Pathway to Medicine information session
Watch our B/MD Pathway to Medicine information session from September 12, 2024.
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Good afternoon. Everyone. Welcome to our webinar on the Bmd. Pathway to medicine program. My name is Jamie Sperandio. I'm the program director for the Bmd. Program here at Iu, Indianapolis, within the School of Science. And so we are gonna get started. I do wanna let everybody know that we are recording. Today's webinar and we plan to have the recording for the webinar available. On the Bmd program website. At some point next week. So welcome! Just a little bit of a roadmap for what we're gonna cover today. So I am gonna start off. We're gonna do a little bit of an overview of the Iu Indianapolis School of Science. I'm gonna talk specifically about the Bmd pathway to medicine program. What? The program looks like what the application requirements and the application process is. We're gonna talk a little bit about the Iu school of medicine, and then we'll have time at the end for a. QA. If you have questions. Please don't hesitate to put those into the QA. Feature which you can find in the kind of toolbar at the bottom of your zoom. You can put those questions in throughout the webinar, and then, as we get to the QA. Alright. So let's get started. So 1st and foremost I just wanna you know, welcome you all here on behalf of the School of Science. We're really excited to be able to share some information about the school of science and are you Indianapolis with you today? So for those of you who are maybe a little bit less familiar with the school. And I am Indianapolis campus. So we are an urban public research institution. We're located right in the downtown area of Indianapolis. Says it's a 15 min walk from downtown. But really that's more like a 15 min walk from Circle Center, which is the very heart of downtown we are fortunate enough to be situated in an area that allows our students plethora of research and internship opportunities. With major companies. Eli Lab course, salesforce. Roche. As well as kind of the traditional college experience that students are looking for. So whatever it is that you're looking for in a science program you can absolutely find it here in the School of Science. Just a little bit about us. So we are the number one Urban Research Center in the State of Indiana. We have the 1st and only accredited forensic science program in the State of Indiana. It's a program we're very proud of. Within the school itself. We have over a million dollars in scholarships and financial aid to students each year. And our researchers have been named among the top 2 of scientists. By the Stanford list, which is a a reputation that we're very proud of. So within our faculty, about 60 of our faculty currently have research awards meaning. They have active. Research projects that they're working on. We'll talk a little bit about how students can get involved in research. But we are very proud of the fact. That a large portion of our faculty have active research projects that they're working on, and that students can get involved in those. Very, very early. When it comes to outcomes so 87 of our undergrad. We'll graduate with a job. We're continuing education opportunity. Within 6 months. About a 3rd of our students go on to some sort of continuing education opportunity. Usually some sort of graduate or professional school, including medicine. We currently have about 21 million dollars in external research funding. So that comes from mostly large. You know, national grants things like National Science Foundation, nih. The National Institute of Health. So we're very fortunate to have a really good funding for our research, which translates into lots of opportunities for our students. We also have a really strong student to faculty ratio. So overall, we're looking at a 17 to one student to faculty ratio. So it gives students an opportunity. To connect with their faculty on and develop those really important relationships and mentoring opportunities. We also have 5 medical research centers on or near the campus so within about a mile and a half. And we do have shuttles that run around the campus that will run to each of these medical research centers. So our students have a lot of opportunities to get involved. And a lot of different research and clinical situations without having to venture too far from the Indianapolis campus. When it comes to our programs. These are the undergraduate degrees that we offer. So we have both a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in Biology we have a Bachelor of Arts and an American Chemical Society, certified Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. We have a bachelor of science and Environmental sciences, and both a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of science in geology. We have a bachelor of science in forensic and sciences. Again, that is, the only feedback accredited forensics program in the State of Indiana. We have a bachelor of science in math. That has a couple of different concentrations. So students can focus on actuarial science, mathematics, or pure mathematics along with mathematics, teaching. We have a bachelor of science in neuroscience, a bachelor of science in physics, and then a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of science in psychology. So we're very fortunate that the school of science here runs. A very broad array of undergraduate programs for students, and students can really kind of find their fit within any of our programs. When it comes to research. So over 120 of our faculty are engaged in a variety of different research initiatives. We have opportunities for science students as early as their freshman year to get involved in research programs. Including 1st semester of their freshman year. So 2 of the big programs, the 1st year research program is a campus wide program that's run out of the office of Research. That connects 1st year students in their very 1st semester. To research programs across all of our schools. So school of science. School, public health school, Medicine, school of Dentistry, Liberal arts. Heron. We have research programs happening in all of our schools. So that's a really great opportunity for students in that very 1st semester to get. A little bit of experience about what it means to work at a research lab. In a variety of programs that kind of fit their interest. Specifically to science. We also have the 1st year science apprenticeship program. So that connects our students to research opportunities specifically within the school of science. So within kind of our. 8 areas. And these are both paid opportunities. So students are not only getting access to understanding what you know, research really looks like on a college campus, and in an academic setting to, you know, connecting with. Graduate students and faculty mentors in those research programs. But they're also being compensated for their time. In addition, there are a couple of other programs that are open to students. So the Beckman scholars program is open to specifically biology and chemistry students. We have a life health sciences internship program that is open to students in their sophomore or their junior year, that connects them with both clinical and bench research opportunities. Both within the