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Contacts
- Website: http://www.kumc.edu/som/
- Phone: 913-588-5200
- Admissions e-mail: premedinfo@kumc.edu
Program Information
- Degree offered: MD (4 years in length)
- Other Degree offered: MD/PhD (6-7 years), Master of Public Health, Masters in Health Policy Management
- Class size in 2009: 2200 applications for a class of 175.
- Of the 1800 non-resident applicants, approximately 100 were interviewed and 30 accepted.
Admission Requirements
- Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of United States; Priority given to Kansas residence
- Application through AMCAS
- Past employment/volunteer experience in health care system is expected from applicants
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Any bachelor’s degrees
- Required Courses
- General Biology (with lab) - 2 semesters
- Inorganic (General) Chemistry (with lab) - 2 semesters
- Organic chemistry (with lab) - 2 semesters
- Physics (with lab) - 2 semesters
- English composition or writing-intensive courses - 2 semesters
- Mathematics - 1 semesters
- Recommended Courses
- Biochemistry, Genetics, Natural science, Social sciences, Humanities, Oral and written communication, and other upper-level biology
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GPA
- Minimum: 3.5 for early decision and MD/PhD; no specific minimum score for regular decision
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MCAT
- Minimum scores: 28 for early decision; 30 for MD/PhD; no specific minimum for regular decision
- scores earned within the last three years (2008-2010) are accepted
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Supporting Documents
- 3-5 Letter of recommendation from premedical advisor and variety of sources
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Interview
- When: Interview is conducted from September to February. Invitation by email approximately 3 weeks prior to the interview date
- Where: Kansas City
- By Whom: one or two members of interviewer panel
- There will be two 30 minutes interviews
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Timeline
- May: AMCAS application available online
- June: AMCAS applications submitted online
- August 1: Last date to submit AMCAS application for EDP (July 1 strongly encouraged)
- September 1: EDP(Early Decision Pending) file completion deadline
- Mid-September: EDP interviews
- October 1: EDP notification
- October 15: Last date to submit AMCAS application for regular decision (September 1 strongly encouraged)
- October - February: Regular decision interviews
- October 15: Last date to submit AMCAS application for MD/PhD Program
- November 15: Deadline for completion of regular decision and MD/PhD application files
- March:Regular decision notification
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Tuition 2010-2011
- Medical Student Tuition 2010-2011
- In-state: $13,201.75 semiannually
- Out-of-state: $23,412.05 semiannually