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Advanced Standing Application Process

The School of Medicine and Health Sciences will only accept transfer applicants from U.S. or Canadian schools of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine programs. Applicants may apply for second or third year positions in our class. The number of second or third year positions varies from year to year. Some years there may be no availability. Applicants, if qualified, can apply specifically for the second or for the third year, or they may express a willingness to consider a position in either year.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen or U.S. permanent resident
  • Must have completed a minimum of 90 semester hours at an accredited U.S. or Canadian college or university before matriculation
  • Must have completed 8 semester hours (6 lecture and 2 lab) in each of the following fields: Biology, Physics, General Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry and 6 semester hours of English.
  • Must be in good standing and be eligible to reenter medical/osteopathic school, if your education has been interrupted. If you cannot meet this requirement; we cannot accept your application for transfer.
  • Cannot be granted for Physician Assistant, Chiropractic, Dental, or Podiatric programs.

Application, MCAT scores, letters of evaluation, transcripts with medical coursework, and course descriptions may be submitted to our office. These materials may be submitted to our office between February 1 and April 1 for entry in the fall. All application materials must be received by April 1. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

A small number of applicants may be offered interviews in the early summer.