Prerequisites
The UA College of Medicine encourages applications from all interested
students regardless of their college major. The following minimum
requirements must be met by the end of the spring semester prior
to matriculation:
- Applicants must successfully complete at least three full
years of study (90 semester hours or 135 quarter hours) at
an accredited college or university, including 30 semester
hours (45 quarter hours) of upper division courses. Applicants
educated outside the United States must have completed at
least two full years of study (60 semester hours or 90 quarter
hours) in an accredited college or university in the United
States or Canada prior to application, including 30 semester
hours (45 quarter hours) of upper division courses, as well
as the prerequisites listed under #2. Post-baccalaureate
students should have recent science courses, including upper
division courses.
- All applicants must successfully complete
two full semesters (three quarters), or equivalent, in each of
the following areas: general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics,
general biology or zoology, and English (composition, literature).
Science courses and all prerequisite courses, as above, should
be graded courses (not pass/fail). However, CLEP or AP credits
are acceptable for these courses.
- Applicants are encouraged to
take the MCAT in the spring of the year of application and to
have their premedical requirements completed at the time of application.
Applicants must submit scores from the 2006 or more recent MCAT.
The Sept. 12, 2009, MCAT
will be the latest administration of the examination considered
for the 2010/2011 application cycle.
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