Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
MD program · private · Massachusetts
Median GPA
3.72
entering class
Median MCAT
517
entering class
Acceptance rate
~2.2%
approximate
Class size
138
33% in-state
In-state vs. out-of-state
33% of the last entering class were Massachusetts residents, which leaves about 93 seats for everyone else.
Massachusetts resident
~12%
estimated odds
Out-of-state
~3%
estimated odds
Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.72) and MCAT (517), from AAMC and AACOM applicant outcomes and this school's published figures. Where you live makes a big difference here. Estimates, not guarantees.
What they look for
- Service27%
- Academics24%
- Clinical experience21%
- Research18%
- Leadership10%
Service and health-equity orientation alongside strong academics and research. BU's stated values name service, social justice and equality of opportunity, and its curriculum is explicitly organised around integrating foundational science, clinical medicine and health equity. Clinical training centres on Boston Medical Center, the region's safety-net hospital, so exposure to underserved care is the daily reality rather than an elective. The school states every application is read by a human and it never uses strict cutoffs or formulas.
Watch out: Because there are no formulaic cutoffs, a borderline metric is less automatically fatal here than at screening-heavy schools — but a file with no service or equity dimension misses what the curriculum is built around.
Our reading of this school's own published mission and selection criteria, not an official formula. How we source this
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