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Contacts
- Website: http://www.kumc.edu/som/
- Phone: 913-588-5283
- Admissions e-mail: premedinfo@kumc.edu
Program Information
- Degree offered: MD (4 years in length)
- Other Degrees available: MD/PhD , Master of Public Health, Masters in Health Policy Management
- Class size in 2015: 2600 applications for a class of 210.
- Of the 2150 non-resident applicants, approximately 100 were interviewed and 40 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: A Bachelor's Degree in any discipline
- 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
- Typical Undergraduate GPA: 3.79
MCAT
- For the 2018 entering class, only scores from the "new" MCAT2015 taken in 2015, 2016 or 2017 will be accepted. Scores from the January 2015 "old" MCAT exam may not be used. The latest MCAT test date accepted for Early Decision Program applicants is June 30, 2017, and the latest test date accepted for regular decision applicants is September 9, 2017.
Supporting Documents
- AMCAS Application
- Supplementary Application
- $50 non-resident application fee
- 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)
- August 15: 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 2015-2016
- In-state: $31 708
- Out-of-state: $55 574
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