school medicine school of dentistry, but also in some of the hospitals that are near campus. So we have some students who are doing their research at, you know, Methodist hospital or University hospital, or Eski. Kind of depending on. Who the mentor is that they're working with. And then we have plenty of opportunities for students to get involved in faculty research that are not connected directly to one of these 4 programs. So there's plenty of opportunities for students to build those connections with a specific mentor who's doing research that they're interested in. In addition to kind of all of the research opportunities that we have for students. We also have a lot of academic and support resources for students on our campus. So on an academic perspective. Our learning center. The Beto learning center provides academic support and tutoring for services for students. In a wide variety of courses, that they may be taking across. The campus, whether that's general education, coursework or their science coursework and then most of our departments within the school have their own resource centers to help support students academically. So we have a biology resource center chemistry resource center the math assistance center, our physics learning space and our psychology resource center. And then we also have a speakers lab which. Specifically targets students who are taking public speaking courses. And then we also have a writing center that helps students not only with their, you know, English composition courses, but really any course that they have that has a writing component to it. In addition to the academic support resources, we have a number of just student support resources. So our adaptive educational Services office. Works with students who have a documented disability to get them connected to the accommodations that they need to be successful within. An academic setting. We have 2 mental health centers on campus. So we have caps which is our counseling and psychological services office. That provides individual and group therapy as well as access to medication. And then we have the Mental health center which is actually housed within the School of Science. Within our clinical psychology department that provides individual Individual therapy sessions for students, as well as access to some psychometric testing. And then we do have what we call help Mear. It's a resources website that helps connect students both to resources that we might have on the Iu Indianapolis campus as well as community resources and a wide variety of areas. It could be things like helping students, who have food, insecurity or housing issues. To additional types of social services within both the University and the Indianapolis community. So, regardless of what kind of students are looking for. We do have a resource that we can help connect them to to get those needs met. Beyond the classroom we have a wide variety of student organizations. So Iuapolis, as a whole, has more than 400 student organizations. That students can get involved in within the school of science. We have over 30 organizations that are directly you know, kind of tied to our school. We have a lot of major related clubs. So things like biology, club forensic Science Club, Chemistry club math club. We have plenty of pre professional clubs. So things like the Pre Med Club, the Prete Club, the Pre Dental Club. There are specialty clubs. So we have a woman in Science club, minor science and technology club and then we have Vita health partnerships, which is one of the largest student organizations on campus. They provide. A lot of volunteer opportunities for students to get involved in a variety of different health. Capacities. So they do all of the front desk check in and kind of management process for the Iu student outreach click. They also have volunteer opportunities for students. To get involved in some of the K through 12 schools that are near us to help. It's a program called goal that helps students learn about healthy eating and activity They have both domestic and international service trips. They do a variety of different advocacy. Kind of components on campus. So we're really excited about that. And then campus as a whole has several campus traditions. The biggest one that we kind of focus on in the fall is regatta. So that's our kind of homecoming tradition. It happens in late September. So if you're familiar with the downtown Indianapolis area, the canal is just a short couple of minute walk from our campus. Regatta is a canoe race that we run on a Saturday. It runs all day. Students, faculty staff alumni get involved and race canoes. Up and down the canal and help, you know, kind of raise money for student scholarships. In the spring we have Jogathon, which is our dance, Marathon. So that is an event that helps support the Riley Children's Hospital and their pediatric research. And then at the end of every year we have a carnival to kind of celebrate the end of the academic year. So that's called Jagapaluza. We clear out one of the parking lots and bring in a whole bunch of fun. Carnival rides and games and carnival food. And it's just a really great opportunity for students to get to kind of celebrate the end of the academic year. Alright. So let's talk a little bit about the Bmd pathway to medicine program. This is a program that we are very excited to be offering here at Iowa, and specifically within the school of science. It is the only pathway program that the Iu School of Medicine. Currently has. So it is a conditional admission to the Iu School of Medicine Md program. For beginning freshman students who've been admitted into one of the eligible majors within the school of science. So part of the program that we really focus on is helping students build that kind of foundation for the medical education that they'll be pursuing once they get into medical school, so they get some special curriculum. They have access to some special advising and mentoring both within the program as well as within the school medicine. There's some Mcat preparation components, and then they have access. To some clinical or research experiences, as well. So when we're talking about eligible majors, there are specific majors that students would need to apply to in order to be eligible for the Bmd pathway to medicine program, and those are listed here on the slide. So that's either the BA. Or the Bs and biology, the BA or the Bs in chemistry. The Bs and forensic and investigative sciences, the Bs and neuroscience. Science, the Bs and Physics, or the Bs. In psychology. So when students go to apply to Iuapolis, and we'll talk about the application process here shortly, they will want to apply to one of those specific majors. We have 2 tracks. In the program. So there is the traditional pathway. And this emulates what a traditional, pre medical student experience would look like. So students complete 4 years of undergraduate education here in the school of science. And then, upon admission to the Iu School of Medicine, they will complete 4 years of medical education. Over at the Med School. What this looks like is. Students will complete their medical school prerequisite coursework within the 1st 3 years of the program. And then they will take the Mcat and apply for admission to medical school at the end of the 3rd year. So this is what it