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Contacts
Website:http://www.medschool.vcu.edu/
Phone: (804) 828-9629
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Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 4 years in length
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Admission Statistics 2015
- Applications: 9,006 (1,139 VA residents, 7,867 nonresidents)
- Matriculated: 216 (111 VA residents, 105 nonresidents)
- Priority given to Virginia students – note: Canadian citizens are considered nonresidents
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- It is recommended and customary that a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institutioin be completed prior to enrollment.
- Required Courses
- English or writing intensive courses - 6 credits
- College Mathematics - 6 credits
- Biological Science - 8 semester hours, including lab
- May be general biology, general zoology, or (no more than half) botany
- General or Introductory Chemistry - 8 semester hours, including lab
- A portion may be analytical or physical chemistry
- Organic Chemistry - 8 semester hours, including lab
- Biochemistry may count as half the required organic chemistry credits.
- General or Introductory Physics - 8 semester hours, including lab
- Upper level science course (1 semester)
- Recommended Courses
- Psychology
- Sociology
GPA
- Minimum accetable GPA: 3.3
- Average science GPA of accepted applicants: 3.7
MCAT
- Average MCAT score in 2015: 30.56 (old MCAT)
- Verbal Reasoning 9.74
- Physical Sciences 10.64
- Biological Science 10.18
- Minimum requirement on new MCAT: 503
- Average on new MCAT: 508
- MCAT must be done within 3 years prior to application
Other
- Community/Volunteer Service
- Average: 200 hours within last 4 years
- Medical/Clinical Experiences
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Supporting Documents
- Apply to AMCAS – click [www.aaamc.org/amcas/ here]
- Secondary Application form – sent via email
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Timeline
- Early May: AMCAS application available
- Early June: AMCAS applications may be submitted
- July-December: Select applicants invited to submit supplemental application materials
- No Supplemental material will be offered after January 30
- August-March: Select applicanted invited for interviews
- September: Last acceptable MCAT score, up to three years prior to application
- October 16: Offer date
- December 16: Offer date
- February 16: Offer date
- March 16: Offer date
- Within 2 weeks of acceptance: Must accept offer
- April 30: deadline for non-fundable tuition deposit
- Early August: White Coat Ceremony, Orientation, Classes Begin
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Tuition 2016-2017
- In-state (residents) First Year Tuition - $29,793 USD
- Total first year fees: $63,743 USD
- Out-of-State (nonresidents, Canadians) First Year Tuition - $46,993 USD
- Total: $81,568 USD
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