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We are happy to provide a new, revamped experience this year featuring fun events, including a Bull Family Cookout, exclusive Family Weekend swag, access to campus events, photo opportunities, and so much more.
Reminder: registration does NOT include USF Football game tickets, Rocky's Run, and other various add-on experiences; please purchase directly from our campus partners. You will receive discounted rates for these add-on experiences including the Football game AFTER you register for the weekend.
Refund Policy: We aim to provide the best experience for our students and family members participating in our programs. Based on our event planning and purchasing timeline for Family Weekend, we are unable to provide refunds. All sales are final.
Make your Family Weekend 2024 even more memorable by participating in add-on experiences at a discounted rate! You will recieve links and discount codes once registered for Family Weekend. Events with the * attribute are add-on experiences that are an additional cost.
We are thrilled that you and your student are excited about Family Weekend. Please know that your student will likely still have class responsibilities, exams, and study groups during the weekend. Some students also have organization commitments.
We encourage you and your student to discuss their academic schedule according to their syllabi and any organization commitments prior to booking to ensure you have a positive experience during the weekend. Unfortunately, we do not offer refunds for these conflicts.
Tickets cost $50 for each family member including your USF student. You can register online through the Parent & Family Bulletin. Cost for tickets will increase to $60 on August 22nd. Any child 5 years of age or younger does not need a ticket to attend.
The University of South Florida does not guarantee, approve, or endorse any specific hotel, lodging, or transportation option. However, we encourage families while doing their research to ask about a discounted rate for USF students and families. Guests participating in the weekend are responsible for coordinating and covering costs associated with their meals, travel, and accommodations.
We aim to provide the best experience for our students and family members participating in our programs. Based on our event planning and purchasing timeline for Family Weekend, we are unable to provide refunds. All sales are final.
Join your fellow alumni, family, and friends returning to campus for the USF football game on Saturday, September 21st against the Miami Hurricanes. As a thank you for your support, we have an exclusive family discount for our 2024 USF Family Weekend Football Game! You must register for Family Weekend to recieve the link.
To continue to re-imagine our Family and Friends Weekend experiences, there will be a small registration fee for all attendees. This added cost will help to create an unforgettable experience for your family! No need to register your student as they get into all of our events for free. Registration is only $25 per person, children under 10 get in for free!
Anyone you call family (parents, siblings, that aunt who pinches your cheeks every time she sees you, your neighbor down the street who shovels your driveway when it snows, I think you get the picture) is invited! If they are your family, we want them to attend!
In addition to the additional programming and opportunity to explore our campus, Family and Friends Weekend is an excellent opportunity to connect to your Black Bear in their home away from home. It can be an opportunity to bridge the gap between their lives both on and away from campus.
If you are up for traveling on Friday, we will have nighttime entertainment and a chance to check in. Saturday is the busiest. Events start mid-morning and continue into the evening. Sunday is treated as a travel day, with light programming available in the morning.
Do you have a family member or friend in medical school that you can no longer understand? When your loved one in medical school is speaking with their classmates, do you find yourself thinking, "What in the world are they talking about?! No seriously -- what language is this?!?"
With the help of my medical school class, I've put together a glossary of 25 of the most common terms you'll hear medical students say and what it all means. Although it is long, this list is by no means comprehensive and is reflective only of my individual experiences as a medical student here at the University of Michigan. Regardless, I hope that this glossary is helpful for family, friends, future medical students (and current medical students) alike!
Although no one asked, I'd like to share a few quick pieces of advice before I begin. It is no secret that medical school is tough. However, I had no sense of the ways in which it would be until I started three years ago. For me personally, the hardest part of medical school has not actually been school -- not the 30-hour calls, not the never-ending exams, not the fatigue from early mornings or the emotional weight of taking care of sick and dying patients. For me, the hardest part of medical school has been comparing myself to the people around me. As undergraduate students, many of us were the best at everything. Because it is so competitive to get into medical school, we had to be. This quickly shifts when entering medical school, and it's easy to lose perspective when the world seems to be fully contained within the hospital walls. This shift is challenging and often disappointing, especially when it seems as though the people around you are succeeding effortlessly (spoiler: they're not). For parents, friends, and family reading this who are not in medicine, the best I advice I can give is to be patient with your loved ones. Be a good listener. Remind the person of their strengths and know that you may never fully understand what they are going through. It is impossible to do it all (trust me I still try), and the available free time students have with a friend or family member in medical school will change and evolve. As a medical student, what that has helped me feel balanced is keeping in mind my strengths, widening my perspective by participating in a small number of activities outside of medicine, and keeping in touch with friends both in and out of medical school. And it also helps that I'm at an institution I love with people I love, too!
1. Premed: Before applying to and matriculating into medical school, medical students are required to complete an undergraduate degree. During their undergraduate studies, these students are often referred to as premed or premedical students. To apply to medical school, there are a certain number of core competencies that need to be met. Students do not need to major in the sciences; they only need to fulfill the premedical competency requirements that vary by medical school. Students will also need to complete the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam. The American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) opens in May, one year before a student would matriculate, and it's best to apply as early as possible. After interviewing, applicants to Michigan are admitted on a rolling basis from October through February, and accepted applicants will select their medical school by April 30th, the national date. Most medical schools then begin in July or August. At this point, students are no longer premedical students but rather plain old medical students. Finally!
I would also like to note that many current medical students were not premedical students during their undergraduate years and chose to pursue other fields (engineering, business, military, education, the arts, and more) after graduating. Students who later decide that medicine is their passion will often go back to school to complete coursework, study for the MCAT, and then apply.
2. White Coat Ceremony: The White Coat Ceremony marks the beginning of medical school. Students are presented and cloaked by the medical school administration with short white coats that they will wear throughout medical school. Did you know that you can tell how far along someone is in their training based on how long their white coat is? Medical students have short white coats that go to their waist. Residents wear longer white coats and attending physicians wear even longer white coats. Love that medical hierarchy!
4. MSTP: MSTP stands for Medical Scientist Training Program. This refers to medical students who are in school to receive both their MD and PhD. These students will often complete the first two years of medical school with their matriculated medical school class, leave to complete their PhDs, and then return to complete the last two years of medical school before continuing on to residency. These students do not pay tuition and also receive a stipend! In total, MSTP students take about seven to nine years to complete both degrees.
5. Blocks: In most medical schools, the first one to two years of school are spent building a foundation of medical knowledge in the classroom and anatomy labs. Most medical students spend about two years in this portion however Michigan, along with many other medical schools, transitioned to a condensed medical foundation curriculum that lasts approximately 12 months. At Michigan, we build this knowledge by going through six blocks that include three Foundations of Medicine blocks with courses focused on molecular/biological sciences, evidence-based care, host defense, physical diagnostics and therapeutics, infection, hematology and immunopathology, and three Vital Function blocks with courses focused on normal and abnormal vital functions. At Michigan, we also have pass/fail quizzes and exams built into each block to make sure students are successfully building their foundation of medical knowledge and are ready for the next steps of medical school. Some medical schools are not pass/fail, and students are graded during this portion.
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