looks like. For you know, any traditional Pre Med student who is coming into college and looking to you know, matriculate onto Med school. We also offer an accelerated pathway. So this is our 3 plus 4 track. And so this works slightly different. It is a very accelerated and rigorous program. So students will complete their undergraduate education in the school of science in 3 years. And then upon admission to the School of Medicine, they will complete 4 years of medical education at the Med School. So what this looks like is a little bit of a condensed version. Students will complete those medical school prerequisites within the 1st 2 years of that 3 years that they're here at the School of Science. And they will take the Mcat and apply for admission to Med school. At the end of their second year. So the way that we do with the tracks is that once students have been admitted to the program, they'll work with their program advisor, which is me to determine which pathway they're gonna pursue. There's a lot of individual factors that kind of go into this, and we have discussions about which. Pathway makes the most sense. If students choose to start in the accelerated pathway, there is an option. For them to decelerate into the traditional pathway all the way up until the fall before they up the fall that they would apply to medical school. There is no opportunity for the students in the traditional pathway to accelerate. Past the 1st semester only because they would be behind in the coursework. So once students are admitted into the program. We do have annual review and promotion in order for students to stay active in the program and remain eligible for that conditional. So the 1st thing that we look at is their Gpa. So that is a overall Gpa, which is cumulative. So every course that they've taken as well as what we call the Bcpm or the science Gpa, so that's biology, chemistry and physics, math courses. And those are calculated As Amcast calculates them, which is the application of medical school, and so at the end of every year there are Gpa. Cut offs for students to remain eligible in the program, and you can see those in the table on this slide. Those various slightly between the accelerated or the traditional pathway. But essentially by the end of the year. That they would be applying to Med School. They would need to have at least a 3 Gpa. Both overall and Bcpm. And then by the time they finish their undergraduate course, work right before they matriculate into medical school, they would need to have a 3.7 in order to to keep that eligibility. In addition. At the end of the 1st year of the program students will complete an interview with the School of Medicines Committee. So that happens very early in the summer in May. as a means of, you know, kind of checking in and making sure that the students that we're admitting into the next year are able to carry on a conversation, and have, you know, some basic. Strong communication skills. And then, by the time they apply into the school of medicine, they are required to complete a minimum of 40 h. Of approved volunteer clinical Service. And so that's something that the approved volunteer clinical service has to be approved by the School of Science. And we work with students on that throughout their undergraduate care, so that they have accumulated those 40 h. By the time they're ready to apply into their program. So what does the admissions requirements look like? In addition to meeting the Gpa requirements, to get into the school of medicine, students have to complete the prerequisite coursework. So all students who apply to medical school, whether they're applying to the school medicine or any other medical school in the Us. Need to complete prerequisite coursework that will prepare them for medical education. And so that's 1 year each of general chemistry and organic chemistry, both with labs. One year of general biology, with labs, one year of general physics, with labs. One semester of biochemistry. And then one semester each of a social science and a behavioral science course. And so those courses make up the foundation of the content that is then assessed. When students take the Mcat exam prior to applying to Med school. For the Iu School of Medicine and the Bmd program students must. Earn at least a 5 12 on their Mcat exam. And that includes no sub score below a 1, 25. So there are 4 subsections to the Mcat. They have to have at least a 1 25 on each segment as well as a 5, 12. Kind of composite score, and that has to be completed by September first.st Prior to their matriculation into med school. They also will complete the mcast application. That is a medical school requirement. All students who are applying to medical school must complete the Mcs application. Once the students have completed all of this. They will get a if they are offered admission to the School of Medicine. They will get that offer in late September, early October, and they must commit to attend Iu by October 31.st That is a binding commitment. So once they've made that commitment, they're not eligible to apply to other medical schools at that point. So applying to the Bmd program. So for those of you who are going to be starting college in fall of 25. So next fall our application is currently open. It is open to incoming 1st year students only. They must be directly admitted to the school of science as a part of their Iu Indianapolis application. We do have a test score requirement. So although you Indianapolis is. Test optional. The Bmd program is not. Students can choose to take either the sat or the sat. Some of our students choose to take both. That's fine. The minimum score for the sat. Is a 1,400 sat total. With a 6 70 minimum in math. The minimum score for the act is a 30 composite with a minimum, 29 in math. If students choose to take both exams. We will take whichever score crosses the threshold, so if they meet the requirement in the sat, but they don't meet the requirement in the sat. That's fine. We'll go by the sat score. They also have to have a high school unweighted Gpa. Of a 3 or higher. We do know that a lot of high schools are running on a weighted Gpa, and that's great. but for our application we do calculate the unweighted Gpa, just to make it a level playing field for everyone, because different high schools. Wait their gpas differently. They also have to be a Us. Citizen or permanent resident at the time of application, and this is directly tied to the medical school. I use school medicine. Only admit students who are Us. Citizens or permanent residents. So when you fill out the Iu Indianapolis application you'll indicate your citizenship status, and that will help determine whether you're eligible to complete the application to the Bmd program. So what does this look like? The very 1st step is applying to? Are you in Indianapolis, in one of those eligible majors. You can apply to Iu Indianapolis 2 ways. You can either use the common app. Or you can use our Iu app information on both of those is found on the Iuapolis Admissions website. Once the student completes their application and submits that application. They will then get information from the Admissions office on what we call their applicant portal when you when an applicant then signs into their applicant portal, if they meet. 3 criteria they will be able to access the Bmd application. So criteria number one is, they applied to one of those eligible majors. Criteria. 