University of Louisville, School of Medicine Admission
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The Facts

The University of Louisville is a rather large, public institution located in the appropriately titled city of Louisville, Kentucky, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 21,800 students. The university's School of Medicine, however, is significantly smaller, and is home to about 580 graduate medical students. The average age of enrollment is around 23, 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 the patient-doctor relationship, as well as its excellent research programs. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school offers a joint degree in the MD/PhD in various areas of the medical sciences.

Admission to the University of Louisville's School of Medicine is extremely competitive among the many students who apply; last year, over 1,420 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 240 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 150 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had average MCAT scores of about 9.4 in Biology, 9.4 in Physics, and 9.4 in Verbal, as well as an average undergraduate GPA of about a 3.6. 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 712 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 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 nation's most competitive and prestigious residency programs in the nation, and most frequently specialize in the areas of primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, orthopedics, neurology, as well as ob/gyn.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical programs including 6 weeks of psychiatry, 8 weeks of basic surgery, 8 weeks of ob/gyn, 6 weeks of family medicine, 10 weeks of internal medicine, 8 weeks of pediatrics, 4 weeks of inpatient medicine, 4 weeks of inpatient surgery, 4 weeks of neurology, 4 weeks of AHEC, 4 weeks of ambulatory primary care, 4 weeks of ambulatory rotations, as well as 2 weeks of perioperative medicine. Students complete their clinical clerkships at affiliated facilities including the University's own hospital.

What's Good

"There are a lot of opportunities to have patient contact here, which is awesome."

"I really love my professors. They're obviously quite passionate about teaching us."

"Students tend to actually be very supportive of one another. It's a nice change of pace."

What's Bad

"I wish the tuition was a bit lower for both in and out of state students."

"There are some professors who assume their class is the only one you have. Enough said."

"There is no on campus graduate housing, which is a big pain for me."

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