Counseling sessions, both individual and in groups, advise the students on admissions strategies and financial aid. There are many opportunities for interacting with minority medical students currently enrolled in the Pritzker School of Medicine. Weekly activities are held where participants interact with mentor physicians and scientists and experience a clinical correlation series as well. Students will learn basic computer skills and engage in problem-based learning experiences. U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Students have the opportunity to work through various phases of the research process.
These include assisting in proposal writing, lab work, data collecting and analysis, field work, formal presentation of research results at a campus symposium, and the writing of a final paper submitted at the end of the summer. Another component of SROP is a set of weekly campus-based educational enrichment activities developed to broaden the students' view of graduate education and research, to strengthen their technical skills so that they will be better prepared for graduate study, and to create an academic esprit de corps among all participants. Workshops inform students about graduate admission procedures, financial aid opportunities, and University resources, and also help them to develop test-taking, public speaking, and writing skills. The conference features round table progress reports by all current participants, presentations by several of the SROP students from the previous year, a panel of CIC Fellows who discuss their experiences as graduate students, and lectures from nationally recognized scholars. Students meet other individuals interested in academic careers and reinforce one another's commitment to pursue graduate study.