Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
MD program · public · New Jersey
Median GPA
3.64
entering class
Median MCAT
512
entering class
Acceptance rate
~6.0%
approximate
Class size
165
72% in-state
In-state vs. out-of-state
72% of the last entering class were New Jersey residents, which leaves about 46 seats for everyone else.
New Jersey resident
~17%
estimated odds
Out-of-state
~3%
estimated odds
Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.64) and MCAT (512), 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
- Academics26%
- Service25%
- Clinical experience23%
- Research17%
- Leadership9%
RWJMS names the personal qualities it selects for: strong interpersonal and communication skills plus demonstrated resilience, compassion, ethics, and cultural competence and humility, weighed alongside unique life experiences, meaningful engagement in diverse activities, and extracurriculars spanning clinical experience, research, community service and leadership. Distinctively, the school states an expectation of a balanced undergraduate education with real coursework in the humanities, behavioural sciences and liberal arts, not only premedical science. New Jersey residents receive preference.
Watch out: A science-only transcript runs against an explicitly stated expectation of breadth. Out-of-state applicants compete against a stated residency preference at a school whose mission is written around New Jersey.
Our reading of this school's own published mission and selection criteria, not an official formula. How we source this
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