Marshall University, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Admission
Marshall University, Joan C. Edwards
School of Medicine Undergraduate Program
Marshall University, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Application

The Facts

Marshall University is a rather moderately-sized institution located in the town of Huntington, West Virginia, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 14,000 students. The university's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, however, is significantly smaller, and is home to about 200 graduate medical students. The average age of enrollment is around 24, and it is fairly rare for any of the students to enter the school directly from their undergraduate education. The school is perhaps best known for its emphasis on public health, and its attention to the community's under served populations. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school offers an advanced MD/PhD degree in the various areas of biomedical sciences.

Admission to Marshall University's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine is quite competitive among the relatively few students who apply; last year, over 720 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 95 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 52 of the admitted students enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had average MCAT scores of 9.2 in Biology, 8.4 in Physics, and 9.2 in Verbal, as well as an average undergraduate GPA of about a 3.5. Students are notified of their admissions status on a rolling basis, and there is currently no early application program in place.

The Edwards School of Medicine has 234 faculty members, all of whom come from very diverse medical and academic backgrounds. The school also boasts a very manageable student to faculty ratio of about 1:1, and the small classes ensure that students receive plenty of one on one attention from their professors.

Graduates of the School of Medicine are quite successful at being admitted to some of the most prestigious residency programs in the nation. Over half of the graduates enter primary care, while others specialize in internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, as well as ob/gyn.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical clerkships throughout their tenure at the school, including 8 weeks of general medicine, 8 weeks of ob/gyn, 8 weeks of psychiatry, 8 weeks of surgery, 8 weeks of pediatrics, 8 weeks of family practice, 1 week of clinical orientation, as well as a full 23 week period for electives.

What's Good

"The clinical programs here really prepare you for your residency. They give you the whole picture."

"The professors are incredibly caring and concerned here. They'll always talk to you."

"The students here tend to be very supportive of one another; you never feel left out."

What's Bad

"Tuition is quite high, and the cost of living isn't cheap either."

"There are some classes that are a bit dull, and you end up forgetting a lot of it because it wasn't made relevant."

"There are some professors who think their class must be the only one you've got."

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