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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 2016: 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

  • Average GPA: 3.88

For a summary of the median GPAs, click here

MCAT

  • Average of 2018 entering class MCAT score: 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.

For more information, click here

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.

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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 2016: AMCAS deadline
    • July 2016: 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, 2016: Interviews Begin
    • January 2016 and April 2017: Notification of acceptance

For more information on the MD program, click here

Tuition 2016-2017

  • Application fee: $75
  • AMCAS Application fee: $160
  • AMCAS Application fee for each additional school: $30
  • First year tuition Resident: $76,774
  • First year tuition Non-Resident: $76,774

For more information on tuition, click here