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Contacts

Website:http://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/
Phone:410-706-7478
Admissions e-mail:admissions@som.umaryland.edu

Program Information

Curriculum

• Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 4 years in length
• Joint programs are available. Descriptions can be found here

Admission statistics

• Total number of applicants in 2016: 4740
• Applicants interviewed 2016: 610
• Class size in 2016: 161
• International students are not eligible to apply(Except Canadian students)

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Admissions Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Degree: Baccalaureate degree from an accredited university/college in the United States or Canada
• Required Courses
  • Biological Sciences with lab (8 semester hours)
  • Inorganic Chemistry with lab (8 semester hours)
  • Organic Chemistry with lab (8 semester hours)
  • Physics with lab (8 semester hours)
  • English (6 semester hours)
• Strongly recommended
  • Biochemistry (without lab)
    • May replace the required second semester of Organic Chemistry
  • Writing intensive course in humanities or social sciences may substitute for one semester of English
  • Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Statistics
  • The humanities
  • Social and behavioural sciences
• AP and IB credits may be used to satisfy the requirements
• No preference is given to applicants majoring in sciences vs non-sciences
• Preferred that the coursework be taken within 5 years of the date of application

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GPA

• Minimum: not specified
• Average accepted GPA in 2016: 3.74 sciences (4.0 scale), 3.79 overall (4.0 scale)

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MCAT

• Median / Average scores in 2016: 32 (old)/511 (new)
• Must be taken no later than the fall of the year in which the application is made
• MCAT test must have been taken within 3 years preceding the expected date of matriculation

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Supporting Documents

• AMCAS application
• Secondary application
• Secondary application fee: $80
• Letter of recommendation from the Premedical Advisory Committee or from the official Premedical Advisor
  • If no such committee exist, then letters of recommendation must come from 3 of the applicant’s undergraduate faculty (two letters from science faculty and one from non-science faculty)
• Transcript

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Interview

• Early decision interviews in mid-September
• Other interviews occur every Monday and Wednesday from October 1st to March 31st
• Interviews take place at the School of Medicine’s Baltimore campus
• Each individual invited to the School of Medicine will undergo two interviews. Interviews are conducted by faculty and students, in a one on one setting.

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Timeline 2017-2018

• June 1, 2017: Earliest date for filing of AMCAS application
• Aug 1, 2017: Deadline for Early Decision AMCAS application
• Aug 31, 2017: Deadline for Early Decision supplementary information
• Oct 1 - Mar 31: Rolling interviews conducted on Mondays and Wednesdays
• Oct 1, 2017: Early Decision applicants will be notified of a decision
• Nov 1, 2017: Deadline for AMCAS application
• Dec 15, 2017: Secondary application deadline
• June 15, 2018: Deadline for deferment of matriculation by one year for accepted applicants

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Tuition 2017-2018

• First year tuition:
  • Resident: $17,488.50
  • Non-resident: $30,938.50

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