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The Academy for Health and Medical Sciences is a rigorous and selective four-year, full-time small learning community of motivated and talented students working concurrently toward their high school diploma and their Associate Degree in General Science.It is a partnership between Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School and Raritan Valley Community College.

The goals of the Academy are to implement challenging cross-curricular educational experiences that promote critical thinking skills, foster opportunities for leadership and show the connection among disciplines, and to provide authentic clinical experiences through professional and community partnerships, exposing students to related career opportunities. Graduates of the Academy have gone on to continue their education at many prestigious four-year institutions (see list below).

Class of 2012

Students in both Somerset and Hunterdon County are eligible to apply to the Academy during the Spring of their 8^th Grade Year and must satisfy selective admissions criteria for acceptance. They must also meet rigorous academic standards for continued enrollment. Once accepted, Academy students earn transcripted college credit during the course of the regular high school day. During their junior and senior years, students enroll in college courses at Raritan Valley Community College.

"The Academy is a place that helps nurture a student who is
passionate about what they want to do in their lives.” – Meina K., Class of 2011

2010-2012 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES Schools in BOLD are those at which students are enrolled
Albright College Arcadia University Benedict College Boston University Brandon University Brown University Carnegie Mellon University Case Western University Case Western (7yr BS/MD) Colorado State University Cornell College Cornell University Delaware Valley College Dickinson College Drew University Drexel University Drexel (7yr BS/MD) Duquesne University East Stroudsburg University Fairleigh Dickinson University Furman University George Washington University Hofstra University Holy Cross Ithaca College John Jay College Johns Hopkins University Lafayette College Lehigh (8yr BS/MD) Lehigh University Lincoln University Lock Haven University Lycoming College Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University Messiah College Montclair State University Mount St. Mary's University Muhlenberg College New Jersey Institute of Technology	New York University NJIT (7yr BS/MD) NJIT-Albert Dorman Honors College Northeastern University Northern Arizona University NYIT NYU Polytechnic Penn State University Penn State University (6yr BS/MD) Quinnipiac University Ramapo College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (7yr BS/MD) Rhodes College Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Rider University Rochester Institute of Technology Rowan University Rutgers-BS/MBA Rutgers College of Engineering Rutgers University Rutgers University – Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Saint Peter’s College Seton Hall University St. Andrews College St. Bonaventure University St. John's University St. Peter’s College Stevens Institute of Technology Stevens Institute of Technology (7yr BS/MD) Stony Brook University Syracuse University The College of New Jersey TCNJ (7yr BS/MD) Temple University Texas A&M	Tufts University Tuskegee University Union College United States Naval Academy University of Buffalo (Pharmacy College) University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Illinois University of Maryland University of Massachusetts University Miami University of Missouri, KC University of New Haven University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill University of Pittsburgh University of Richmond University of Rochester University of Scranton University of South Carolina University of South Florida University of Tampa University of Tennessee University of the Sciences of Philadelphia University of Vermont Ursinus College Villanova University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (8yr BS/MD)Washington College Westminster College (PA) Wilkes University William Paterson University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Xavier University of Louisiana York College

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