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The Facts

Temple University is a rather large, private institution located in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 35,000 students. The university's School of Medicine, however, is significantly smaller, and is home to about 452 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 diverse curriculum, as well as for its emphasis on medical research. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school also offers joint degrees in the MD/MPH, the MD/MBA, and MD/PhD in the areas of anatomy, biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, pathology, pharmacology, as well as physiology.

Admission to Temple University's School of Medicine is extremely competitive among the students who apply; last year, over 7,240 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 500 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 180 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had average MCAT scores of about 10.0 in Biology, 10.0 in Physics, and 9.0 in Verbal, as well as an average undergraduate GPA of about a 3.5. Students are notified of their admission status on a rolling basis, and are able to take advantage of the school's early application program if they so choose.

The School of Medicine has about 450 faculty members, all of whom come from very diverse academic and medical backgrounds. The school also boasts a very manageable student to faculty ratio of about 2:1, and the small classes allow for plenty of discussion and interaction between students and their professors.

Graduates of the School of Medicine are often accepted to some of the most prestigious and competitive residency programs in the nation. Students most frequently specialize in the areas of internal medicine, surgery, transitional, pediatrics, emergency medicine, family medicine, orthopedics, psychiatry, as well as ob/gyn.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical training programs including 1 week of anesthesiology, 12 weeks of internal medicine, 6 weeks of ob/gyn, 6 weeks of pediatrics, 6 weeks of family medicine, 6 weeks of psychiatry, 8 weeks of surgery, 3 weeks of surgical subspecialties, as well as 4 weeks of emergency medicine. Students complete their training at affiliated facilities such as the Temple University Hospital, Crozer Chester Medical Center, Scranton Mercy Hospital, the Western PA Medical Center, the Fox Chase Cancer Center, the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Abington Memorial Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, Mercy Hospital, as well as the Lehigh Valley Hospital.

What's Good

"The teaching hospitals we're able to take advantage of are so incredible, and we have a lot of patient contact."

"The professors here are wonderful, and they really want you to do well in the field."

"You basically have your pick of residency programs, which certainly makes life better."

What's Bad

"There can be some competitiveness between students, and it can be a bit distracting."

"You can't really expect to have much of a life here; there's a lot of work to do."

"It can be difficult to get into some of the better research projects."

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