2 is, they have a Us. Citizenship or permanent resident status, as of that application, submission. And criteria. 3 is that they're self reported. Gpa is at least a 3. As long as you meet those 3 criteria you'll be able to access the Bmd. Application in the portal. The application of the Bmd program does have some additional requirements to it. So we do require that students submit a curriculum vte or a Cv. That just outlines their relevant experience. We do have information on our website as well as within the application about what kinds of things should be on the Cv. We also have a Cv template that students can use to complete. To kind of make that very easy. There's also a brief essay explaining their interest in becoming a physician. And then contact information for a high school or college teacher, school counselor, or principal, who will be writing their letter of recommendation. All we need at that point is the contact information that will then generate an email to that individual to submit their letter of recommendation into the students. Application. In addition, students will need to submit their sat or act scores, their official scores. Directly from you know the college board as well as their High School transcripts. From their High School. So the application itself closes on December 1, st 2024. So students will need to have the the Bmd application submitted by December first.st And then all of these supplemental materials. The official score sat or act scores. The letter of recommendation and the High school transcripts have to be received. By December 15.th Once. All of that is in on December 15.th then our Admissions Committee will work to review those applicants. We do promise to have decisions out to students by March of 2025. So there is a little bit of time between when the application closes and when those decisions come out, because the applicants have to be reviewed by our Admissions Committee. Just a little bit of information about the Iu school of science and our kind of ability. To support students and get them into medical school, as well as some other kind of relevant. Health programs. So it's important to know that these graduate level health programs are extremely competitive. So nationally, around half of applicants. Will receive admissions offers each year. You can see, for fall of 23. The students who started those programs and fall of 2023. The national average for medicine was 46% of applicants. Nationally, we're offered admission. The I use school of science. We had 66% of our students. Offered admission. Similarly, for dentistry, the national Admissions rate was 56. We were able to get 70 of our students in and so forth. And then you can see the fall 2023 data as well. So historically, our students are performing well above the national average in terms of getting students. Admitted into these programs. And that really is a testament to the education that they're getting here at the School of Science. As well as some of the support services that they're receiving. So one of those support services is the office that I oversee. So that's we call it the Preps. It's the pre Professional and Career Preparation Office. So we are the career services and pre Health Advising office for the entire school of science. We provide graduate and professional schooling career advising for students. We help them explore majors and careers. We help them kind of with all of those aspects that go into their professional goals. The one thing that I will say that is unique about the Iu Indianapolis campus is that my office is housed within the school of science. So I have a staff of 3. We support approximately 200 students. At, are you Indianapolis? So those are all of the students within the school of science. Other Campuses. Generally have an office of similar size. In fact, both Iu, Bloomington and Purdue University, West, Lafayette have offices of the exact same staff size. Small staffs of 3. But they are both central offices, and so they are, supporting the entire university, which for both of those campuses is about 45,000 students. So we are really fortunate to be able to provide services for a much smaller population. We get to know our students very well, and their goals. And can really kind of connect them to the opportunities as well as provide them, you know, really solid assistance in terms of. Their application, reviewing personal statements, helping them with the application process. Helping them prepare for interviews those types of things. And so that really translates into those admission statistics. Alright. And then, briefly, I'm just gonna talk a little bit about the Iu school of medicine. So the Iu School of Medicine is the largest Md. School in the United States. They have approximately 360. Entering medical students each year across the state of 9 campuses. Here's the data for the entering class of 24. So 365 students, 44% of those were women identifying students. The average age of their incoming students is 23 with a very wide age range of 22 to 42 this year, about 86% of those students were Indiana residents that does fluctuate. Iu does not have any. Specific target percentage. So for the fall of 2,023, that was about 78%. But they are bringing in students from all you know across the Us. This year, in particular, across 18 different States. And about 2% of their incoming class had some form of advance to degree. So something more than just a bachelor's degree. The school medicine is a statewide system. So there are campuses across the State. We have 9 different campuses. Each of the campuses has a slightly different focus. And I'll I'll mention what those look like. In terms of what we call the scholarly concentrations. But it is an equitable educational system in the sense that all of the students are getting the exact same lectures. They're getting the exact same material, the exact same education, regardless of which campus they're completing their medical education at. There are 6 overarching elements. To the Iu school of medicine curriculum. So you can see those here. Integration of clinical experiences throughout the curriculum is something that's very important. There's some transition courses that students complete to kind of foster that shift into being a medical student, and they. And then again that shift into being a resident for their you know, postgraduate education. There's a statewide course leadership structure. Again, that kind of ensures that students are getting those kind of equitable experiences that all of the campus sites. And then they have aligned with the 6 acme competencies throughout all 4 years. One thing that's really special about the school medicine is that students are kind of put into the learning communities very early. They have very structured, mentoring and advising throughout all 4 years. That really helps to support them both in terms of internal mentoring from upperclassmen but also faculty and mentoring throughout their career. And then they've recently increased their electives during the clinical years, and that provides students the opportunity to really kind of do some career, exploration and professional development, and really determine kind of what are their specialties of interest before they go into