Johns Hopkins Medicine
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Contacts
Website: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/index.html
Phone:
School of Medicine: 410-955-2196
Admissions Office: 410-955-3182
Registrar’s Offce: 410-955-3080
Registrar’s Office e-mail: medreg@jhmi.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 4 years in length
- Class size in 2013: 120
- A joint MD/PhD program also exists which is 6 – 8 years in length
- Individuals who have already completed studies in Medicine at a university are ineligible to apply.
For more information on joint programs, click here
Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree in any field from an accredited university appearing on the Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education list, which is published by the American Council
on Education
- Required Courses (must obtain a grade of C or above)
- College Biology (6 credits) with lab
- General College Chemistry (6 credits) with lab
- Biochem (3/4 credits) lab not required
- Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences (24 credits)
- Calculus (6 credits) or Statistics (6 credits)
- Physics (8 credits) with lab
- Note - AP credits can be used to satisfy 3 credits of chemistry and 6 credits of physics
- Recommended Courses
- Computer Literacy (not necessarily a computer course, but good working knowledge of computers is recommended)
- Most applicants who have only studied outside the U.S. need to take a year or more of courses in an accredited American university.
For more information, click here
GPA
- The University does not have a cut-off GPA available, although median GPA scores of accepted students are available for 2008:
- Overall GPA median: 3.87
- Science GPA median: 3.87
- Average GPA (for the MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program for 2006 - 2008): 3.89
For a summary of the median GPAs, click here
MCAT
- The University does not have a cut-off MCAT score available, although the average MCAT scores are available for 2007:
- Physical Sciences – 10.5
- Biological Sciences – 10.6
- Verbal Reasoning – 9.8
- Writing Sample – P
- Average 2008 MCAT score: 11.7 Q
- Average MCAT (for the MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program for 2006 - 2008): 36
- MCAT must have been written within 3 years of the application deadline and must be submitted by August of the application’s year of submission.
- data for 2011 don't know
For more information, click here (2007 MCAT scores), here (2008 MCAT score)
Supporting Documents
- American Medical College Applications Service (AMCAS) application form
- The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine application (online) – also called the Secondary Application
- This application can be completed once the applicant has received their AMCAS ID number.
- Johns Hopkins Secondary Application printed out
- The secondary application must be done online, but also printed and mailed to the University along with a 2”x2” picture postmarked by the application deadline.
- A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s university premedical committee member or premedical advisor. If there aren’t any of aforementioned members at the university, 2 letters are required from senior science faculty members who have taught the applicant.
- Candidates with advanced degrees or who work full time must provide a letter of recommendation from their education as well as their important work experiences.
- Candidates who took Pass/Fail courses in the premedical course requirements (see Course and Degree Requirements section above) need a written statement from their professor that explains the candidate’s performance in those classes.
- Outsider candidates (outside the U.S. and Canada) must provide official transcripts.
For more information, click here
Other Requirements
- Candidates must be able to communicate in English (spoken and written).
Interview
- After the interview, candidates selected into the program are notified between October 15 and April 15.
- Annually, Hopkins' interviews between 750-800 applicants for a class of 120
Timeline
- Dates regarding the MD program:
- Mid-October 2012: AMCAS deadline
- July 2nd 2012: secondary application will be online
- The Regular MD secondary application deadline is December 1. The MD-PhD secondary application deadline is November 15
- mid-September 17 – 18, 2012: Interviews Begin
- January 2013 and March 2013: Notification of acceptance
- April 9 - 11, 2013: Revisit Weekend
For more information on the MD program, click here
Tuition 2013-2014
- Application fee: $ 75
- AMCAS Application fee: $ 160
- AMCAS Application fee for each additional school: $ 30
- First year tuition Resident: $72,330
- First year tuition Non-Resident: $72,330
For more information on tuition, click here
