Vanderbilt Medicine

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Contacts

Website: https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/admissions/admission-requirements
Phone: 615-322-2145
Admissions e-mail: pat.sagen@vanderbilt.edu

Program Information

• Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 4 years in length
• Number of applicants in 2009: 4890

Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Degree: Bachelor's degree
• Required Courses
  • Biology (8 semester hours, including lab)
  • Organic chemistry (8 semester hours, including lab)
  • Inorganic chemistry (8 semester hours, including lab)
  • English and composition (6 semester hours)
  • Physics (8 semester hours, including lab)

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GPA

• Average accepted GPA 2009: 3.80

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MCAT

• Average scores: 11.3 per subject (~34)
• MCAT must have been written within 3 years of application deadline

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Supporting Documents

• Letters of Recommendation
• Transcript

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Interview

• Out of 4890 applicants, 952 were granted interviews

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Timeline

• June 2, 2009: Earliest date for submission of application to AMCAS
• Aug. 1, 2009: Deadline for early decision applications
• Oct. 1, 2009: Early decision applicants receive decisions
• Oct. 15, 2009: Earliest date an admissions decision can be made available to the applicant (usually 6-8 weeks after interview)
• Nov. 15, 2009: Latest date for submission of application, transcripts to AMCAS
• Dec. 15, 2009: Latest date for submission of secondary application to AMCAS.

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Tuition 2009-2010

• First year tuition - $ 39 400
• Total first year fees (Canadian student) - $ 61 410

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