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Contacts
Website: http://www.uams.edu/com/default.asp
Phone: 501-686-5354
Admissions e-mail: DupuyLinda@uams.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 4 years in length
- Number of applications in 2012 entering class: 2174
- Class size of 2012 entering class: 174
- At least 150 students must be admitted to each entering Freshman class.
- Strong preference to Arkansas residents or those with strong ties
- Non-Arkansas resident applicants with less than 3.5/4.0 grade point average and MCAT scores below the national average are rarely considered.
- Applicants must be US citizen or a permanent resident
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: not specified, however 100% of successful applicants have at least an undergraduate degree
- Required Courses
- Biology (6 credits)
- Chemistry (9 credits) (to include Organic Chemistry with lab, and Biochemistry)
- Genetics (3 credits)
- Statistics (3 credits)
- Physics (6 credits)
- English (6 credits)
- Social Science (6 credits)
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GPA
- Average accepted GPA 2012: 3.69
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MCAT
- Minimum scores:
- Physical Sciences – 9
- Biological Sciences – 9
- Verbal Reasoning – 9
- Average MCAT score in 2012:
- Physical Sciences – 9.4
- Biological Sciences – 10.1
- Verbal Reasoning – 9.5
- MCAT must have been written within 3 years of application deadline
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Supporting Documents
- AMCAS online application – click here
- Supplemental application – sent from the University upon submitting the AMCAS application
- Non-refundable application fee - $100
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Interview
- Arkansas residents must call the Office of Admissions after the AMCAS application has been submitted to schedule an interview. Applicants must call between July 15 and November 1.
- For Non-Arkansas residents, the interview will be offered by invitation and occurs on January 8.
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Timeline
- June 1, 2012: Applicants may begin to submit their AMCAS
- July 16, 2012: Arkansas residents may begin calling to schedule their faculty interview.
- November 1, 2012: Final deadline for all applicants to submit AMCAS
- November 15, 2012: Non-Arkansas residents with strong ties to Arkansas must submit letter to UAMS advocating strong ties
to Arkansas.
- December 14, 2012: Admissions Committee meets to determine which non- Arkansas residents will be invited to be
interviewed in January and reviewed in February.
- December 17, 2012: Letters to early accepts for Arkansas residents.
- January 15, 2013: ALL application documentation must be received
- January 23, 2013: Letters to early accepts for Arkansas residents.
- February 20, 2013: Letters mailed to all applicants informing them of their admissions status
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Tuition 2012-2013
- In-state:
- Tuition - $20,202 .00
- Total cost - $45,762.00
- Out-of-state:
- Tuition: $40,404 .00
- Total cost - $65,964.00
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