FREDONIA - The State University at Fredonia has signed an agreement with SUNY Upstate Medical University to ensure medical school admission for students who graduate having completed Fredonia's required biology department courses.
The articulation agreement establishes early assurance that academically superior high school applicants to SUNY Fredonia will be admitted to the College of Medicine at SUNY Upstate.
Acceptance into the program with SUNY Upstate requires the proper academic credentials, an interview with a selection committee at Fredonia, and then an interview with SUNY Upstate. To be eligible, students should have a 90 or greater high school average and SAT scores of 1250 or better, or ACT scores of 28 or better. Applicants should also have extracurricular activities in a health care setting and a commitment to service work.
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SUNY Fredonia biology students are pictured in the anatomy lab in Jewett Hall.
According to Ted Lee, SUNY Fredonia biology professor and chair of the Health Professions Advising Committee for Fredonia students interested in careers in medicine, dentistry, optometry and veterinary medicine, the agreement also addresses the shortage of physicians in rural communities in New York.
"The program will consider students with excellent academic records and give preference to students from rural communities," he said.
SUNY Upstate Medical University is located in the University Hill district of Syracuse, N.Y. It is an upper-division transfer and graduate college, and its College of Medicine is one of the oldest medical schools in New York. More physicians practicing in Central New York received their training there than at any other medical school.
Upstate Medical also ranks eighth nationally for the number of graduates who are on the faculty at academic medical centers across the country.
For more information, call David Steiner in the SUNY Fredonia Admissions Office, 673-3251 or email steiner@fredonia.edu.