Dates & Deadlines

Admission Timetable

August - January: Invitations to complete HUCM Secondary Application are sent by email to Verified Applicants.

August - April: Interviews are scheduled. HUCM interviews about 400 students per year. Invitations to interview are sent via email. Selected students will be invited approximately one-month prior to anticipated interview dates.

October 15: First day acceptance notifications are sent out.

December 15 Deadline: (HUCM AMCAS Application Deadline) AMCAS Application.

January 15 Deadline: Deadline for submitting HUCM secondary for applicants submitting AMCAS on or around December.

February 19: (AMCAS "Plan to Enroll" Option Becomes Available for Accepted Applicants to Use)
Applications can begin to select "Plan to Enroll" for their top choice medical school using the AMCAS Choose Your Medical School Tool. HUCM strongly encourages applicants who have been extended an offer, and/or holding multiple offers to utilize this tool as it will assist our committee with planning for matriculation.

March 15 - June 30: Final emails will be sent to applicants who are not being considered for an interview.

April 15: HUCM strongly encourages applicants holding more than three offers of admission to narrow their offers of acceptance to three. As a professional courtesy, be sure to decline all other acceptances that are not in your top three choices. This will allow us to offer positions to other applicants who may be on our alternate list. Applicants can however continue to remain on other medical school’s alternate/waitlists.

April 30: (AMCAS “Commit to Enroll” Option Becomes Available for Accepted Applicants to Use) Applicants can select “Plan to Enroll” or “Commit to Enroll” in the AMCAS Choose Your Medical School Tool. A “Commit to Enroll” with HUCM indicates that they have made their final selection to matriculate with HUCM and have declined all other offers of acceptance. Be sure to send an e-mail communication to hucmadmissions@howard.edu confirming your enrollment status with HUCM. Applicants can however continue to remain on other medical school’s alternate/waitlists. (This is the Last Date that HUCM Accepted Students Should Hold Multiple Acceptances.)

May 1 - June 12: (AMCAS “Commit to Enroll” Option Is Enforced at HUCM) HUCM requires accepted applicants who have made their decision to select one school to “Commit to Enroll” in AMCAS Choose Your Medical School Tool. Be sure to send an e-mail communication to hucmadmissions@howard.edu confirming your enrollment status with HUCM. At least 30 days prior to HUCM’s orientation, applicants who have committed to enroll with us should decline all other acceptance offers and/or withdraw from other school’s alternate/waitlists.

PLEASE NOTE: Your Good Faith and Enrollment Fees are what ultimately will determine you being fully committed to the Howard University College of Medicine.

GOOD FAITH DEPOSIT AND DUE DATE RULES (Accepted Students Only)

To fully reserve your seat in the College of Medicine M1 Class, a $100.00 Good Faith Deposit is required, and it will be applied to your tuition upon matriculation in July 2026. This Good Faith Deposit will reserve your seat in the class and is refundable until April 30, 2026, should you decide not to fully enroll at Howard University.

Prior to April 30, 2026, Good Faith Deposits are due within 2 weeks of the date of your decision letter.
After April 30, 2026, but before June 8, 2026, Good Faith Deposits are due within 5 days of the date of your decision letter.
On and after June 8, 2026, Good Faith Deposits are due within 2 days of the date of your decision letter.

ENROLLMENT FEE AND DUE DATES RULES (Accepted Students Only)

If you have never officially enrolled at Howard University, a non-refundable Enrollment Fee of $300.00 is required by the University (this fee is waived for previously enrolled Howard University students). The $300.00 Enrollment Fee is due once you have committed to enroll with Howard University College of Medicine and the full amount will be applied to your tuition and fees upon matriculation in July 2026. Please DO NOT pay this fee until May 1, 2026.

For applicants extended an offer of admission between October 15 and April 15, 2026, the $300.00 Enrollment Fee is due May 1, 2026.
For applicants extended an offer of admission between April 16 and April 30, 2026, the $300.00 Enrollment Fee is due within 2 weeks of the date of your decision letter.
For applicants extended an offer of admission between May 1 and June 7, 2026, the $300.00 Enrollment Fee is due within 5 business days.
For applicants extended an offer of admission after June 7, 2026, the $300.00 Enrollment Fee is due within 2 business days.

June 12: HUCM reserves the right to rescind offers to any student that has not communicated to us via e-mail their intentions of enrollment; reporting those intentions in AMCAS Choose Your Medical School Tool under the Commit to Enroll status; and not paying the Good Faith and Enrollment Fees by the date specified in the decision letter.

Mid-July: Orientation begins, and the Alternate/Waitlist will be deactivated.

Applicants are encouraged to apply early in the admissions' cycle.