University of Missouri, Columbia, School of Medicine Admission
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The Facts

The University of Missouri is a rather large, public institution located in the city of Columbia, Missouri, 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 560 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 dedication to the research sciences, as well as for its focus on the patient-doctor relationship. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school also offers a joint degree in the MD/PhD in various areas of the medical sciences.

Admission to the University of Missouri Columbia's School of Medicine is extremely competitive among the relatively few students who apply. Last year, over 845 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 170 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 92 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had average MCAT scores of about 10.0 in Biology, 9.0 in Physics, and 10.2 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 560 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 most prestigious and competitive residency programs in the nation, and most frequently specialize in the areas of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, as well as psychiatry.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical training including 8 week blocks of child health, family medicine, internal medicine, ob/gyn, psychiatry, neurology, as well as surgery. The school also offers a separate rural track where students work hands-on within the rural communities.

What's Good

"I really love the hands-on experience we get. It helps solidify what we're learning."

"You feel very prepared to enter residency programs when you graduate."

"The faculty here really cares about their students, and obviously love what they do."

What's Bad

"The administration seems more concerned with the undergraduate students rather than us."

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

"I wish there were more on campus housing available."

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