University of Minnesota, Duluth, Medical School Admission
University of Minnesota, Duluth, Medical School Undergraduate Program
University of Minnesota, Duluth, Medical School Application

The Facts

The University of Minnesota is a rather large, public institution located in the city of Duluth, Minnesota, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 28,000 students. The university's Medical School, however, is significantly smaller, and is home to about 110 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 fantastic research programs, as well as for its emphasis on early patient contact. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school offers a joint MD/PhD degree in various areas of the medical sciences.

Admission to the University of Minnesota's Medical School is extremely competitive among the relatively few students who apply; last year, over 625 students applied for admission to the coming semester. Approximately 92 of those students were accepted, and eventually, only about 53 of the admitted students actually enroll for the coming semester. The admitted students had average MCAT scores of about 9.7 in Biology, 9.0 in Physics, and 9.3 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 are able to take advantage of the school's early application program if they so choose.

The university's Medical School has about 44 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 3.7, and the small classes allow for plenty of discussion and interaction between students and their professors.

Graduates of the Medical School 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, ob/gyn, pathology, internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, as well as pediatrics.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical training including 12 weeks of medicine, 6 weeks of ob/gyn, 6 weeks of surgery, 6 weeks of pediatrics, 6 weeks of psychiatry, 4 weeks of neurology, 4 weeks of surgical specialties, as well as 8 weeks of ambulatory care. Students complete their clinical training at affiliated facilities including Abbot Northwestern Hospital, Children's Health Care, Fairview-University Medical Center, Hennepin County Medical Center, Regions Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, as well as St. Mary's Medical Center.

What's Good

"Students are very supportive of one another, and we do all we can to help one another out."

"The clinical programs do an excellent job of preparing you for your residency program."

"The faculty here are extremely dedicated, and will do almost anything to make sure you are doing well."

What's Bad

"Tuition is extremely high, and it isn't getting any lower."

"The administration can be very difficult to get a hold of. They're always too busy with other people."

"There's no on campus graduate housing, which can be a big problem."

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