University of Arkansas Medicine

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Contacts

Website: http://medicine.uams.edu/
Phone: 501-686-5354
Admissions e-mail: jrmclachlin@uams.edu

Program Information

• Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 4 years in length
• Number of applications in 2012 entering class: 2174
• Class size of 2016 entering class: 174
• Strong preference to Arkansas residents or those with strong ties
  • Non-Arkansas resident applicants with less than 3.5/4.0 grade point average and MCAT scores below the national average are rarely considered.
• Applicants must be US citizen or a permanent resident

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Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Degree: not specified, however 100% of successful applicants have at least an undergraduate degree
• Required Courses
  • Biology (6 credits)
  • Chemistry (9 credits) (to include Organic Chemistry with lab, and Biochemistry)
  • Genetics (3 credits)
  • Statistics (3 credits)
  • Physics (6 credits)
  • English (6 credits)
  • Social Science (6 credits)

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GPA

• Average accepted GPA 2016: 3.78

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MCAT

• Average MCAT score in 2016:
  • total 507
• MCAT must have been written within 3 years of application deadline

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Supporting Documents

• AMCAS online application – click here
• Supplemental application – sent from the University upon submitting the AMCAS application
  • A wallet-size photograph
  • Non-refundable application fee - $100
• Letters of recommendation
  • If it has been two years or less since last attended or graduated from a college, applicants must request a letter of evaluation from the school’s Premedical Advisory Committee.
  • If the school does not have a Premedical Advisory Committee, applicants must ask three individual faculty members to submit letters of evaluation.
  • In addition, applicants may include three personal letters of recommendation in the file.

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Interview

• Arkansas residents must call the Office of Admissions after the AMCAS application has been submitted to schedule an interview. Applicants must call between August 15 and November 1.
• For Non-Arkansas residents, the interview will be offered by invitation and occurs on January 14.

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Timeline

• June 1, 2016: Applicants may begin to submit their AMCAS
• August 15, 2016: Arkansas residents may begin calling to schedule their faculty interview.
• November 1, 2016: Final deadline for all applicants to submit AMCAS
• November 15, 2016: Non-Arkansas residents with strong ties to Arkansas must submit letter to UAMS advocating strong ties

to Arkansas. & Deadline to submit transcripts

• December 9, 2016: Admissions Committee meets to determine which non- Arkansas residents will be invited to be

interviewed in January and reviewed in February.

• December 18, 2016: Letters to early accepts for Arkansas residents.
• January 15, 2017: ALL application documentation must be received
• January 22, 2017: Letters to early accepts for Arkansas residents.
• Late February, 2017: Letters mailed to all applicants informing them of their admissions status

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Tuition 2012-2013

• In-state:
  • Tuition - $31,565.00
  • Total cost - $57,129.00
• Out-of-state:
  • Tuition: $60,769.00
  • Total cost - $86,333.00

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