University of Utah Medicine
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Contacts
Website: http://medicine.utah.edu/
Phone: 801-581-7498
Admissions e-mail: deans.admissions@hsc.utah.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 4 years in length
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Admission statistics
- Approximate number of applicants per year: 1500
- Approximate number of applicants interviewed: 500
- A minimum of 82% of spaces are offered to Utah residents or Utah high school, college, or university graduates.
- International students are eligible to apply only if:
- Significant ties to Utah such as lived in Utah for 3 consecutive months.
- Graduated from a Utah college or university (must have attended for at least 2 years) or high school.
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: A Bachelor’s degree
- Required Courses
- Physics with lab: 2 semesters
- Organic Chemistry with lab: 2 semesters
- General Chemistry with lab: 2 semesters
- Biology: 2 semesters
- One course must be Cellular Biology or Biochemistry
- Social Science: 1 semester
- Humanities: 1 semester
- Writing/Speech: 1 semesters
- Diversity: 1 semester
- This course must call attention to current events of a non-dominant population group in the United States.
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GPA
- Minimum: 3.2 out of 4.0 in both science and non-science courses
- 3.2 after 2014
- Average accepted GPA :3.67
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MCAT
- Minimum scores:7 for each section
- Average scores: 10 for each section
- MCAT must have been written within 3 years of application deadline and cannot be done after September of the application year.
- If it has been written more than once, the university selects the best score on each section.
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Supporting Documents
- AMCAS Application Form
- Transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended.
- Personal Statement
- Future Course list which lists the courses the applicant will undertake in the following year.
- State Certification
- Application Fee ($100.00)
- Letters of Recommendation
- 2 Academic Letters
- 4 Supervisor Letters
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Other Requirements
- Applicants must submit an Activities Form that shows their involvement in a variety of activities/experiences
- Satisfactory Criminal Background Check
- Pass a Drug Test
- Be covered by Health Insurance
- Recent Physical Examination record
- Proof of Immunizations
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Evaluation criteria
- Applicants must achieve at least the minimum level of performance in all 7 areas and be average or above in 4 out of the 7 areas in order to proceed in the admissions process
- Grade Point Average (GPA)
- Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
- Community/Volunteer Service
- Leadership
- Research
- Physician Shadowing
- Patient Exposure
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Interview
- Interviews occur on campus and are conducted by physicians, investigators, administrators or community representatives.
- Interviews are by invitation only.
- Three interviews lasting 30-45 minutes each.
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Timeline 2013-2014
- June 1: Earliest day to send AMCAS application
- September 2013 - March 2014: Interviews
- October 2013 - April 2014: Notifications of acceptance
- November 1, 2014 - AMCAS Application deadline
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Tuition 2013-2014
- Resident
- First Year Tuition: $15,990.86 $
- Total First Year Fees: $16,466.91
- Non-Resident:
- First Year Tuition$30,273.81
- Total First Year Fees: $30,749.86
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