University of Colorado, School of Medicine Admission
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The Facts

The University of Colorado is a rather large, public institution with many branches throughout the state, including Boulder, Colorado Springs, and Denver. The university has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 60,000 students. The university's School of Medicine, however, is significantly smaller; located in the city of Denver, the school is home to about 530 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 outstanding research programs, as well as for its emphasis on the doctor-patient relationship. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school also offers combined degrees in the MSTP, and the MD/PhD in the areas of biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, immunology, molecular biology, microbiology, pharmacology, as well as physiology.

Admission to the University of Colorado's School of Medicine is extremely competitive among the many students who apply; last year, over 2,510 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 230 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 130 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had average MCAT scores of about 10.9 in Biology, 10.4 in Physics, and 10.3 in Verbal, as well as an average undergraduate GPA of about a 3.7. Students are notified of their admissions status on a rolling basis, and there is currently no early application program in place.

The School of Medicine has about 1,375 faculty members, all of whom come from relatively diverse medical and academic 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 often go on to be accepted to some of the most prestigious and competitive residency programs in the nation, and frequently specialize in the areas of internal medicine, family medicine, surgery, pediatrics, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, ob/gyn, as well orthopedics.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical training including 12 weeks of medicine, 6 weeks of surgery, 6 weeks of family medicine, 6 weeks of ob/gyn, 4 weeks of neurology, 6 weeks of pediatrics, 6 weeks of psychiatry, 6 weeks of various surgical subspecialties including one week each of anesthesiology, opthamology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, as well as urology. Students complete their clinical clerkships at affiliated facilities including University Hospital, VA Medical Center, Children's Hospital, as well as s the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine.

What's Good

"The clinical clerkships are extensive and you are given a huge amount of patient contact."

"The faculty here couldn't be better. They are so eager to share what they know with you."

"There are always exciting research projects happening here that you can often be involved with."

What's Bad

"If you are an out of state student, the tuition is absolutely unreal."

"There is never enough on campus graduate housing available, which gets on my nerves."

"The administration can be very difficult to get a hold of."

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