OFFICE OF MEDICAL DEADLINES STUDENT ADMISSIONS FOR 2022 APPLICANTS COLLEGE OF Tom G. South June 1, 2021 Assistant Dean, Medical Student Admissions Applicants may begin to submit their AMCAS [email protected] application to AAMC. Jeanne McLachlin, Ph.D. August 16, 2021 Director, Admissions and Recruitment Arkansas residents may begin calling to schedule their [email protected] faculty interview. Applicants must certify and submit Kimberlyn Blann, M.A. the AMCAS application before scheduling an interview. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES Associate Director, Medical Student medicinemedicine Admissions and Outreach Programs November 1, 2021 [email protected] Final deadline for all applicants to submit AMCAS application. Tammy Henson Rural Practice Programs Administrator Last day for Arkansas residents to call UAMS to [email protected] schedule faculty interviews. November 15, 2021 Deadline for all applicants to submit the UAMS COM Supplemental Application Non-Arkansas residents with strong ties to Arkansas must submit letter to UAMS advocating strong ties. UAMS College of Medicine December 15, 2021 4301 W. Markham St., #551 Admissions Committee meets to determine which non- Little Rock, AR 72205 Arkansas residents will be invited to be interviewed in (501) 686-5354 January and reviewed in February. December 20, 2021 Letters to early accepts for Arkansas residents. January 17, 2022 ALL application documentation must be received at MEDICINE.UAMS.EDU UAMS for ALL applicants. January 25, 2022 2021 FRESHMEN SNAPSHOT Letters to early accepts for Arkansas residents. Late February 2022 Average GPA of those accepted: 3.84 Letters mailed to all applicants informing them of Average MCAT of those accepted: 509 admissions status: Accepted, Alternate List or Not Accepted. Average age of those accepted: 23; age range 20-33 82% of Freshmen received their undergraduate FACULTY INTERVIEWS degree from Arkansas colleges Arkansas Residents Must be interviewed by members of the UAMS faculty. It 44% of those accepted majored in Biology; is your responsibility to call the Office of Admissions to followed by Biochemistry at 16% schedule your faculty interview after you have certified and submitted your AMCAS application. You may begin 72% of all accepted students majored in one of calling August 16, but you must call no later than the traditional sciences Nov. 1, 2021 to schedule your interview. 79% of the applicant pool were first-time applicants Non-Arkansas Residents Will be interviewed by invitation only. The Admissions A total of 3012 applicants from 43 states submitted an Committee will meet in mid-December to determine AMCAS application which non-Arkansas resident applicants will be invited to Class size for 2021 is 174 come for faculty interviews on Jan. 15, 2022. 2022 Guide for M.D. Program Applicants Access the AMCAS medical school application at: students-residents.aamc.org/ APPLICATION PROCEDURES ADMISSIONS The College of Medicine participates in the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Applicants must use the AAMC online web-application at www.aamc.org. Applicants may certify and submit their completed AMCAS REQUIREMENTS web-application to the AAMC beginning in June. The deadline for submitting your application to AMCAS is Nov. 1 for the class entering the following fall. Official transcripts should be sent directly to AMCAS from the registrar of each college attended. PERSONAL PRE-MATRICULATION REQUIREMENTS AMCAS will send your MCAT scores to us. Recommendations from your Premedical Advisory Committee ATTRIBUTES are required and must be sent directly to AMCAS Letters Service. Your application will not be reviewed if Accepted applicants must have successfully completed the following you miss your school’s Premedical Advisory Committee deadline and we are advised that a letter is not Certain personal qualities are courses prior to matriculation in the College of Medicine: forthcoming. of fundamental importance in Two semesters of Biology Two semesters of Physics the character of one who will Note: If your institution does not have a Premedical Advisory Committee, or it has been more than two years since enter the medical profession. you last attended/graduated from your school, you may choose to have three faculty members submit individual Three semesters of Chemistry Two semesters of English These attributes include letters of recommendation. In addition to the required Premedical Advisory Committee composite evaluation or three (to include Organic academic letters of recommendation from faculty, you also have the option to ask three individuals to submit personal curiosity, compassion, integrity, Chemistry