{"id":1003,"date":"2017-12-11T17:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T17:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/?page_id=1003"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:03:20","slug":"mu-som","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/mu-som\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine: Bryant Scholars Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-three-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:60%;width:calc(60% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.6 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"font-size:12pt;transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The University of Missouri-School of Medicine established the Lester R. Bryant Pre-Admissions Program in 1995 to attract students who have both a rural background and an interest in practicing rural medicine for pre-admission to the MU School of Medicine.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students must meet the following criteria to be eligible to apply to the Bryant Scholars Program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be eligible to apply to the Bryant Scholars Pre-Admissions Program students must:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have an undergraduate graduation date two academic years from the time of application.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Show high academic achievement during high school.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have minimum 3.3 cumulative GPA and minimum 3.3 Math\/Science GPA. Dual-credit courses are not included in the GPA calculation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have A or B grades in required lecture\/lab courses already taken at the time of application.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Show evidence of leadership and interest in a variety of extracurricular activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be a Missouri resident.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a rural permanent home address. Rural is defined as a home address with a Rural-Urban Community Area (RUCA) Code of 2-10. If your home address has a RUCA code of 1, you are ineligible to apply for the program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be full-time enrolled at public or independent four-year college or university in Missouri or a contiguous state (Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To check eligibility and apply:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.missouri.edu\/education\/admissions\/bryant-scholars-pre-admissions-program\/application-requirements-and-process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medicine.missouri.edu\/education\/admissions\/bryant-scholars-pre-admissions-program\/application-requirements-and-process<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applications and supporting materials are due approximately\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>June 1st<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0each year to MU School of Medicine. Only\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">complete<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0applications with all required application materials will be considered.\u00a0 It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure all required materials are received by MU School of Medicine. Applications or supporting materials postmarked after June 1st will\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0be considered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional details can be obtained through the MoWest Department of Biology or find <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the most up-to-date information, program requirements, required coursework, application material, deadline, and more\u00a0at <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.missouri.edu\/education\/admissions\/bryant-scholars-pre-admissions-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medicine.missouri.edu\/education\/admissions\/bryant-scholars-pre-admissions-program<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 Please review this website carefully.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/admissions\/pre-professional-program-tracks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the Pre-Professional Program Tracks page<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-two-fifth fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:40%;width:calc(40% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.4 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 4px 10px 10px 10px;\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"480\" height=\"340\" alt=\"Two students and an instructor examine a petri dish\" title=\"Two students and an instructor examine a petri dish\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2017\/12\/biology1.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2017\/12\/biology1-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2017\/12\/biology1-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2017\/12\/biology1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1003\/revisions\/2419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}