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The Facts

Tufts University is a rather small, private institution located in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 8,500 students. The university's School of Medicine, however, is significantly smaller, and is home to about 700 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 being one of the top research institutions in the nation, as well as for its emphasis on public health and the patient-doctor relationship. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school also offers joint degrees in the MD/MPH, the MD/MBA, the MD/MS, and the MD/PhD in the areas of anatomy, biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, neuroscience, pathology, pharmacology, as well as physiology.

Admission to Tufts University's School of Medicine is extremely competitive among the many students who apply; last year, over 8,200 students applied for admission to school, and approximately 490 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 170 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had average MCAT scores of about 10.5 in Biology, 10.3 in Physics, and 9.9 in Physics, as well as an average undergraduate GPA of about a 3.5. Students are notified of their admissions status on a rolling basis, and are able to take advantage of the school's early application program.

The School of Medicine has about 500 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 1:1, 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, and most frequently specialize in the areas of primary care, surgery, ob/gyn, as well as family medicine.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical training including 12 weeks of medicine, 12 weeks of surgery, 6 weeks of ob/gyn, 6 weeks of pediatrics, as well as 6 weeks of psychiatry. Students complete their training at affiliated facilities throughout the area.

What's Good

"The school allows you to have quite a bit of patient contact, which is fantastic."

"There is actually a fair amount of on campus graduate housing."

"The administration is quite supportive, and they are quite easy to be in contact with."

What's Bad

"Tuition is extremely high, and you aren't really given very much financial aid."

"There can be a lot of competition among students."

"The research opportunities are extremely competitive, and they can be difficult to get."

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