University of California, San Francisco Medicine
Contacts
Website: http://meded.ucsf.edu/admissions/
Phone: 415-476-4044
Admissions e-mail: admissions@medsch.ucsf.edu
Program Information
Curriculum
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- MD
- 4 years in length
- Joint programs are available. Descriptions can be found here
Admission statistics
- Total number of applicants in 2013: 7308
- Applicants interviewed 2013: 500
- Class size in 2013: 149
- A maximum of 20% of spaces are offered for out-of-province applicants
- International students are eligible to apply
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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 if the credit is verified on your college transcript.
- Recommended Courses
- Mathematics
- Upper-division biological sciences
- Humanities and English composition
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GPA
- In-province/domestic students:
- Minimum grade/GPA: 3.2
- Average grade/GPA of admitted applicants in 2013: 3.78
- Out-of-province/non-domestic students:
- Minimum grade/GPA: XXX
- Average grade/GPA of admitted applicants in 2013: XXX
- Calculation method:
- 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.
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MCAT
- Minimum scores: None indicated
- Average scores 2013:
- Physical Sciences – 12
- Biological Sciences – 12
- Verbal Reasoning – 11
- The most recent MCAT scores will be considered
- MCAT must have been written within 3 years of the date applicants plan to enter medical school.
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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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Evaluation criteria
- Both academic and non-academic factors are evaluated
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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 2013-2014
- May 2013
Primary application is available via AMCAS.
- June 5, 2013
Applications may be submitted to AMCAS.
- June 29, 2013
AMCAS begins to forward applications to UCSF.
- October 15, 2013
AMCAS application due - final deadline for UCSF.
- December 2013 - April 2014
UCSF has a rolling admissions policy, which means that applicants may be advised of decisions regarding acceptance any time any time between December 15 and May 1. The date of the application does not determine when a decision will be reached.
- May 2014
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 2014
Class begins with an introduction to UCSF and the Essential Core Curriculum.
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Tuition 2013-2014
- In-province/domestic students:
- First year tuition: $35,713
- Total first year fees: $59,461
- Out-of-province/non-domestic students:
- First year tuition: $35,713 + $12,245 = $47,958
- Total first year fees: $59,461+ $12,245 = $71,706
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- Total first year fees (California residents) - $35,713
- Total first year fees (non-residents) - $35,713 + $12,245 = $47,958
- In-province/domestic students:
- First year tuition: $XX
- Total first year fees: $XX
- Out-of-province/non-domestic students:
- First year tuition: $XX
- Total first year fees: $XX
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