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Contacts
Website:http://medschool.umaryland.edu/
Phone:410-706-7478
Admissions e-mail:admissions@som.umaryland.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 4 years in length
- Number of applications in 2010: 4925
- Class size in 2010: 360
Admission Requirements
Note that there will be preference for residents of Maryland
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Baccalaureate degree from an accredited university/college in the United States or Canada
- Required Courses
- Biology (6 of McGill credits)
- Chemistry (8 of McGill credits)
- English (6 of McGill credits)
- Organic Chemistry (8 of McGill credits)
- Physics (8 of McGill credits)
All required courses must be accompanied by a laboratory section except for English.
Note that the required courses must be completed with a grade no lower than a “C”.
- Advance placement credits (AP) can be used to satisfy the entrance requirements and must be listed in applicant’s transcript.
- Online courses from an accredited college or university are accepted.
- No preference is given to students majoring in sciences versus students majoring in non-sciences
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GPA
- Minimum: not specified
- Average accepted GPA in 2010: 3.67 sciences (4.0 scale), 3.72 overall (4.0 scale)
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Standardized Test
- Minimum scores: not specified
- Median / Average scores in 2010:
- Biological Sciences: 10.92
- Physical Sciences: 10.39
- Verbal Reasoning: 10.34
- Must be taken no later than the fall of the year in which the application is made
- MCAT test must have been taken within 4 years preceding the expected date of matriculation
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Supporting Documents
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- 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
- Primary and Secondary application forms (secondary application fee is $70 USD, non-refundable)
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Interview
- Early decision interviews begin in October
- Interviews occur every Monday and Wednesday from October 1st to March 31st
- Interviews take place at the School of Medicine’s Baltimore campus
- Interviews are given by an individual faculty or student Admissions Committee member or with faculty members.
- Each individual invited will have two interviews
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Timeline
- June.1, 2010: Earliest date for filing of AMCAS application
- Aug.31, 2010: Early Decision applicant deadline for submitting letters of recommendation
- Oct.1, 2010: First round of interviews begin
- Nov.15, 2010: Latest date for filing of AMCAS application
- Dec. 15th, 2010: Secondary application deadline
- Jan.15, 2010: Deadline for submitting letters of recommendation
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Tuition 2010-2011
- Resident Semester Tuition: $12,662.00 + $757.50 (auxiliary fees) + $ 1,233.00 (hospitalization insurance)
Total semester tuition: $14,652.50 USD
- Non-resident Semester Tuition: $23,285.50 + $757.50 (auxiliary fees) + $ 1,233.00 (hospitalization insurance)
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