Admission Requirements

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• General Admission Requirements
  1. U.S. or Canadian citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
  2. Valid U.S. or Canadian Driver’s License and reliable vehicle (upon matriculation)
  3. Have completed a bachelor’s degree earned in the U.S. or Canada, including all prerequisite course requirements.
     • An advanced degree in sciences or healthcare (e.g. PharmD) from an accredited U.S. or Canadian institution may be accepted in place
• Academic Requirements

  
  Prerequisite Coursework
  
  All prerequisite coursework must be completed at an accredited college or university in the U.S. or Canada. Applicants who complete prerequisite courses at community colleges are encouraged to demonstrate competency by completing higher level courses in related subjects at an accredited U.S. or Canadian four-year institution. A grade of C (2.0 on a 4-point scale) or higher must be achieved to meet prerequisite standards.

  MSU CHM offers various models to demonstrate academic readiness for admission:

  MCAT-Influenced Preparation Model
  The MCAT-Influenced Preparation Model requires the traditional set of prerequisite courses to prepare an applicant for both the MCAT and an undergraduate medical school curriculum:

  • biology with lab (one year)
  • general chemistry with lab (one year)
  • organic chemistry with lab (one year)
  • introductory physics with lab (one year)
  • college algebra or statistics (one semester)
  • biochemistry (one semester)
  • social science coursework (one semester)
  • upper level (i.e., 300-400 level) biology (one semester)

  End-Point Coursework Model
  The End-Point Coursework Model outlines courses that need to be completed, but not the pathway to achieve completion of the courses. Students may achieve the “end-point” by successfully completing any combination of courses that lead them to these courses:

  • upper level (i.e., 300-400 level) biology (one semester)
  • biochemistry (one semester)
  • introductory physics (second semester)

  Grade Point Average

  • Undergraduate BCPM (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math) GPA of 3.0; or
  • Cumulative graduate or post-baccalaureate BCPM GPA of 3.5 with at least 24 credit hours in math and sciences.

  MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test)

  • MSU CHM does not have a minimum MCAT score requirement.
  • However, an MCAT Total Score of 500 or higher is desirable and predictive of success in a rigorous medical school curriculum.
  • Ideally, applicants should achieve a score of 125 or higher in each of the four subsections of the MCAT to demonstrate academic readiness.
  • MCAT scores obtained within the past four calendar years will be considered. Applicants with scores that predate four calendar years are required to retake the exam.
• Situational Judgement Tests

  Applicants are required to take one situational judgment test, either Casper Test (Altus Suite) or the AAMC. Please check the Altus Assessments and/or AAMC websites for registration and available testing dates.

  NOTE: Applicants to our dual MD/PhD program may have a different testing deadline than our regular MD applicants and are advised to consult the deadlines for the current application cycle. MD/PhD applicants who test beyond the deadline will not be considered. 

• Letters of Evaluation

  A minimum of three letters of evaluation (maximum of five)

  All letters must be signed, preferably on letterhead, and submitted though AMCAS Letters Service. Instructions for submitting letters to AMCAS are provided within the AMCAS application.

   

  A committee letter, authored by a pre-health committee or pre-health advisor, and intended to represent your institution's evaluation of you, counts as one letter entry. A letter entry may consist of more than one letter. If the committee letter is accompanied by at least two of the individual letters it references, one letter entry will fulfill our requirement. However, if your committee letter is not accompanied by a minimum of two of the individual letters referenced in it, you will need to submit two more individual letters to meet our minimum requirement of three letters.

  A letter packet is assembled and distributed by your school. It may or may not include a cover letter from your pre-health advisor or committee, but it does not include a committee evaluation. A letter packet counts as one letter entry. If the letter packet contains at least three individual letters, it will fulfill our requirements. However, if the letter packet includes fewer than three individual letters, you will need to submit additional individual letters to meet our minimum requirement of three letters.

  Unsolicited letters sent directly to the college outside of the AMCAS Letters service will not be reviewed, placed in your file, or retained in any form; they will be discarded.

• Admissions Process

  Step One: AMCAS Application

  College of Human Medicine participates with AMCAS - the American Medical College Application Service. Visit AMCAS to submit your application.

  Once we receive your verified application from AMCAS, we will send an email message with instructions on how to access the College of Human Medicine Applicant Portal. You will access this portal throughout the application process.

  Step Two: Secondary Application
  

  Applicants who meet our residency requirements will be invited to complete the MSU College of Human Medicine Secondary Application. The Secondary Application consists of four essay questions. The secondary application includes a non-refundable fee of $100, which may be waived if you have been granted the AMCAS Fee Waiver.

  At this time, applicants also have the option to complete essays for to indicate interest in one of our certificate programs, including the Leadership in Rural Medicine (LRM) programs or the Leadership in Medicine for the Underserved (LMU) program.

