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

The Facts

The University of Missouri is a rather large, private institution located in Kansas City, Missouri, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 25,000 students. The university's School of Medicine, however, is significantly smaller, and is home to about 630 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 integration of the liberal arts, didactic medical science and clinical training, as well as for its emphasis on early patient contact. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school also offers a combined MD/PhD degree in various areas of the medical sciences.

Admission to the University of Missouri's School of Medicine is extremely competitive among the relatively few students who apply; last year, over 480 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 180 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 120 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had average MCAT scores of about 10.5 in Biology, 10.2 in Physics, and 9.8 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 there is currently no early application program in place.

The university's School of Medicine has about 484 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 2:1, 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 prestigious and competitive residency programs, and most frequently specialize in the areas of pediatrics, family medicine, internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, neurology, pathology, as well as medical research.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical programs including 1 month rotations of community medicine, family practice, psychiatry, and emergency medicine, as well as 2 month rotations of ob/gyn, pediatrics, surgery, as well as internal medicine. Students complete their clinical clerkships at affiliated facilities including the Truman Medical Center.

What's Good

"Students and faculty here are very kind, and do everything to support one another."

"The administration actually does a great job of taking care of us."

"The clinical programs are extremely informative, and really prepare you for the real medical world."

What's Bad

"There are some faculty members who assume their class is the only one you have."

"Tuition is extremely high if you are an out of state student, and the administration doesn't like to give out very much financial aid."

"The basic science courses are a bit too basic. They're all review."

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