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Contacts

Website: http://medschool.ucsf.edu/admissions/
Phone: 415-476-4044
Admissions e-mail: admissions@medsch.ucsf.edu

Program Information

• Doctor of Medicine (MD)
  • MD
  • MD/PhD
  • MD/MS
  • MD/MPH
• 4 years in length
• Number of applications in 2009: 5991
• Number of applicants interviewed in 2009: 502
• Class size in 2009: 149
• 80% of seats are reserved for California residents

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Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Degree: Minimum 3 years of undergraduate study in any major. Recommended a baccalaureate degree
• Required Courses
  • General Chemistry (8 credits) with labs
  • Organic Chemistry (6 credits)
  • Physics (8 credits) with labs
  • General Biology (8-10 credits) with lab and study of vertebrate zoology
    • Note – courses in vertebrate embryology, genetics, cell physiology, or comparative vertebrate anatomy with labs can satisfy the General Biology requirement
  • AP credits can be used to satisfy General Chemistry and Physics requirements
• Recommended Courses
  • Mathematics
  • Upper-division biological sciences
  • Humanities and English composition

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GPA

• Minimum: 3.2 (4.0 scale) – scores below this are generally not considered favourably for admission
• Average overall accepted GPA 2009: 3.74
• Average science accept GPA 2009: 3.72
• Academic performance is evaluated in context of other factors such as difficulty of courses taken and course load.
• It is not recommended to select courses for the sole purpose of raising the GPA.

MCAT

• Minimum scores: None indicated
• Average scores 2009:
  • Physical Sciences – 11
  • Biological Sciences – 12
  • Verbal Reasoning – 10
  • Writing Sample – n/a
• MCAT must have been written within 3 years of the date applicants plan to enter medical school.
• Only the lastest MCAT scores will be considered if written multiple times.

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Supporting Documents

• AMCAS Application
• Applicant’s personal statement
• Letters of recommendation are required once the university has requested them. A minimum of three will be requested via AMCAS letter service including at least 2 letters from the applicant’s senior instructors.
• Secondary Applications are sent to selected applicants who have passed the initial selection. These must be received within two weeks.
• Statement of Authenticity
• $60 application fee for U.S. citizens, $80 for International students

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Interview

• Interviews are designed to provide a chance for applicants to ask questions, sit-in on a class and meet current students, staff and faculty.
• Student housing is available.
• Two interviews are granted to the interviewees. Average interview lasts 40 minutes with at least one of the interviewers being a member of the faculty and the other, a current medical student.

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Timeline

• May 2012

   Primary application is available via AMCAS.

• June 5, 2012

   Applications may be submitted to AMCAS.

• June 29, 2012

   AMCAS begins to forward applications to UCSF.

• October 15, 2012

   AMCAS application due - final deadline for UCSF.

• January 2013 - April 2013

   UCSF has a rolling admissions policy, which means that applicants may be advised of decisions regarding acceptance any time from January through April. The date of the application does not determine when a decision will be reached.

• May 2013

   Applicants who are placed on the alternate list will be notified of that status by early May and may receive notification of acceptance as withdrawals occur, typically between May 15 and August 1.

• September 2013

   Class begins with an introduction to UCSF and the Essential Core Curriculum. 

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Tuition 2012-2013

• Total first year fees (California residents) - $58,346
• Total first year fees (non-residents) - $58,346 + $ 12,245 = $ 70,591

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