that residency application process. The curriculum is implemented as an integrative curriculum, so that was started in it gives them again a lot more flexibility in their clinical clips a little bit more built in time for some self wellness. There are opportunities for both. Traditional lecture as well as small group instruction format within the curriculum. So students really have an opportunity to kind of benefit from You know, some really evidence based curricular structures. It's organized into 3 phases. So phase one is the focus on medical knowledge and basic sciences. So that's what you would traditionally think of is kind of the 1st 2 years of medical education in terms of a little bit more didactic classroom experience. But that is enhanced phase. One is enhanced with. Some very important clinical correlations and some early clinical skills training phase, 2 focuses on developing those clinical skills. Before students move into Phase 3, where they're really getting that individualized and advanced clinical learning. Before they move into Residency. These are the 6 acme competencies that I mentioned earlier. So these are our focus from the accreditation body for graduate medical education. They focus on patient care, interpersonal communication skills, medical knowledge, professionalism, practice, learning and improvement and systems based practice. And so that, knowing that these are the core competencies that students will be focusing on medical in their medical education, we kind of weave some of that into the undergraduate component of the Bmd program, as well. One thing that's really unique about the Iu school of medicine is the scholarly concentrations. So students have an opportunity in addition to the base. Medical education that every medical student at Iu school of Medicine gets. They have an opportunity to kind of focus on these optional, scholarly concentrations in areas of their interest. If they would like. So there's a wide variety of scholarly concentrations. That students can choose to pursue. All of these scholarly concentrations are eligible to any student at any campus, however. There are certain campuses that kind of focus on certain scholarly concentrations. So, for example, students who are really interested in urban that focus happens at our Northwest campus, and Gary. Students who are really interested in rural health. That scholarly concentration is kind of the focus of the Terrote campus. And Evansville. There's a focus on quality and innovation and healthcare. So students can also kind of tailor their campus of interest to their scholarly concentration. If they would like. In addition to the Md program, there are 2 masters level dual degree programs that I use. School medicine offers. One is an Mdm degree. And that's in collaboration with the Kelly School of business. And then the other one is an Mdmph. And that is in collaboration with the School of Public Health. In addition. They are working on the construction of a brand new medical education and research building. So this will kind of centralize all of the medical education and research into kind of one core building for our Md. Students. It is scheduled to open at some point in 2025 so absolutely by the time the students who are in the Bmd program have matriculated into the medical school. This will be kind of their home. For medical education. It's a really outstanding state of the Art Building with some really excellent. New technology and opportunities for our students. So we're very excited about that. Alright! So I'm gonna transition now into the Q&A session. I am. Gonna start with the questions that have already been submitted. But if you have questions again. Please submit those into the QA feature that you can find at the bottom of your toolbar. So the 1st question says, what percentage of people who interview with the Iu school of Medicine Admissions Committee are then dropped from the program? Or is it mainly a formality. That is a great question. So we currently have our 1st cohort of Bmd pathway to medicine students who have started this fall. So none of those students have gone through that interview process yet. So I don't have hard numbers on that. However, we prep our students for this interview. It is. I don't want to say it's only a formality. It's not meant to be particularly. Terrifying to students. It's an opportunity for them to sit down with the Admissions Committee and for the Admissions Committee to learn a little bit about them. Why, they're interested in medicine. To make sure that they have. You know they can carry on a conversation that they have those foundational Communication skills. It's not meant to be an opportunity to necessarily drop individuals from the program. So I don't anticipate that we will really see students get dropped from the program specifically around that particular interview. How many retakes are the Bmd students allowed on the Mcat? That is an excellent question. So Though the way that the Mcat is structured is that students can. There's a maximum number of attempts that a student can complete in one calendar year, and that is 3. So students are allowed to complete up to those 3 takes. In that year. So I get that 5, 12. Score if they don't achieve it. From a Bm program. Perspective. They wouldn't be eligible to apply to the medical school that year. So depending upon whether they're in the accelerated track, and could potentially, you know, not in the accelerated track. If students end up. Not being able to apply to the school of medicine for this conditional admit through the Bmd program, they're still eligible to apply as a regular decision. Outside of the Bmd program. And they would be considered just as equally as any other student who applies through regular decision. They just wouldn't necessarily have access to the conditional admission. Opportunity. But they have 3 takes at a year, so that you know likely shouldn't be a problem. The next question is, is the super score on the act considered, it is not so we don't super scores. So students would need to get that minimum composite or minimum score on one. Iteration of their sat or their t. Next question. Well, being on the Bmd program in the accelerated pathway, how many credits need to be completed for the Bs in biology. So the State of Indiana requires that students. Complete a hundred 20 credit hours. At a minimum to earn a bachelor's degree. From an accredited institution 6 on the accelerated pathway. 