Boston University Medicine

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Contacts

Website: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/
Phone: (617) 638-4630
Admissions e-mail: medadms@bu.edu

Program Information

• Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 4 years in length

• Combined MD/PhD Program
• Combined MD/MPH Program
• Combined MD/MBA Program

• Number of applications in 2008: More than 10,000
• Class size in 2009: 177

For more information, click: [1]

Admission Requirements

Initial applications are accepted only through the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). Information and application materials are available at www.aamc.org.

For more information, click [2]

Course and Degree Requirements

Boston University School of Medicine requires that all applicants have a minimum of a bachelors degree from an accredited 4 year US or Canadian college, such as McGill. All applicants must meet the following minimum requirements by the time they would matriculate into our school:

- English Composition or Literature (1 year) - Humanities (1 year) - Biology (1 year) with Lab (1 year) - General Chemistry (1 year) with Lab (1 year) - Organic Chemistry (1 year) with Lab (1 year) - Physics (1 year)

For more information, click [3]

GPA

We do not have a minimum required GPA for entrance to our school. The incoming averages for the first year class 2009 is roughly and 3.65 in GPA.

More information is available on the Class Profile page. For more information, click [4]

MCAT

We do not have a minimum required MCAT score for entrance to our school. The incoming averages for the first year class 2009 is roughly 33 for the MCAT.

More information is available on the Class Profile page. For more information, click [5]

Supporting Documents

BUSM applicants should send all letters of recommendation directly to AMCAS which will forward the letters to our office electronically.

Those applicants who attend, or who have recently graduated from, an undergraduate institution or a postbaccalaureate premedical program which offers a Health Professions Advisor or Advisory Committee should submit a letter from this person or committee; this letter should be sent to AMCAS as described above. If no such institutional letter is available, the applicant should explain this on the BUSM supplemental application and substitute a minimum of three individual letters, including two from science professors.

For more information, click [6]

Interview

We conduct interviews on selected Monday, Wednesday, and Friday dates from early October to the middle of February. All interviews are offered by invitation of the Committee on Admissions and once an applicant has been invited, every effort is made to accommodate his/her schedule requests. The interview day program runs from 8:00 AM to about 3:00 PM and includes opportunities to meet students and faculty, and a presentation from the Office of Student Financial Services. Each applicant has a 45-60 minute personal interview with a member of the faculty who serves on the Committee on Admissions.

For more information, click [7]

Timeline

Routine Application

Receipt of AMCAS application: 06/01/2009-11/01/2009 Receipt of all secondary materials: 06/15/2009-01/04/2010 Interviews (by invitation only): 10/02/2009-02/15/2010 Earliest notice of acceptance: 01/15/2010

Early Decision Application

Receipt of AMCAS application: 6/1/2009-08/01/2009 Receipt of all secondary materials: 06/15/2009-08/15/2009 Interviews (by invitation only): 08/15/2009-9/15/2009 Notice of acceptance: Prior to 10/02/2009

Individuals interested in additional information are encouraged to browse our Viewbook. Further questions can be addressed directly to the Office of Admissions at 617/638-4630 or medadms@bu.edu.

Tuition 2009-2010

Tuition for the 2009-2010 academic year is US $46,488 with a Graduate Program Fee of $600. This does not include books or housing.

Financial Aid information is available through the Office of Student Financial Services. Please visit their website at [8] International students would have to be able to prove that they could pay their way through their medical education, should they be accepted. More information for International Students at BU is available at [9]