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Contacts
Website: http://medicine.arizona.edu/
Phone: 520-626-6214
Admissions e-mail: medadmissions@ahsc.arizona.edu or click here
Program Information
- Medical Doctor (MD)
- 4 years in length
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- MD-MPH - for more information click here
- MD-MBA - for more information, click here
- MD-PhD - for more information, click here
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree:
- Bachelor's (baccalaureate) degree is required
- Applicants educated outside of the United States, must have completed at least 2 full years of study in an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada prior to application (no undergraduate major preference)
- Required Courses (Tucson)
- General Biology (2 semesters)
- General Chemistry (2 semesters)
- Organic Chemistry (2 semesters)
- Physics (2 semesters)
- English (2 semesters)
- Recommended Courses
- Behavioral and Social Science (2 semester)
- College Mathematics/Statistics (1 semester)
- Microbiology/Immunology (1 semester)
- Second Language (conversational proficiency)
- Labs for required courses
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GPA
- Required courses for admissions must be completed with a grade of "C"
- Average Science GPA: 3.72
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Standardized Test
- Minimum MCAT score: 24
- Average MCAT score: 30
- Test must have been written within 3 years of application deadline
- The September 10, 2016, administration is the last exam in 2016 that will be considered for admission in 2017
- After the 2017-2018 term, will no longer accept MCAT scores from old MCAT format
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Supporting Documents
- Primary Application and Letters of Recommendation (AMCAS)
- At least three recommendation letters
- One letter from a physician or clinical supervisor and 2 letters from other professionals
- One letter from a physician or clinical supervisor and 1 letter packet/committee packet
- Letter from the employer is extremely important
- Supplemental Application
- Information about background and motivation for pursuing an MD degree
- non-refundable $85 fee
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Interview
- When: Between September and February
- Lasts approximately 90 minutes
- Interact with each interviewers for seven minutes and two minutes break between each stations
- The interview day consists of:
- Visiting Day of the campus
- Several opportunities to meet current students, faculty and leadership, as well as curricular and extra-curricular information
- Multiple mini-interviews (MMI)
- Typical questions or scenarios that focus on critical thinking skills, communication skills, and ethical decision making
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Timeline
- AMCAS application deadline: November 1, 2016
- Secondary Application deadline (Priority Deadline): November 7, 2016
- Secondary Application deadline (Deadline) with recommendation letters: December 1, 2016
- Interviews: September - February
- Final decisions will be communicated on a rolling basis between November 2016 through April 2017
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Tuition 2016-2017
- Tuition total per year:
- Resident: $37,736
- Non-resident: $58,410
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