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Process Overview

Review Process

Members of the Review Committee are volunteer faculty representatives who come from the School of Medicine and the community. This committee assures that applicants do or do not meet the requirements and are processed accordingly. Only applicants who satisfy minimum requirements in all 8 areas with average or above performance in 5 of the 8 areas will be interviewed.

We are especially interested in the trend of grades during the two years prior to application. The review may take other factors into account that have depressed the applicant's GPA such as illness, hours worked during school and lack of access to a quality secondary education.

The Admissions Committee will not consider applicants who have been dismissed, are on probation, on hold, or who are under suspension at another medical school.

All decisions made by the Review Committee are final.

Interview Process

Members of the Interview Committee are volunteers from the fourth year medical student class and faculty representatives who come from the School of Medicine and the community. The primary purpose of the interview is to identify those who will deal compassionately and effectively with patients.

Interviewers will explore the applicant's motivation for seeking a medical degree, awareness and understanding of the medical profession, leadership, problem solving skills, understanding of medical ethics and interpersonal skills. Each applicant will have 2 interviews; faculty representative and a fourth year medical student.  Each interview is randomly assigned and typically lasts between 30-45 minutes. Interviews are conducted independently. Interviewers do not collaborate in preparing their reports.

Selection Process

Members of the Selection Committee are volunteers from the fourth year medical student class and faculty representatives who come from the School of Medicine and the community.The Selection Committee members discuss each qualifying applicant in detail. After this discussion, members of the Selection Committee independently grade each applicant.

The Selection Committee reviews applicants weekly until all approved applicants have been presented. Applicants will be notified by mail of their final status; accepted, placed on the alternate list, or not accepted.