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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)
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  • MD/PhD – click here
  • MD/MS in preventive medicine – click here
  • MD/MPH – click here
• 4 years in length
• Number of applications in 2008: 4584
• Class size in 2008: 331

Admission Requirements

Note that there will be preference for residences 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 2008: 3.64 sciences (4.0 scale), 3.69 overall (4.0 scale)

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Standardized Test

• Minimum scores: not specified
• Median / Average scores in 2008: 31
  • Biological Sciences: 10.79
  • Physical Sciences: 10.36
  • Verbal Reasoning: 10.22
• 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, 2008: Earliest date for filing of AMCAS application
• Aug.31, 2008: Early Decision applicant deadline for submitting letters of recommendation
• Oct.1, 2008: First round of interviews begin
• Nov.15, 2008: Latest date for filing of AMCAS application
• Dec. 15th, 2008: Secondary application deadline
• Jan.15, 2008: Deadline for submitting letters of recommendation

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Tuition 2009-2010

• Resident Semester Tuition: $11958.50 + $546.00 (auxiliary fees) + $ 1152.00 (hospitalization insurance)

Total semester tuition: $13656.50 USD

• Non-resident Semester Tuition: $21 980.50 + $546.00 (auxiliary fees) + $ 1152.00 (hospitalization insurance)

Total semester tuition: $ 23678.50 USD

• Financial aid is available, click here

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