Welcome to the student-run, unofficial site of Minnesota's Future Doctors. Our goal is to help you understand the three year program and become a part of our circle of friends.

The goal of the Minnesota's Future Doctors program is to develop the pre-med skills of underrepresented minority and rural college undergrads in Minnesota.

     

Minnesota’s Future Doctors gain opportunities to:

• Explore the lives of doctors and medical students

• Understand medical school

• See the clinic experience from professionals' point of view

• Learn about college enrichment classes

• Be exposed to service projects and volunteering

• Meet new, smart friends

• Encounter brilliant mentors

• Learn to use medical school electronic portfolios

• Volunteer in premier health care facilities



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Here are the groups of Minnesota's Future Doctors:

Alligators

  • The Summer Program for Current College Juniors (Juniors in 08-09)
  • We will be together in the summers of 2007, 2008, and 2009. Our goal is to apply to medical school in 2009 and start med school in the fall of 2010.
  • This group has already been selected in February 2007.
  • We are the Alligators. 

    

Bandicoots

  • The Academic Year Program for Current College Juniors (Juniors in 08-09)
  • This group has already been selected. We applied in February 2007.
  • We met in the fall of 2007, in January of 2008, and we will meet again in March 2008. We will have three meetings during the 2008-2009 school year. And one meeting in the fall of 2009.
  • If we keep up with our "Roadmap to Med School" and attend all programs, we will be invited to attend a free MCAT training program in May and June 2009.
  • We are the Bandicoots. 

   

Coyotes

  • The Summer Program for Current College Sophomores. (Sophmores in 08-09)
  • We will be together in the summers of 2008, 2009, and 2010. Our goal is to apply to medical school in 2010 and start med school in the fall of 2011.
  • This group was selected in March 2008.
  • We are the Coyotes.

 

Dingoes

  • The Academic Year Program for Current College Sophomores (Sophomores in 08-09)
  • This group was selected in March 2008.
  • We met in the fall of 2008, in January of 2009, and we will meet again in March 2009. We will have three meetings during the 2009-2010 school year. And one meeting in the fall of 2010.
  • If we keep up with our "Roadmap to Med School" and attend all programs, we will be invited to attend a free MCAT training program in May and June 2010.
  • We are the Dingoes.

  

Elk (Applications and information will be available in September 2008)

  • Individuals who are college freshmen (or sophomores with three years left) in the 2008-2009 academic year will have the opportunity to apply for a three summer program.
  • The Elk Cohort will be together in the summers of 2009, 2010, and 2011.
  • The goal of the Elk Cohort is to apply to medical school in 2011 and start med school in the fall of 2012.
  • Information about applying to this program will be available in September 2009. Applications are due February 10, 2009. This group will be selected in March 2009. 
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Frogs (Applications and information will be availabe in September 2008)

  • Individuals who are college freshmen (or sophomores with three years left) in the 2008-2009 academic year will have the opportunity to apply for a three academic year program.
  • This group will be selected in March 2009.
  • The Frog Cohort will meet in the fall of 2009, in January of 2010, and we will meet again in March 2010. We will have three meetings during the 2010-2011 school year. And one meeting in the fall of 2011.
  • If we keep up with our "Roadmap to Med School" and attend all programs, we will be invited to attend a free MCAT training program in May and June 2011.
  • The Frog cohort will apply to medical school in the summer of 2011, with the goal of starting medical school in the fall of 2012.