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Contacts

Website: http://www.llu.edu/medicine/index.page
Phone: (909) 558-4467
Admissions e-mail: admissions.sm@llu.edu

Program Information

Curriculum

• Degree offered: M.D
• 4 years in length
  • Joint programs are available. Descriptions can be found here

Admission statistics

• Total number of applicants in 2013: 5677
• Class size in 2013: 200
• Total enrolment in 2016: 720
• International students are eligible to apply

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Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Applicants are recommended to have completed a bachelor’s degree at an accredited college or university
• Required Courses
  • General Biology (excludes Microbiology and Anatomy and Physiology) + lab – one full academic year (6 McGill credits)
  • General or Inorganic Chemistry + lab – one full academic year (8 McGill credits)
  • General Physics + lab – one full academic year (8 McGill credits)
  • Organic Chemistry + lab – one full academic year (8 McGill credits)
  • Biochemistry + recommended lab - one academic term (4 McGill credits)
• Recommended introductory courses in:
  • Statistics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
• Note: AP credits for the required science courses are generally not accepted. Since McGill accepts these, upper year science courses in the same area can be substituted.

Supplementary Requirements

• MCAT
  • All applicants must finish the MCATs prior to consideration by the admissions committee
  • MCAT scores older than 3 years from date of matriculation are not considered
  • For the 2018 application cycle, the earliest MCAT accepted is taken in 2015.
• Applicants are required to have prior experience shadowing a physician

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GPA

• Minimum: unknown
• Average accepted GPA in 2016: 3.80
• Average MCAT in 2016: 508

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MCAT

• Median / Average score: 31
  • Average score in each subsection: 10
• Test must have been written within 4 years of application deadline

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Supporting Documents

Application is done through AMCAS, click here

• Verified AMCAS application
• On-line supplementary application
• Letters of recommendation
• MCAT test scores
• $75.00 USD (non-refundable)

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Interview

• Interviews are by invitation only.

Timeline 2017-2018

• May: Application is available via AMCAS
• Jun - Aug: Early Decision applications are submitted and completed, including letters of recommendation and supplementary application & fee.
• 01 Aug: Deadline for submitting the Early Decision Program AMCAS Application.
• 15 Aug 2016: Deadline for receipt of all Early Decision Program application materials.
• 01 Oct 2016: Early Decision applicants are notified of the Admissions Committee decision.
• Jul - Nov AMCAS applications and letters of recommendations are received by the Admissions Office. Invitations to complete the supplementary application are sent via email.
• 01 Nov: Deadline for submitting the AMCAS application.
• 15 Nov: Deadline for receipt of all application information, including the supplementary application & fee.
• Jul-April: Applications are reviewed. Invitations to interviews sent via email.
• Dec - Jun: Offers of admission are made on a rolling basis.
• 30 April: Deadline for applicants holding multiple acceptances to withdraw their acceptance from all medical schools except the one to which they plan to enroll.

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Tuition 2017-2018

• Tuition: $52,880.00 USD
• Fees: $3,488
• Books/Supplies: $1,517.00 USD

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Financial Aid is available; please click here