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Odds Slim For Applicants To UCF's 1st Med School Class

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By ADAM EMERSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 12, 2008

Hoping for a spot in the University of Central Florida's inaugural medical school class?

Good luck.

UCF officials announced today that they have received 4,000 applications for 40 available seats. That means applicants have a 1 in 100 chance of getting in by the time classes start in August.

Why so competitive? The university, with help from donors, is offering full scholarships worth $160,000 to each student in the medical school's first class.

Administrators, citing information from the Association of American Medical Colleges, say they're the first in the nation to provide full scholarships for an entire medical school class. They raised $7 million to make that happen.

Florida's Board of Governors, which oversees the state's 11 public universities, approved new medical schools for UCF and Florida International University in Miami in March 2006.

Reporter Adam Emerson can be reached at (813) 259-8285.

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