SUNY Upstate Norton College of Medicine

MD program · public · New York

Median GPA

3.91

entering class

Median MCAT

512

entering class

Acceptance rate

~5.4%

approximate

Class size

182

76% in-state

In-state vs. out-of-state

76% of the last entering class were New York residents, which leaves about 44 seats for everyone else.

New York resident

~17%

estimated odds

Out-of-state

~4%

estimated odds

Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.91) 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.

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What they look for

  • Service28%
  • Academics24%
  • Clinical experience24%
  • Research15%
  • Leadership9%

SUNY Upstate says its Office of Admissions seeks small town applicants, which is a recruiting statement rather than a preference. The university has offered rural training since the 1960s and created the Rural Medical Scholars Program in 2007 to identify and nurture students headed for rural or small-town practice. Holistic review considers applicants as whole individuals across strength of coursework, academic and extracurricular interests, unique talents, background and personality, and explicitly weighs coming from a rural or medically underserved community, being a first-generation college student or of lower socioeconomic status, and a professed interest in staying in Central New York with real ties to the region.

Watch out: Stating an interest in staying in Central New York without ties to back it is transparent at a school that lists ties as a separate factor. A metropolitan file with no rural or underserved connection competes against a stated recruiting priority.

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