Admission Requirements

Each year Emory University School of Medicine enrolls approximately 138 new students in the first-year class. Emory encourages applications from Georgians as well as other well-qualified applicants regardless of geographic origin. Admission is possible only at the beginning of the academic year.

Accepted applicants to the first-year class at Emory have a mean grade-point average of 3.7 and a mean score of 11 on the various subtests of the MCAT. While these statistics serve as guidelines, Emory continues to recognize its responsibility to consider applicants as individuals. However, applicants should present an academic record competitive with those accepted applicants at Emory. Applicants are assessed on their qualifications without discrimination in regard to gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, color, age, disability, race, religion, veteran status, national origin, or immigration status. It is not possible to provide places for all acceptable applicants; consequently, failure to be accepted is not an indication that a student is considered unsuited for a medical career.

Admissions eligibility requirements:

1. Completion of at least three years of a balanced undergraduate education, including at least 90 semester hours or 135 quarter hours in arts and sciences from a regionally accredited U.S. or Canadian institution (completion of the baccalaureate degree is preferred).
2. Minimum course requirements: 8 semester hours each (with lab) of biology, general or inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics; 6 semester hours of English; 18 semester hours of humanities and social and/or behavioral sciences;
3. Demonstration of a high level of scholarship (the means for those interviewed/accepted: 3.7 GPA and 11 on the MCAT subtests);
4. Completion of the Medical College Admission Test no later than September of the year in which application is made (the test must be taken within four years of the matriculation year);
5. Submission of online application through the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) at the following web site: www.aamc.org;
6. Submission of the required Emory supplemental application (this form is made available online after Emory receives the applicant's verified AMCAS application);
7. Submission of a $120 application fee (fee amount subject to change) and photograph (the application fee and photograph may be submitted electronically with the Emory Supplemental Application);
8. Submission of the required letter(s) of recommendation, either from a premedical advisor or committeee, or three letters of recommendation, two of which should be from the sciences;
9. Completion of a personal interview before the Admissions Committee on the University campus. Not all applicants are invited for interview. It is impossible to interview all qualified applicants; consequently, failure to be offered an interview is not an indication that a student is considered unsuited for a medical career.
10. Exposure to patients in a clinical setting. Examples include volunteering at a local hospital or clinic, clinical volunteer work abroad, or shadowing a physician. The Admissions Committee is most interested in applicants who have face-to-face experience with the patient-doctor relationship.

All correspondence concerning applications to the MD program should be addressed to: Emory University School of Medicine, Office of Admissions, 1648 Pierce Drive, Suite 231, Atlanta, GA 30322; Phone: 404.727.5660; Email: medadmiss@emory.edu

Medical College Admissions Test

Almost all of the accredited medical schools, acting through the Association of American Medical Colleges, require the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). For information on the MCAT, go to www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat

All applicants to the MD program must complete the MCAT no later than September of the year prior to matriculation. The MCAT must be taken within four years of the matriculation year. If Emory is designated as one of the medical schools of the applicant’s choice on the AMCAS application, results of the test will be sent directly to Emory. Candidates for the MD/PhD program may also submit scores from the Graduate Record Examination if available. However, the GRE is not required for admission to the MD/PhD program.