University of Texas, Galveston School of Medicine Admission
University of Texas, Galveston School of Medicine Undergraduate Program
University of Texas, Galveston School of Medicine Application

The Facts

The University of Texas is a rather large, public institution located in the town of Galveston, Texas, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 28,000 students. The university's Galveston School of Medicine, however, is significantly smaller, and is home to about 820 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 after their undergraduate education. The school is perhaps best known for its emphasis on the medical research sciences, as well as for its focus on hands-on, interactive learning. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school offers a joint degree in the MD/PhD in various areas of biomedical research.

Admission to the University of Texas' Galveston School of Medicine is extremely competitive among the many students who apply; last year, over 2,770 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 370 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 10.7 in Biology, 10.5 in Physics, and 9.8 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 there is currently no early application program in place.

The School of Medicine has about 800 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 most prestigious and competitive residency programs in the nation, and most frequently specialize in the areas of internal medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, ob/gyn, psychiatry, pathology, orthopedic surgery, as well as immunology.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical training including 8 weeks of internal medicine, 8 weeks of surgery, 4 weeks of pediatrics, 6 weeks of ob/gyn, 6 weeks of psychiatry, 6 weeks of family medicine, a 12 week ambulatory clerkship, 4 weeks of neurology, 4 weeks of general surgery, 4 weeks of emergency medicine, 2 weeks of radiology, 2 weeks of dermatology, as well as a 4 week acting clerkship. Students complete their clinical training at affiliated facilities including various UTMB clinics and hospitals throughout the region.

What's Good

"The clinical program is extensive, and you graduate feeling very prepared for your residency."

"The faculty here is extraordinarily dedicated to the school and to their students."

"If you are an in state student, the school is a really fantastic deal."

What's Bad

"The administration seems to be a bit disorganized, and you really have to push to get in for a meeting or anything face to face."

"There are some teachers who feel the need to be ridiculously hard on you in terms of the amount of work they assign."

"I have felt quite a bit of unpleasant competition from time to time here."

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