Admission Procedures
Premedical Requirements
Prospective medical students must have earned a minimum of 68 semester hours or the equivalent in an accredited U.S. or Canadian college or university.
Biology/lab (8 hours)
Inorganic Chemistry/lab (8 hours)
Organic Chemistry/lab (8 hours)
Physics/lab (8 hours)
Math (6 hours)
Humanities Courses (6 hours)
(in addition to English requirement)
Also recommended:
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Developmental Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
The Medical College Admissions Test
The MCAT is required of all applicants. All applicants must present scores from tests taken no later than January before matriculation. No MCAT taken three or more years prior to matriculation will be considered.
For MCAT information, see: http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/start.htm
AMCAS and Secondary Applications
The College participates in the centralized application service of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
For AMCAS information, see: http://www.aamc.org/audienceamcas.htm
The American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) application must be used by all prospective applicants to the College of Medicine. The deadline for filing the completed AMCAS application is December 15 of the year immediately preceding the school year in which the applicant expects to enter medical school. Once AMCAS has notified HUCM Admissions that the application has been verified, the College of Medicine will invite, via email, the applicant to submit the following within 30 days of notification:
SECONDARY APPLICATIONS: Applicants who have been verified applicants will be invited, via email, to download the HUCM secondary application.. Secondary applications and fees must be received no later than January 15.
$45.00 secondary application fee. (HUCM does not accept AMCAS waivers .) The secondary application fee must be in the form of money order or cashier’s check (ONLY) and must be received before on or before January 15 at the Howard University College of Medicine, Office of Admissions, 520 W Street, NW, Washington DC 20059. Secondaries and application fees will be acknowledged via email.
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