16 of those credits will come in the 1st year of medical school. So those 16 credit hours that they take in their 1st semester of med school count towards their bachelor's degree, so they would need to complete. A minimum of 104 credits. Through their undergraduate degree. However, they also have to meet all of the requirements for the degree, and so, depending upon how many credits students come in with. Oftentimes we see students coming in with a lot of credits. That they've gotten in high school from Ap. Exams or dual credit exams. But not all of those credits necessarily count towards degree requirements, so they would need to get. All of their degree requirements as well. Let's see. Just keep scrolling down on me. Do you use sat scores. To Bs admissions. If a part of a common app application, does it need to be sent again. So if you submit your official. Test scores. As a part of the application to the Iu School of Iuapolis admissions. That is, that is the exact same process that you would use for the Bmd application. It all goes into the same place I even test optional. So students don't have to submit their scores. But if they are. Then? Yes, that's fine. They do have to be official scores. So it's not just the self reported score in the application. It does have to be the official scores that come from either. You know the sat or the sat. How many students will be accepted for the Bmd program. So for the fall of 2025 will be, we will be accepting 25 students into the program. Does the Bmd program include a scholarship. That is a great question. So financial aid is actually Has a couple of different components to it. So Iuapolis can offer students scholarships based on a variety of different factors. As a part of the Bmd. Program, students will receive the Dean of Science. So all of the students who are admitted will get the Dean of science, scholarship. And then we strongly recommend that students also apply to the Honors college, because if you are eligible for the Bmd program. You are also likely eligible for the Honors college and the honors college provides. The largest. Scholarship to students at Iuapolis. For context last year. Every student who applied to the Honors college within the Bmd program was accepted into the Honors college so that is a way for students to get an additional scholarship. And then the second part of that question is, if I, Usm. Takes a student from Ind. Well, their campus for medical school be Indie, or one of the other medical school sites in the State. That is a great question. So The Bmd students. Have campus placement policies that follow the exact same policies as I use school medicines, early decision program. So that is currently based on their Gpa. And Mcat. And so students have to meet a certain threshold to be eligible for. The Indianapolis campus. And then within that there is no guarantee that students will get the Indianapolis campus. So the quick answer to that is, no, they're not guaranteed that they will get Indianapolis. However. One thing that the Bmd program and the early decision program has that the. Regular. Md. Admission program does not is that those students get priority. Preference. For their campus placement. Our Bmd. Application supported through the Coalition app. Coalition shows. Indiana University. Bloomington is a partner school, but not Iu. School of Medicine. So I'm not familiar with the Coalition app. Students have to apply to Iuapolis, either through the common app. Or through, ie. The Iu app, which they can use to apply to any of the Iu campuses. Those are the 2 ways. That students apply to Iu Indianapolis. And then, once they've submitted their application through either of those 2, then within their applicant portal, through Iuapse they will have access to the Bmd. Application itself. Next question, how will the interview and freshman year be to one regular premed students go through? It'll be similar there. By no means expecting that students are gonna have as sophisticated and answers as you know, our juniors and seniors who are applying to medical school. But it will be similar types of questions definitely like, Why are they interested in medical school? You know. What? There's competency based questions that are asked. So, without giving too much away, school medicine asks, there will be similar types of questions. But it won't be the exact same, because they're not expecting these students at the end of their 1st year of college. To kind of have all of that. Sophistication again, that our juniors and seniors have. Do we have a preference for in state versus out of state for the Bmd program? We do not. We don't have an official preference. The Admissions Committee for the Bmd program is made up of faculty from both the Iu School of Medicine as well as faculty from the Iu School of Science. So while they see a student state of that is one factor in about 18 other things that they're looking at. And quite honestly, it's not the most important factor. This year, I think we were at 66 or 67 Indiana residents. For the Bmd program and about. 30, 33, 34%. Came from other states outside of Indiana. I've already answered this. But no, we don't super test scores. Is there an interview to get into the Bmd program? So there is not. Students will submit their application. Once we've gotten all of their application materials, the admissions committee reviews. Those materials only, and we do not do an interview. For selection into the program. The only interview that students will complete is then, after their 1st year. When you said that you apply the on in the oncoming year. Does that mean the process? Has any parts in the senior year of high school, or can you only go through the process in freshman year of college. Great question. So students are applying as incoming freshmen. So seniors in high school now, who are going to start. College and fall of 2025, which would be next fall. The application is open to those students. We do not accept students in once they've matriculated to college. And then, if you have a student who's like a sophomore, a junior who's interested? Their application would not open until you know, like next year. So they're applying when they're applying. To college. Are there any interviews in the past after 1st year that end up? Rejecting Bmd students. So like, I said, we have our 1st cohort who have just started their 1st semester. So we have not even gotten through the 1st interview process. So we don't have any students that have been rejected out of the program based on that interview. But there are also no other interviews for students in the program. Past that one at the 1st year. You mentioned about the link appearing for the Bmd application post applying an Iu. Can you please reiterate that again? Yes. So let me go back to that slide really quickly. So you can see what I'm talking about. So Step, one students will apply to Iu Indianapolis into an eligible major, and again, that can be through the common app. Or that can be through the Iu app. Once that application has been submitted. Students will get an email from our admissions office with a link to their applicant portal. When they sign into their applicant portal. That's where they will see the Bmd application. So it will be within that applicant portal. And they will be able to complete the Bmd application within that portal. So usually very few to know people in the program or dropped after the interview. Correct also how many students apply, and how many students are accepted into the program. So again, we are in our 1st year of students. So we haven't had anybody go through the interview process yet. I don't anticipate that any of my students are gonna get dropped from the program. Based on that interview. But we haven't hit that process yet, so I can't give you a concrete yes or no to that. In terms of how many people apply. So last year we had 96 qualified applicants for the program for 20 spots. I. It was our 1st year. I assume we will have a similar applicant. To spot like spots. Have ratio so probably somewhere in the ballpark of. 100 to maybe a hundred 15 applicants for the 25 spots that we have just based on what last year looked like. How many seats are available for the Bmd program. So there