University of Kansas, School of Medicine Admission
University of Kansas, School of Medicine Undergraduate Program
University of Kansas, School of Medicine Application

The Facts

The University of Kansas is a rather large, public institution located in Kansas City, Kansas, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 28,000 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 its emphasis on rural and primary health care, as well as for its terrific research programs. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school offers joint degrees in the MD/MPH, and the MD/PhD in the areas of anatomy and cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, pharmacology, microbiology, molecular genetics and toxicology, as well as pathology and oncology.

Admission to the University of Kansas' School of Medicine is extremely competitive among the many students who apply; last year, over 1,400 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 260 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 175 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had average MCAT scores of about 9.7 in Biology, 9.2 in Physics, and 9.6 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 are able to take advantage of the school's early application program if they so choose.

The university's School of Medicine has about 660 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 a 1:1, 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 most frequently specialize in the areas of primary care, family medicine, pediatrics, ob/gyn, pathology, oncology, medical sciences and research, as well as orthopedics.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical training including 6 weeks each of ambulatory medicine, geriatrics, family medicine, and ob/gyn, 8 weeks of medicine, 6 weeks of pediatrics, 8 weeks of neuropsychiatry, as well as 8 weeks of general surgery. Students complete their clinical clerkships at affiliated facilities including the University of Kansas Hospital, Medical Center Kansas City, Kansas Cancer Institute, Bernett Burn Center, Smith Mental Retardation Center, Center on Aging, as well as the Center on Environmental and Occupational Health.

What's Good

"The clinical programs really give you an idea of what your professional options are."

"The faculty here obviously loves their jobs, and they really are dedicated to their students and the school itself."

"Students are actually very caring and supportive of one another."

What's Bad

"The administration can be a bit disorganized, and are often difficult to get a hold of."

"If you are out-of-state student, tuition is certainly not cheap."

"There is no on campus graduate housing, which I think is quite a pain."

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