California University of Science and Medicine

MD program · private · California

Median GPA

3.59

entering class

Median MCAT

510

entering class

Acceptance rate

~5.2%

approximate

Class size

130

98% in-state

In-state vs. out-of-state

98% of the last entering class were California residents, which leaves about 3 seats for everyone else.

California resident

~7%

estimated odds

Out-of-state

~1%

estimated odds

Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.59) and MCAT (510), from AAMC and AACOM applicant outcomes and this school's published figures. Where you live makes a big difference here. Estimates, not guarantees.

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What they look for

  • Service29%
  • Academics24%
  • Clinical experience24%
  • Research14%
  • Leadership9%

CUSM's mission names facilitating medical education for promising disadvantaged students, especially from California and the Inland Empire, which makes a disadvantaged background or Inland Empire origin genuine mission alignment rather than a soft plus. San Bernardino and Riverside counties carry higher rates of diabetes-related death, coronary heart disease, chronic liver disease and severe psychological distress than California averages while ranking in the bottom half of counties for physicians per capita. The school values academic resilience, so an upward trajectory reads well, and it looks for concrete underserved work such as free clinics, mentoring first-generation students, organising health fairs or interpreting for patients.

Watch out: Roughly 97.7% of matriculants are California residents, leaving almost no out-of-state pathway. CASPer is required of everyone receiving a secondary. A file with no underserved or community work misses the school's founding purpose.

Our reading of this school's own published mission and selection criteria, not an official formula. How we source this

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