JAMP at Texas A&M University-Texarkana
The Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP) is a special program created in 2003 by the Texas Legislature to support and encourage highly qualified, economically disadvantaged Texas resident students pursuing a medical education. Funded through the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, JAMP is a unique partnership between all nine Texas medical schools and sixty-seven public and private four-year undergraduate institutions in Texas. The current Legislature set aside 10% of the medical schools’ entering class for the JAMP students. In 2013, A&M-Texarkana signed an agreement with the JAMP council and accepting students for the program. As of fall 2017, two A&M-Texarkana students have been selected for the program.
What are the benefits?
- Guaranteed admission to a Texas Medical school if all program requirements are met
- Financial support through undergraduate and graduate scholarships and summer stipends
- Supplemental tutoring, mentoring, and computer support
- Mentoring and personal assistance to prepare for medical school
- Hands-on experience through summer internships
Qualifications
- Graduate from high school or home-schooled program.
- Take the SAT or ACT and earn a score not less than the mean of the state of Texas.
- Enter to an institution of higher education not later than the first fall semester following graduation from high school or a home-schooled program.
- Complete 27 semester hours in the first year of college after graduation from high school at an institution of higher education.
- Be enrolled full-time at Texas A&M-Texarkana (or any other participating university) at the time of application to the program.
- Provide documentation and history as an economically disadvantaged applicant.
- Be an American citizen or US permanent resident.
- Be a Texas resident for the purpose of tuition under subchapter B, Chapter 54 of the Texas Education Code.
JAMP Contact
If you have any further questions about the JAMP program, please contact Dr. Nurul Alam, Professor of Biology in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education (CASE), Office: SCIT 318E; Tel: 903-334-6671; E-mail-nurul.alam@tamut.edu
