Texas A&M College of Medicine
MD program · public · Texas
Median GPA
3.86
entering class
Median MCAT
513
entering class
Acceptance rate
~6.1%
approximate
Class size
200
85% in-state
In-state vs. out-of-state
85% of the last entering class were Texas residents, which leaves about 31 seats for everyone else.
Texas resident
~11%
estimated odds
Out-of-state
~7%
estimated odds
Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.86) and MCAT (513), 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
- Service31%
- Clinical experience24%
- Academics23%
- Research12%
- Leadership10%
Texas ties plus rural or underserved service. Texas A&M frames its work through its land-grant mission of broadening healthcare access in rural communities; nearly 40% of 2024 graduates matched into primary care and over half of graduates stay in Texas to practise, putting it in the top 10% for state retention. Its RUPM programme, running since 1998, targets students from medically underserved areas or parts of Texas short of primary care physicians. Texas residents apply through TMDSAS rather than AMCAS.
Watch out: Out-of-state applicants face the structural disadvantage common to Texas public schools. A file with no rural or underserved exposure sits outside the profile the land-grant mission selects for.
Our reading of this school's own published mission and selection criteria, not an official formula. How we source this
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