Joint Admission Medical Program

What is JAMP?

The Joint Admission Medical Program is a program created by Senate Bill 940 of the 77th Texas Legislature to:

• Provide services to support and encourage disadvantaged students pursuing a medical education.
• Award undergraduate and medical school scholarships.
• Provide for the admission of those students who satisfy both academic and non-academic requirements to at least one participating medical school.

What Does a Student Accepted to JAMP Receive?

JAMP is supported by continuing appropriations from the Texas Legislature.

• $2,000 scholarship per semester beginning in the student's sophomore year of college.
• $4,000 stipend to attend summer internships following the student's freshman, sophomore, and junior years of college at SRSU.
• Mentoring and personal assistance to prepare for medical school while attending SRSU.
• Admission to a Texas medical school if all program requirements are met.
• A scholarship to attend any medical school in Texas.

How Does a Student Become Part of the JAMP Program?

First, the student who graduates from high school or a home-schooled program must enroll for the fall semester immediately following graduation, at SRSU.

As a senior in high school the student must:

• Apply for admission to SRSU
• Take the SAT or ACT and earn a score not less than the mean for the state of Texas and provide the scores to SRSU
• Complete and submit the FAFSA and be eligible to receive a Pell Grant in the student's freshman year of college.

As a freshman in college the student must:

• Complete 15 hours of undergraduate credit during the fall semester with a 3.25 GPA or higher (no more than 3 hours of AP credit can be counted toward this requirement).

When Does a Student Apply to JAMP?

The deadline for applying is February 1 of a student's freshman year. Applications must be submitted at the end of the fall semester of a student's freshman year and are available on line at:  For details, about the pre-JAMP and JAMP scholarship programs, contact:

Keith Sternes, JAMP Faculty Director
Sul Ross State University
Box C-64
Alpine, Texas 79832
(432) 837-8112