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"Typical" Competitive Applicant Profile

  • Baccalaureate degree with greater than 50 semester hours in science courses
  • A science and overall grade point average greater than 3.25 on a 4 point scale
  • "Hands-on" patient care experience
  • Leadership evidence
  • Service evidence
  • Superior people skills
  • Superior references
  • Mature and insightful essays
  • Competitive applicants may also possess one or more of the following diversity factors:
    • bi/multilingual
    • rural community or medically underserved area of origin
    • first generation college
    • disadvantaged background factors
    • unique/rare talents or accomplishments
       
       

 

Class of 2010 Profile

  • 710 applicants 
  • 94 interviewed
  • 37 enrolled/chosen
  • 29 women and 8 men
  • Average age 27 (range of 22-42)
  • Overall class average GPA of 3.60
  • Science class average GPA of 3.58

 


 

Class of 2009 Profile

  • 585 applicants 
  • 98 interviewed
  • 36 enrolled/chosen
  • 29 women and 7 men
  • Average age 27 (range of 22-46)
  • Overall class average GPA of 3.56
  • Science class average GPA of 3.44

Class of 2008 Profile

  • 567 applicants 
  • 97 interviewed
  • 36 enrolled/chosen
  • 29 women and 7 men
  • Average age 26 (range of 21-47)
  • Overall class average GPA of 3.65
  • Science class average GPA of 3.61