are 25 seats for the fall of 2025. How does the Iu student outreach clinic work? That's a great question. So that is run by the Iu school of medicine. It is a free clinic that is available on Saturdays to the community. So it is staffed. Not only by students and faculty in Iu school of medicine, but it is an interdisciplinary clinic. So they have pharmacy. Students. From butler University. They have other health profession students from our campus. So they have PA students. Occupational therapy and physical therapy students. They have lost students. From the Mckinney School of law here at the Iuapolis campus. And they have social work students from the Iu school of social work to provide services. So all of those are provided by students who are in those graduate level programs and their faculty. The undergraduate students only manage the front desk. So they are checking clients in. They are getting basic information. They are helping with triage. And then they are getting those students. Or getting those patients. Back to the appropriate provider. They are not providing. Any. Actual Services other than just manning the front desk. And there is more information. If you Google, Iu student Outreach, there's more information about the student Outreach clinic on the School of Medicine's website. Is assigned to the Honors College. It is not. We had several students who are in the Bmd program this year who did not apply to the honors. College. It's just highly recommended, because that is a way for students to get access to in addition to You know, great mentoring and things that they're getting from our faculty. They're also getting some kind of extra support services from the Honors college. But most importantly, that's where our largest come from. Is the Honors college. Can you give approximate stats and range of the program. I'm not sure exactly what kind of stats you're asking about. I can give you some basic stats about the fall that just started so they are 50 female 50 male they are. Let's see. 60, I think 66, or 67 are in State students. The rest of them have come from a variety of different states across the Us. The average Gpa was a 3 point. 9, 4. And I, honestly off the top of my head, cannot remember what their average sat or sat. Scores were. However, here in a second. I'm gonna pop up. Any email address that you guys can send additional questions to if you send an email to them, to that email address, we can get you those stats as well. Okay. How does a student get the Bm supplemental essays link? So that is the essay is, and the Cv the link to submit. Those are within the application. So when students go into the applicant portal and start filling out the application, the link to submit the essay and the link to submit their Cv. Are in their as well. I've already answered. Is there a preference for in state or out of state? We don't have a preference. It's open to all students. Can the Bmd application be done through the common app? No. So the student has to complete their initial application to Iu Indianapolis. And then, once they've submitted that they will get an email from admissions with a link to their applicant portal, which is where they can track. They're iu Indianapolis. Application within that portal is where they will access. The Bmd application. If you can list approximately. How many students apply versus interviewed versus accepted. So for the Bmd program, we don't have an interview. So we had 96 applicants last year for 20 seats. Isn't the honors. College deadline first? st Yes and no. So the Honors college has 2 deadlines. Their largest scholarship. So there are 3 big ones. That the deadline for that is November first.st However, there is a 4th scholarship called the Chancellor. And students can apply for the Chancellor. All the way through. I think. Early February. There is a link on our website to the Honors college. Website that has all of the information about their application process. But yes, if students want to be considered for their 3 largest. The Presidential Theco, or the Plater. That deadline for the Honors College is November. That is a separate application. So students can submit the honors. College application by November first, st and still not submit our application until December first.st That would be fine. Does apply to the honors program help towards the Bmd application. It does not. We review applicants completely separately? So we don't. We encourage students to apply to both programs. But the admissions review and acceptance process is completely separate. In fact, I don't know. Who has been accepted into the Honors college until after we have made our decisions. What is the acceptance rate for the Bmd program? That is a great question. Let me do the math really quickly. So last year's acceptance rate was 20. For just under 21%. I'm concerned that this becomes conditional acceptance versus a guaranteed interview program. What information can you provide about that interview that makes us understand if it is a formality versus a full blown Mmi interview. Okay? So A guaranteed interview program is completely separate. That doesn't guarantee admission that just guarantees that a student gets an interview. To the medical school. This is not that. This is a conditional admissions program, which means, as long as students meet. All of those criteria. So the Gpa criteria, the Mcat scores. The 40 h of clinical and submit their application by the deadline. If they meet those criteria they will receive admission to the Iu School of Medicine. It's. Conditional admission, not guaranteed admission, because there are conditions. By which students have to meet in order to get that the Mcat score, the Gpa. etc. But it is. It is a step above a guaranteed interview. A guaranteed interview would just be you know, if a student applied and was guaranteed an interview, but not necessarily anything past that point. And then this is not an Mmi. So I use school medicine does not use the Mmi interview format. They do a traditional interview. So when students meet with the Admissions Committee at the end of the 1st year, they're just doing a traditional interview. Okay, can you give average Gp average and rank for accepted students last year? So again, average Gpa unweighted. Gpa. Was a 3 4 for accepted students. I I honestly don't remember. The average sat score off the top of my head. I wanna say it was above a 1,500 but again I on the next slide I'll have. In fact, I can pull it up right now. If you have additional questions you can send those questions to Iu. Indeed, admissions at Iu that will route to our admissions team. And they will be able to get that information to you. How does I? You know a student wants to apply for the Bmd program. So when a student. Submits their Bmd application through the applicant portal. That's how we know that they are interested in applying to the program. So we don't necessarily know that before then. If you have questions about, you know kind of the the process. Before that I would strongly recommend. Sending an email to the admissions team. They are happy to sit down with students and kind of answer questions that they have about the application process. What are decisions announced? So we will be contacting applicants. No later than March 1st of 25, with admissions, decisions. Yeah, so, march, first.st If students apply