with lab, and stamina, dedication to service One semester of Statistics letters of recommendation which primarily address your qualifications outside the classroom. UAMS College of Biochemistry) and a sustained ability to learn. Medicine utilizes the AMCAS Letters Service for letter submissions. Letters of recommendation should be submitted Two semesters of by Nov. 15. Beyond these are the cognitive One semester of Genetics needs and requirements of an Social Sciences A non-refundable application fee of $100 is required from each applicant. Applicants approved by adequate intellectual capacity. Advanced Placement credit may be used to satisfy pre-matriculation course AMCAS for the Fee Assistance Program will be charged $50. The paramount goals of requirements listed above, provided the AP credit is accepted by your university/ The College of Medicine, in conjunction with AMCAS, will conduct a criminal background check on all the pre-medical experience college and posted on your transcript. applicants accepted for admission. should be mastery of the art The College of Medicine will accept online courses to meet our pre- matriculation requirements, provided the course is accepted and given credit/ * This brochure provides only a synopsis of College of Medicine admission requirements. It is not intended to of study and the intellectual letter grade on the applicant’s academic transcript from an substitute for the College of Medicine catalog. All information is subject to change without notice. maturity to understand, utilize accredited university. Mallory Heft and synthesize facts into UAMS is the state’s only academic medical center Class of 2023 concepts. The student must have the ability to absorb, RESIDENCY PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT integrate and use a large body REQUIREMENTS of knowledge. Likewise, future We are excited to announce the expansion of UAMS College of physicians must understand Preference is given to Arkansas Medicine medical training on the Northwest Arkansas Campus the sociocultural and residents. However, state law permits where select medical students wishing to complete their entire environmental factors in illness the Admissions Committee to accept MD in Fayetteville, Arkansas may have the opportunity to do and the impact of illness on the a limited number of non-Arkansas so. There is also the option for students to complete their first family and greater community. residents. Non-Arkansas residents two years of training in Little Rock and then to move to NWA to The pre-medical education with strong ties to Arkansas are complete their M3 and M4 clinical years in Northwest Arkansas. contributes significantly to the given preference. Individuals with For incoming medical students who know they wish to enter interaction of these factors. strong ties should communicate primary care fields, (e.g. pediatrics, family medicine or internal this information to the Office medicine), an innovative three year MD Primary Care Scholars Tariq Salem of Admissions by Nov. 15. An training track is exclusively offered on the Northwest UAMS Class of 2023 applicant must be a U.S. citizen Campus. This program is highly competitive and requires a or a legal permanent resident. secondary application once admitted to the College of Medicine. The focus of the program is to prepare extremely strong primary care clinicians to serve our state. By completing the MD degree in 3 years, students save 25% of the cost of training ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS and are able to enter practice more rapidly. Applicants accepted for admission to the UAMS College of Medicine will have the opportunity to complete the standard A baccalaureate degree is strongly MCAT at www.aamc.org/students/ four-year MD track at UAMS Little Rock or to apply for one of the three tracks offered at UAMS Northwest. recommended. Applicants must take applying/mcat/. Applicants with the MCAT. MCAT scores obtained pre-medical majors have no particular 1. The three-year Primary Care Scholars MD track, prior to 2019 are not acceptable for advantage over applicants majoring 2. The traditional four-year MD track, applicants to the 2022 first-year class. in other fields. Successful applicants, 3. The option to complete the 1st and 2nd years of medical school at UAMS Little Rock and the 3rd and 4th years The MCAT test dates for calendar year however, will be highly motivated at UAMS Northwest in Fayetteville. 2021 are posted on the MCAT web individuals with a solid foundation in the site. Applicants must register for the natural sciences. Jocelyn McGill Class of 2022 Visit us at medicine.uams.edu