orientation session and closing event, is required to participate.
Dates
May 24 - July 1, 2022
Location
TBD
Allied Health Career Exploration (ACHE)
Eligibility requirements
Any rising and current college freshmen, sophomores and juniors who are interested in patient counseling, clinical laboratory sciences, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nurse anesthesia, rehabilitation counseling, radiation sciences, health administration and gerontology as health careers.
Program description
AHCE is a two-week summer for students interested in any of the nine health career programs offered by the VCU College of Health Professions. Participants meet weekdays for full-day department/degree program admissions information, hands-on and interactive activities within each discipline, workshops on current health care topics, interviewing skills, resume development and more. AHCE participants receive the necessary information to pursue a School of Allied health Professions application process.
Students are required to provide their own transportation to and from the program site on a daily basis. Lunch and any resource materials required to participate in the program will be provided at no cost to participants. Commitment to full attendance, including an orientation session and closing event, is required to participate.
Dates
June 13 - 24, 2022
Location
VCU Health Campus.
**Location subject to health guidances from VCU's Office of the President.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, physical distancing guidelines necessitated a virtual was implementated in SAEP in 2020 and 2021 rather than the traditional on-site/residential model. As a result, we are proud to share that the program was successfully facilitated online for over 100 participants over both Summers. We will continue following the healthcare guidelines mandated by VCU in accordance with the Commonwealth of Virginia as we plan ahead for SAEP 2022. Regardless of the program's format, we are working diligently to ensure that SAEP 2022 participants will also have a valuable and transformative experience during the upcoming summer as well.Please continue to monitor our website for updates regarding the residential component of SAEP 2021 and in the meantime, we look forward to reviewing your application!
Contact information
VCU Pipeline Team at (804) 827-0982 or pipelineapp@vcu.edu.