for the Honors college, are they automatically considered for the bigger scholarship? Or is there a separate application for the scholarship. So if you're talking about the honors colleges like 3 bigger scholarships. As long as they apply for By the November first, st then, they are eligible. For those 3 larger scholarships. If they apply after November first, st they're only eligible for the Chancellor's scholarship. In terms of what their application looks like. I actually don't know. That would be a question for the Honors college or the admissions team, they would be able to speak to the honors application itself. How many students are placed in the 7 year Accelerated track. So we don't place students in tracks. We have conversations with students about what track makes the most sense for them? This year as of right now. I have 13 students who are in the accelerated track. But I already have at least 2 students who are considering decelerating into the traditional pathway. Just based on the fact that They are, would like a little bit more time to kind of prepare for the Mcat. But we don't place them. That's a conversation that happens with me after a student is admitted into the program before they come for new student orientation in the summer. Does medical research count towards the 40 h of clinical experience? It does not. Research is a separate thing. The clinical experience is either medical service learning or clinical volunteering and shadowing. As long as students apply to Iu Indianapolis, and selects a major requirement in the portal. If they meet the criteria so they have to apply to one of the majors. They also have to have a they have to be a Us. Citizen or permanent resident. And that has to be indicated on their Iuapolis application. And then they also have to have a self reported Gpa. Of a 3.7 or above. If they meet those 3 criteria, then yes, they will be able to access the Bmd application within the portal. How do you indicate in the common app that this is for the Bmd. You can't. So the the Bmd application comes after students have applied. So they will apply first, st either through the common app or the Iu application. To, are you, Minneapolis? And then, once that application has been received. They'll get an email from admissions with. The link to their. Applicant portal, and that's where the application is. So it's not housed in the common app. And it's not housed in the Iu application. It comes after they have submitted those applications. For students not accepted into the Bmd program are they automatically considered for the science program? That is a great question. So students will actually get their admissions decision from Iu, Indianapolis prior to their admissions. Decision to the Bmd program. So when students apply to Iu, Indianapolis. I think the 1st round of admissions decisions are scheduled to go out here in the next like week or 2. But after that they'll be turning over those decisions. You know, within about 2 weeks. So students will actually know if they've been accepted to Iu, Indianapolis and school of science before they find out that they have been whether they've been admitted to the Bmd program and their admissions to the Bmd program. No bearing on their admission to the degree program in the school of science. So the students been admitted into the degree program and not admitted into the Bmd program. They still maintain that admission into the School of Science and that degree program. Could you provide my contact information if any questions come up in the future? So actually, all questions need to go to our admissions office. So that's the email address that is, on this slide. The Iu admissions at Iu Edu and that will route to Aj. Booker, who is our admissions counselor for the program, and he will be able to answer questions. If there are questions that Aj. Can't answer, he'll pass them on to me. But all of the questions. Go to admissions first.st Is the application for Bmd released after acceptance, and I use school science, or before so. So the application they can access before their decision. So once they've applied again, they'll get an email from the Admissions office with the link to their applicant portal. That's where they can track all of their stuff, and they'll be able to access the the Bmd. Application. They will get their. Campus. Admissions, decision. Before we have done. Admissions decisions for the Bmd program, but they don't have to wait to be admitted. To Iund in order to complete the Bmd application. They can do that as soon as they've gotten access to their portal. Okay. Is there a fee waiver for applying to Iu through the common app? That is a great question that I don't know. The answer to if you email iu admissions at Iu, they would be able to give you information on any type of fee waivers for the the common app. Our Ap. Credits accepted for Bmd students. Yes and no. So this is where things get tricky. Oftentimes students have ap credit and a wide variety of different courses. So students can use their ap credit for anything that is not. One of the prerequisite courses for the school of medicine. So those courses include, General Biology, general Chemistry, Organic Chemistry. Physics. Biochemistry, intro, or intro. So those courses have to be completed. At the Iu School of Science. That is part of this program. But if students are coming in with Ap credit and other areas. Quite often we see students coming in with. You know, ap calculus or a variety of different ap history classes or ap language. Foreign language right. Those can count towards their degree. Okay? And then this is the last question that I'm gonna be able to answer. So how long after the School of science decision? Do we receive the Bmd outcome that really is dependent upon when the student has applied to iu Indianapolis. So like, I said. If a student has already applied, I think the admissions team is about to release the 1st wave. Of admissions, decisions here in the next, like week or 2, and then after that, they anticipate being able to turn over decisions in about 2 weeks. We will not be doing admissions decisions for the Bmd program until March first.st And that's because. The admissions Committee the application. All the materials have to be in. By December 15.th That is right. Before we go on winter break. So when the faculty come back in January, that committee gets together reviews applicants. Makes those decisions, and then we communicate those by March first.st So depend, you know, if you've already applied, you might get your admissions decision to Iuapolo next week. If you don't apply until late November, you might get your admissions decision early to mid December, for Iuapoli. But we won't be releasing admissions decisions for the Bmd program until about March first.st Alright. Well, thank you everyone so much for joining us today. Like I said, this recording will be available on our website. Here in the next week or so. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to reach out to our admissions team. The most efficient way to do that is, at this Iu admissions at Iu email address. They will connect you with our admissions. Counselors? They are happy to answer any questions that you might have. They're also happy to set up. If you would like to come visit the campus. 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