University of Minnesota Medicine
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Contacts
Website: http://www.med.umn.edu/#num=content-2054207&id=album-76259
Phone: 612-625-7977
Admissions e-mail: meded@umn.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- Twin Cities Campus
- 4-6 years in length
- Class size of entering class in 2009: 169
- Number of applicants in 2009: 3259
- Duluth Campus
- 4 years in length
- Average class size: 60
- Admission statistics
- 73% successful applicants involved in community service or volunteer work
- 75% successful applicants involved in research
- 82% successful applicants involved in medically-related work
- Profile of 2009 entering class of medical students
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: A baccalaureate degree or graduate degree from a college or university in the United States or Canada
- Required Courses
- Biology + lab (1 semester)
- Chemistry (general or organic) + lab (1 semester)
- Life Sciences (biology, genetics, biochemistry, physics, etc.) (4 semesters)
- Humanities or Social Sciences (1 semester)
- Recommended Courses
- Biochemistry
- Ethics
- Genetics
- Psychology
- Statistics
- Foreign Language
- Independant learning courses
- Seminar-type courses involving small group discussions
- Social and behavioral sciences and humanities
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GPA
- Minimum:
- Average accepted GPA in 2009: 3.74
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Standardized Test
- Average score: 33
- Scores no older than three years
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Supporting Documents
- AMCAS primary application
- MCAT scores
- Official transripts from registrar of each college or university attended
- Personal statement
- Biographical information
- 3 letters of recommendation
- Individual letters or one committee packet
- All letters sent directly to AMCAS letter writing service
- Letters do not need to be from specific academic faculty
- Secondary application
- Sent to applicant to complete after primary application submitted
- $75 application fee
- Online application
- Deadline to submit: January 31st
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Essential and Desired Qualities
- Commitment to improving the human condition
- Professional conduct - honesty, compassion, self-awareness, and ethical behavior
- Interpersonal skills - communication, teamwork, tolerance, leaderships experience, and diversity experience
- Effective dedication to lifelong learning - intellectual curiosity, scientific aptitude, potential for academic success, creativity, research experience, psychological resilience
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Interview
- When: August - March
- Interview with medical school faculty member of a member of the Admissions Committee
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Timeline
- Applications available between June 1st and November 15th
- Deadline for AMCAS primary application: November 15th
- Deadline for supplemental application: January 31st
- Decision letters
- Those who interviewed from August - November, will recieve a decision letter by the end of December
- Those who interviewed from mid-November to March, decision letters will be sent on a monthly basis
- Early Decision Program
- Applications available between June 1st and August 1st
- Deadline: August 1st
- Be available for interviews in August and early September if selected
- Must have exceptional academic record and MCAT results
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Tuition 2009-2010
- Out of state: $37,508
- In state: $29, 975
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