   

  Step Three: Screening
  

  Once all application materials (When we have received all of your application materials (AMCAS primary application, and secondary applications, Lletters of Evaluation, MCAT and CASPer situational judgement test scores), have been received, MSU CHM Admissions will complete a holistic review of your admission file.

  Step Four: Interview
  

  Select applicants will be invited to attend an interview day. MSU CHM conducts virtual interviews, where each applicant will participate in a 30-minute structured interview with a current MSU CHM student and an eight-station multiple mini-interview (MMI).

  Interview season will begin in September and continue until March. Approximately 550 applicants are invited to interview each application cycle.

   

  Step Five: Admission Offer
  

  Select applicants will be offered admission to MSU CHM on a rolling basis. Offers of admission begin in mid-October and continue until the class is full.

  The Committee on Admissions is the decision-making body of the College regarding admission to our medial program. strives to make a final decision on each candidate's application in a timely manner. Decisions made by the Committee on Admissions are final and are not subject to appeal or revision.
  
  

  Step Six: Acceptance and Deposit
  

  Admitted students are asked to accept the offer within two weeks of admission and pay a tuition deposit. Instructions on how to submit the deposit will be sent via email.

  *Accepted applicants will receive a conditional offer of admission pending receipt by the college of a clear Criminal Background Check (CBC). All conditionally accepted applicants will receive notice either confirming or rescinding the offer of admission.
  
  **If you are placed on the Alternate List, your file will remain under consideration for acceptance until we notify you of a change in your status. Alternates may add additional information (e.g., additional grades, new clinical, volunteer, and/or research experiences, additional letters of evaluation, letter of continued interest) to their file at any time. This is the only instance in which additional information will be accepted.

  Alternate files are not ranked and are reviewed whenever the number of accepted applicants falls below the entering class size. The number of applicants accepted from the Alternate List varies each year. Alternates have been admitted as late as a few days before the start of Prematriculation and Orientation Week.
  
  If you are recommended as a potential candidate to the Advanced Baccalaureate Learning Experience (ABLE), a final decision on your application will be made by the ABLE Review Committee in June. If you are accepted into ABLE and successfully complete all phases of this postbaccalaureate program, you are guaranteed regular admission to the following entering medical school class. If you are not accepted into ABLE, the application process is complete and no further consideration will be given to your application.

Admission Timeline

• Admission Timeline

  Date	Process
  Early May	AMCAS submission opens
  July-December	Select applicants invited to submit secondary application materials
  September – March	Select applicants invited to interview
  September cycle	Last acceptable MCAT test date, up to four years prior to the application
  October 15	Offers of admission made on a rolling basis until the class is full
  April 30	Students may hold only one acceptance (AAMC guidelines)
  Early August	Orientation & Matriculation

Additional Programs

The MSU College of Human Medicine has partnered with colleges and universities with ties to our clinical community campus sites to provide early assurance of medical school admission and enriched experiences for undergraduate students interested in becoming physicians in an underserved region or with an underserved population.

Qualified applicants from our partner schools should pursue a program of meaningful human clinical and service experiences. They receive academic support and advising from their home school directed toward medical school admissions in general, with additional guiding advice consistent with our college's mission. During their junior year (or the year prior to completion of their undergraduate degree), students may apply to this program as a representative of their college/university. There is no limit to the number of applications received from individual partner institutions.

Students have three options for early assurance/admittance through the following programs:

• Additional Degree Programs

  Dual Degree: M.D.-MPH

  Empower your goals with a public health career that protects the health of people and communities. Make a difference in people's lives, stand up for health disparities, and be a part of the solution to better health outcomes.

  Three online public health concentrations are offered that can be customized to your public health interests.

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  Dual Degree: M.D.-MBA

  Educated and trained physicians diagnose and treat human disease, but many times they also run the business of hospitals, medical units or practices, or other health-related businesses.

  To ensure they have the education and skills to not only treat people, but also to ensure the operations are healthy, an integrated education through a combined medical degree (M.D.) and master’s in business administration (MBA) can provide health care professionals a greater understanding of the business of health care.

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  Dual Degree: M.D.-PhD

  The MD/PhD program combines medical (MD) and graduate (PhD) training with the goal of educating and training the next generation of leaders in biomedical research and academic medicine.

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• Certificate Programs

  Leadership in Medicine for the Underserved (LMU)
  

  The Leadership in Medicine for the Underserved (LMU) program, based in Flint, Michigan, aims to provide medical students with the opportunity to work with and learn from underserved and vulnerable populations. In addition to traditional clinical medical education, LMU focuses on the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to address the varied medical needs of urban, rural, and international underserved populations.

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  Leadership in Rural Medicine (LRM)
  

  For almost 50 years the Leadership in Rural Medicine Programs have trained doctors in underserved rural communities across Michigan. The programs educate rurally-minded medical students in small towns and clinical sites statewide to encourage and empower students to serve these populations in their careers as physicians.

  Learn More