Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
MD program · private · New Jersey
Median GPA
3.71
entering class
Median MCAT
510
entering class
Acceptance rate
~5.4%
approximate
Class size
166
58% in-state
In-state vs. out-of-state
58% of the last entering class were New Jersey residents, which leaves about 69 seats for everyone else.
New Jersey resident
~16%
estimated odds
Out-of-state
~4%
estimated odds
Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.71) 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.
What they look for
- Service28%
- Academics26%
- Clinical experience22%
- Research15%
- Leadership9%
Hackensack Meridian states its admissions requirement in one sentence: candidates must be committed to a future in which all persons have access to equal health outcomes regardless of race and socioeconomic status. The curriculum makes that concrete through The Human Dimension, a longitudinal course in which students are paired with individuals in the surrounding community through the Voices Program and complete a Community Health Project, so an applicant who has already worked with people over time, not just in episodic volunteering, matches what the school actually does. The vision names humanism and innovation together with economic and behavioural sustainability.
Watch out: Short, transactional volunteering reads poorly against a curriculum built on sustained relationships with community members. Reported medians are high, near a 3.89 GPA and 515 MCAT, so mission fit alone does not offset weak metrics.
Our reading of this school's own published mission and selection criteria, not an official formula. How we source this
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