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Contacts

Website:http://medschool.umaryland.edu/
Phone:410-706-7478
Admissions e-mail:admissions@som.umaryland.edu

Program Information

• Doctor of Medicine (MD)
  • MD – click here
  • MD/PhD – click here
  • MD/MS in preventive medicine – click here
  • MD/MPH – click here
• 4 years in length
• Number of applications in 2010: 4925
• Class size in 2010: 360

Admission Requirements

Note that there will be preference for residents of Maryland

Course and Degree Requirements

• Degree: Baccalaureate degree from an accredited university/college in the United States or Canada
• Required Courses
  • Biology (6 of McGill credits)
  • Chemistry (8 of McGill credits)
  • English (6 of McGill credits)
  • Organic Chemistry (8 of McGill credits)
  • Physics (8 of McGill credits)

All required courses must be accompanied by a laboratory section except for English.

Note that the required courses must be completed with a grade no lower than a “C”.

• Advance placement credits (AP) can be used to satisfy the entrance requirements and must be listed in applicant’s transcript.
• Online courses from an accredited college or university are accepted.
• No preference is given to students majoring in sciences versus students majoring in non-sciences

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GPA

• Minimum: not specified
• Average accepted GPA in 2010: 3.67 sciences (4.0 scale), 3.72 overall (4.0 scale)

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Standardized Test

• Minimum scores: not specified
• Median / Average scores in 2010:
  • Biological Sciences: 10.92
  • Physical Sciences: 10.39
  • Verbal Reasoning: 10.34
• Must be taken no later than the fall of the year in which the application is made
• MCAT test must have been taken within 4 years preceding the expected date of matriculation

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Supporting Documents

Application is done through AMCAS, click here

• Letter of recommendation from the Premedical Advisory Committee or from the official Premedical Advisor
• If no such committee exist, then letters of recommendation must come from 3 of the applicant’s undergraduate faculty (two letters from science faculty and one from non-science faculty)
• Transcript
• Primary and Secondary application forms (secondary application fee is $70 USD, non-refundable)

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Interview

• Early decision interviews begin in October
• Interviews occur every Monday and Wednesday from October 1st to March 31st
• Interviews take place at the School of Medicine’s Baltimore campus
• Interviews are given by an individual faculty or student Admissions Committee member or with faculty members.
• Each individual invited will have two interviews

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Timeline

• June.1, 2009: Earliest date for filing of AMCAS application
• Aug.31, 2009: Early Decision applicant deadline for submitting letters of recommendation
• Oct.1, 2009: First round of interviews begin
• Nov.15, 2009: Latest date for filing of AMCAS application
• Dec. 15th, 2009: Secondary application deadline
• Jan.15, 20010: Deadline for submitting letters of recommendation

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Tuition 2009-2010

• Resident Semester Tuition: $11,958.50 + $546.00 (auxiliary fees) + $ 1,152.00 (hospitalization insurance)

Total semester tuition: $13,656.50 USD

• Non-resident Semester Tuition: $21,980.50 + $546.00 (auxiliary fees) + $ 1,152.00 (hospitalization insurance)

Total semester tuition: $ 23,678.50 USD

• Financial aid is available, click here

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