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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): $23,483 US; total annual student budget of $44,108 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
- overall GPA of 3.75
- 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)