Tulane Medicine
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Contacts
Website: http://tulane.edu/som/
Phone: 504-988-5331
Admissions e-mail: medsch@tulane.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 4 years in length
- Joint Programs are available. For more information, click here
Admission statistics
- Total number of applicants in 2017: 10,002
- Class size in 2017: 190
- International students are eligible to apply
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Recommended to have obtained a baccalaureate degree prior to admission.
- No specific course requirements
- Recommended courses: biology, chemistry, mathematics, laboratory or field experiences, behavioral and social sciences, expository writing, statistics, psychology, genetics, physics, sociology
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GPA
- Minimum GPA: None
- Average GPA for accepted students 2017: 3.57
MCAT
- Minimum score: None
- Average MCAT score for accepted students 2015: 33
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Supporting Documents
- AMCAS Application
- 3 Letters of Recommendation
- Two from a science professor and a third from anyone of the applicant’s choice or one committee letter
- Supplemental Application
- Applicant will be sent supplemental application upon receipt from AMCAS application
- Application fee: $125
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Evaluation criteria
- No mathematical formulae are used in making an acceptance decision
- No specific guidelines are given to committee members to place particular weight upon MCAT's, GPA, or other parts of the completed application
- Final decision is subjective and based upon the opinions of no fewer than five members of the Committee.
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Interview
- Approximately 500 applicants granted interviews
- After screening applicant based on primary and secondary applications, admission’s committee will invite the applicant via email for an interview
- Interviews are conducted September 2015 - February 2016
- Applicants are interviewed by once by a faculty member or administrator and once by a student
- Interviews by faculty members or administrators are "blind" or informal, including a part where the interviewee will play a role of a physician to participate in a "standardized patient" excercise
- Interviews by current students will be in the form of a "working lunch"
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Timeline 2017-2018
- August 1 - Latest date for early acceptance primary application
- August 15 - February 15, 2016 - Interview invitations mailed out
- September 1 - Latest submission date for secondary application as well as supporting documents for early decision acceptance
- October 1 - Early Acceptance Decision
- October 15 - Rolling Acceptance begins
- December 15 - Latest primary application date
- January 15 - Latest date of receipt for secondary application as well as supporting documents
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Tuition 2017-2018
- First year tuition: $61,512
- Approximate Total First year costs: $86,062
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