Course Selection Guidebook [pdf] - College of William and Mary

Course Selection Guidebook – Fall 2011division science courses in addition to the standard premedical prerequisite courses. In addition,students must take the MCAT and score at least a 26, with every MCAT subscore being 7 orbetter. They must complete at least 120 hours of medically related activities in the junior year andat least 60 hours of medically related activities in the senior year. The student must graduate fromthe College before matriculating at VCU.Features of the program include: Accepted students can apply elsewhere: acceptance is binding onVCU, not on the accepted student. For accepted students, VCU reserves a place in the enteringclass that matriculates in the late summer at the end of the accepted applicant’s fourth year at theCollege; thus, if the student chooses to graduate a year early, s/he must wait a year to start medicalschool at VCU.For more information, please contact the College’s premedical advisor, Dr. Beverly Sher, atbtsher@wm.edu .The Sharpe Community Scholars ProgramEach year the College recognizes 75 entering students with the designation of Sharpe CommunityScholar. Sharpe Scholars are highly motivated first-year students who want to connect theiracademic studies to community engagement.Embedding service into the academic curriculum, the Sharpe program stresses an integratedapproach: students live together for one year, enroll in one of several specially designated coursesduring their first semester, and simultaneously work in teams of three or four on projects designedto assist local not-for-profit organizations and government agencies. These projects give studentsan opportunity to apply academic concepts and theories to real world situations. Sharpe teamscontinue to develop their projects through second semester. They receive mentoring fromprofessors, agency directors, and local community leaders and are encouraged to explore variousforms of civic work. The summer after their freshman year, Sharpe Scholars may apply for grantsof up to $2,000 to conduct community-based research projects in the U.S. or abroad; or they mayapply their seminar credits toward course requirements for the Community Studies Minor.Information about current Sharpe Courses may be found athttp://www.wm.edu/as/charlescenter/scholars/sharpe/index.php.For both fall and spring term, students must also enroll in a 1-credit short course CMST 100: TheCollege & Community.For more information, please contact Monica D. Griffin at (757) 221-2495.Study AbroadStudy abroad can be included in any major with a little advance planning, so start thinking about itearly!How to plan. If you think you want to go abroad, you should discuss this with your AcademicAdvisor during your freshman year. You and your advisor should identify your academic goals,possible major/minor requirements, and GER requirements. With those in mind, you should thencome to the Global Education Office (GEO) in the Reves Center to begin looking for a program88