University of Florida, College of Medicine Admission
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The Facts

The University of Florida is a rather large, public institution located in the town of Gainesville, Florida, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 48,000 students. The university's College of Medicine, however, is significantly smaller, and is home to about 472 graduate medical students. The average age of enrollment is around 22, and it is not unusual for students to enter the school directly from their undergraduate education. The school is perhaps best known for its terrific research facilities as well as for its specialized institutes and centers, including the Health Policy Institute, the Center for Mammalian Genetics, as well as the Brain Cancer Institute. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school also offers a joint degree in the MD/MPH.

Admission to the University of Florida's College of Medicine is extremely competitive among the many students who apply; last year, over 2,000 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 170 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 115 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had average MCAT scores of about 10.5 in Biology, 10.7 in Physics, and 9.7 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 College of Medicine has about 1,020 faculty members, all of whom come from relatively diverse medical and academic backgrounds. The school 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 university's College of Medicine often go on to be accepted to some of the most prestigious and competitive residency programs in the nation, and most frequently specialize in the areas of primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, surgery, ob/gyn, orthopedic surgery, as well as medical research.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical training including 8 weeks of medicine, 2 weeks of neurology, 6 weeks of psychiatry, 8 weeks of surgery, 6 weeks of ob/gyn, 8 weeks of pediatrics, 10 weeks of interdisciplinary clerkships, 4 weeks of advanced medicine, family medicine, or pediatrics, 4 weeks of clinical pharmacology, as well as 28 weeks of various electives. Students complete their clerkships at affiliated facilities including Shands Hospital, Gainesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, as well as the University Medical Center.

What's Good

"The clinical programs are extensive, and you can go into your residency feeling very prepared."

"Students are actually very supportive of one another. We keep each other going."

"The faculty here are outstanding. You couldn't ask for any better."

What's Bad

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

"The administration always seems busy with the undergraduate students when you have a question or concern."

"I think the basic science courses are too basic."

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