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Milton H. Sax Fund Scholarship Application

Minimum Qualifications:

  • SCSE students who graduated from a high school in the Duluth area or the Minnesota Iron Range areas
  • Students following a pre-medical curriculum with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA (preference given to GPA of 3.5 or higher)
  • Students who intend to attend medical school after their undergraduate degree.

Letters of Recommendation: Please have two people send letters of recommendation by email ckayes@d.umn.edu. One should come from your advisor or another UMD faculty member; the other from someone who can address your commitment to becoming a medical doctor. Suggestions for the second letter include a current medical doctor, a person who can reference any volunteer or job shadowing you have done in the medical field, or perhaps an additional faculty member.

Deadline: April 1 - no applicaitons accepted after that date

When are Funds Awarded: Recipients are notified in August via email.

Summary: This scholarship is for all current UMD Swenson College of Science and Engineering students who graduated from a high school in the Duluth area or the Minnesota Iron Range areas, are following a pre-medical curriculum with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA (preference given to GPA of 3.5 or higher), and intend to attend medical school after their undergraduate degree. If you qualify with the above criteria, you are eligible to apply for this scholarship.

Students are eligible to receive this scholarship for four years. You must submit a completed application each year.

Fill out online form below or download PDF to submit via email or mail.

All fields are required except where indicated
Contact Information (required)
First Name Middle Initial
Last Name
UMD Email Address
Student ID
Telephone
Academic Information (required)
Major
# Credits Earned Through Spring Semester of This Year
Current Cumulative GPA at UMD
Anticipated Graduation Date from UMD
Specific Information (required)
High School Graduated From
Hometown
Optional Information

Courses required for medical school which have been completed (and explanation of deviation from normal pre-medical sequence) (copy and paste from another document, if necessary)

I plan to take the MCAT (when)

I plan to apply to these Medical Schools:

Document your work or volunteer experience supporting your medical school application

DON'T FORGET TO CLICK THE "SUBMIT" BUTTON
By submitting this application, you authorize us to share the information on this application with the donors and scholarship committee. Please email ckayes@d.umn.edu if you wish to withhold sharing this information.
When you submit this form, you agree that all information is accurate. This data is transmitted via email. If you are concerned about security of your information, you may want to consider submitting a hard copy.

More Information

For information on scholarships, contact Carrie Sutherland, Development Director, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, 218-726-6995.

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