Requirements update: Oct. 2011 PREREQUISITES FOR 9 MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN TEXAS Course Names BCM TAMUHSC TTUHSC UNT (osteopathic UTHSC UTHSCSA UTMB UTSW TTUHSC medicine) Houston College Station Lubbock Houston San Antonio Galveston Dallas El Paso Forth Worth 1 General Biology 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. Advanced or 6 hrs. 6 hrs.2 6 hrs. 6 hrs. 6 hrs.3 6 hrs.4 8 hrs. 6 hrs.5 other Biology General 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. Chemistry Organic 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. Chemistry 6 Recommended Recommended Now required and Recommended Recommended Now required and Recommended Recommended Recommended Biochemistry may be used toward may be used toward (cannot be introductory course) fulfilling Bio. Sciences fulfilling Bio. Sciences Physics Not 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. 8 hrs. required *Calculus or Neither 3 hrs. of 3 hrs. of 3 hrs. of Neither 3 hrs. of 3 hrs. 3 hrs. 3 hrs. Statistics required statistics statistics statistics required statistics (calculus cannot (Calculus cannot Calculus cannot (Calculus cannot replace stats.) replace stats.) replace stats.) replace stats.) English 6 hrs. 6 hrs. 6 hrs. 6 hrs. 6 hrs. 6 hrs. 6 hrs.7 6 hrs. 6 hrs. General Applicants must have completed a minimum of 90 semester hours at an accredited university. Courses for non-science majors are not accepted. A grade of C must be earned in each information of the required courses. *No business Calculus is accepted by any of these schools. 1. Paul Foster School of Medicine in El Paso puts emphasis on a student’s broad educational experiences. 2. Must include Biochemistry. 3. Three of the 14 required hours of Biology must be Biochemistry. 4. UTMB in Galveston recommends taking Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics, A&P, Immunology, Dev. Bio., and Micro. before entering medical school. 5. Strongly encourages coursework in Biochemistry, Biostatistics, and Cell/Molecular Biology before entering medical school. 6. UTHSCSA and Texas Tech are the only schools that require Biochemistry but the other schools highly recommend pre-med students take this course. 7. UTMB will not accept writing course except from an English Dept. BCM TAMUHSC TECH UNT UTHSC UTHSCSA UTMB UTSW TTUHSC Contact www.bcm.edu http://medicine.tamhsc.edu www.ttuhsc.edu www.hsc.unt.edu www.med.uth.tmc.edu www.uthscsa.edu www.som.utmb.edu www.utsouthwrestern.edu www.ttuhsc.edu/elpaso/ information MCAT All schools accept the best score from the past 5 years. If you have never taken the test, you must take it no earlier than April or later than Sept. of the year preceding enrollment into medical school. TMDSAS Nov. 1-apply The deadline for TMDSAS application is October 1st. However, it is suggested that the premed student submit their application by the end of application through deadline AMCAS June as all medical schools do “rolling admission.” Application will first appear on May 18. Supplemental Dec. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 15 Oct. 1 Not required. Not required. Oct. 15 Not required application deadline Personal inter. Sept.-February August-November Aug. 1-Dec. 31 To be contacted August-Dec. 31 August-Dec. August-Dec. August-Dec. Aug.-Dec. Notification of Oct. 16-June Medical schools may extend offers of acceptance to Texas residents beginning November 15-Dec. 31. Applicant may hold multiple pre-match acceptance offers from TMDSAS schools until January 15. All but one offer must be declined by that date. If applicant is sure that the school is a NO, then student should release the position as soon as possible as a courtesy. .