Hofstra Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine

MD program · private · New York

Median GPA

3.85

entering class

Median MCAT

518

entering class

Acceptance rate

~3.6%

approximate

Class size

104

58% in-state

In-state vs. out-of-state

58% of the last entering class were New York residents, which leaves about 44 seats for everyone else.

New York resident

~13%

estimated odds

Out-of-state

~5%

estimated odds

Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.85) and MCAT (518), 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

  • Academics27%
  • Clinical experience26%
  • Service21%
  • Research17%
  • Leadership9%

Zucker publishes a selection criteria page naming academic credentials, personal traits, career objectives, and the applicant's ability to make a positive contribution to society, the profession, the discipline and the school itself. The academic review explicitly weighs the rigour of undergraduate study, the university attended and the academic major alongside GPA and MCAT, so a hard curriculum is credited. Extracurricular review names community service, leadership, honours and awards, employment, research and unique accomplishments. Through co-ownership with Northwell Health, first-year students become licensed New York EMTs within their first nine weeks, so prehospital or emergency interest fits the curriculum unusually well.

Watch out: Depth, reflection and longitudinal commitment are what the holistic review rewards; a long list of one-off activities does not. An applicant uncomfortable with immediate hands-on emergency work is entering a curriculum built around it.

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

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