Welcome to JAMP at Tarleton State University!
The Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP) is a special program partnership created to support and encourage highly qualified, economically disadvantaged students pursuing a medical degree.
- Award undergraduate and medical scholarships
- Provide for the admission of those students who satisfy both academic and nonacademic requirements to at least one participating medical school.
Learn more and review the statewide JAMP qualifications and contact faculty advisor, Dr. Max Sanderford for more information.
🛈 JAMP is supported by continued appropriation from the Texas Legislature
Student Benefits
Eligible Students, Prior to Acceptance:
- The freshman year and sophomore years are considered Pre-JAMP years for students eligible. These students are eligible for free tutoring as well as mentoring and personal assistance.
After Acceptance:
- Yearly scholarships beginning in the spring of the student’s sophomore year of college.
- Stipends to attend summer internships following the student’s sophomore and junior years of college at one of the participating medical schools.
- Mentoring and personal assistance to prepare for medical school while attending college.
- Admission to a Texas medical school if all program requirements are met.
- A scholarship to attend medical school.
🛈 While the state sponsored JAMP scholarship officially begins after the student's sophomore year, incoming freshmen meeting criteria for the JAMP program are eligible to apply for additional Tarleton scholarships.
Contact Info
Dr. Max Sanderford
Professor Chairman, Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC)