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Contacts

Website: http://medschool.ucsf.edu/
Phone: (415) 476-4044
E-mail: admissions@medsch.ucsf.edu

Admission Requirements

General Notes

• Prospective students apply through the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS)
• Strong recommendation that premedical students pursue a 4-year undergraduate curriculum and obtain a baccalaureate degree
• Preference is given to California residents
• 3 formal programs are offered for obtaining an MD degree at UCSF School of Medicine: MD, combined MD/Ph.D. and the M.S./MD Joint Medical Program

For more information please visit: http://www.medschool.ucsf.edu/admissions/apply/index.aspx

Criteria

Required Classes

• Completion of 3 years of acceptable transfer college credits from an accredited institution
  • General chemistry (1 year, with laboratory)
  • Organic chemistry
  • Physics (1 year, with laboratory)
  • General biology (1 year, with laboratory, including the study of vertebrate zoology)
• Courses with laboratory in vertebrate embryology, genetics, cell physiology or comparative vertebrate anatomy will satisfy the biology requirement
• Advanced placement credit will be accepted for general chemistry and general physics
• All course requirements for admission must be completed by June of year of entry
• Potential applicants are recommended to take mathematics courses, upper-division biological science courses, humanities courses and English composition courses

For more information please visit: http://www.medschool.ucsf.edu/admissions/apply/gettingstarted.aspx#courserequiremnts

GPA

• Academic performance is evaluated in the context of other factors, for example: difficulty of course selection, number of units attempted and an applicant�s background
• Applicants with a GPA below 3.20 are generally not considered favourably for admission

MCAT

• Required of all applicants and must be taken within 3 years of date applicant plans to enter program (latest by September of the preceding year)
• For applicants that have written the MCAT more than once: most recent scores considered

For more information please visit: http://medschool.ucsf.edu/admissions/apply/gettingstarted.aspx#MCAT

Supporting Documents

• Invitation will be received online to complete a secondary application
• Application requests 3-5 letters of recommendation, including at least 2 letters from the applicant�s instructors (upper division course instructors are preferred)
• Letters that document evidence of contributions to research and other work related to science or health care are also of particular interest

For more information please visit: http://www.medschool.ucsf.edu/admissions/apply/secondary.aspx

Deadlines

• October 15: AMCAS applications due, final deadline for UCSF School of Medicine
• December - April: admissions decisions made
• Secondary application deadline: 2 weeks from the date the applicant has been approved for a secondary application
• May: applicants on the wait list will be notified of their status by mid-May
• Mid May-early August: notifications of acceptance as withdrawals occur

For more information please visit: http://medschool.ucsf.edu/admissions/key_dates.aspx

Tuition

• Medicine Year 1 (9.75 months): $25,262 US; total annual student budget of $46,506 US (includes books and supplies, commute and cost of living)
• Financial aid, grants and scholarships are available

For more information please visit: http://saawww.ucsf.edu/financial/general/budget.htm

Statistics

• Average for first-year students entering in 2006:
  • overall GPA of 3.75
    • science GPA of 3.74
  • MCAT scores
    • Verbal Reasoning: 10.4
    • Physical Sciences: 11.4
    • Biological Sciences: 11.6
• 5591 AMCAS applications received for 2006; 1698 secondary applications sent for 2006
• 558 applicants interviewed for 2006; 141 students enrolled in 2006

For more information please visit: http://medschool.ucsf.edu/admissions/profile.aspx

Other Information

• One of the highest minority enrolment and graduation rates of US medical schools
• U.S. News & World Report ranks UCSF School of Medicine in the national top 10 both for the quality of its research training (5th) and primary care training (8th)