TCU Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine

MD program · private · Texas

Median GPA

3.83

entering class

Median MCAT

512

entering class

Acceptance rate

~1.8%

approximate

Class size

60

18% in-state

In-state vs. out-of-state

18% of the last entering class were Texas residents, which leaves about 49 seats for everyone else.

Texas resident

~2%

estimated odds

Out-of-state

~3%

estimated odds

Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.83) and MCAT (512), from AAMC and AACOM applicant outcomes and this school's published figures. Residency moves the estimate little here. Estimates, not guarantees.

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What they look for

  • Academics26%
  • Clinical experience25%
  • Service25%
  • Research15%
  • Leadership9%

TCU organises everything around the Empathetic Scholar model and states its focus in three named domains: Character, meaning integrity, empathy, humanism and professionalism; Content, meaning medical knowledge, technology, innovation and integration; and Context, meaning patient-centered models, cultural sensitivity, health systems, finance, ambulatory care, patient safety and chronic disease management. Students see patients in Week 1 with one-on-one physician mentoring, so communication skill is central rather than aspirational. An applicant who can evidence all three domains rather than only Content matches the model the school built.

Watch out: A file strong on knowledge and scores but thin on empathy, communication or health-systems awareness answers only one of the three named domains. Texas residency dominates admissions economics at a Fort Worth school, though TCU applies through AMCAS rather than TMDSAS.

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