University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
MD program · public · Arizona
Median GPA
3.86
entering class
Median MCAT
515
entering class
Acceptance rate
3.9%
school-published
Class size
130
67% in-state
In-state vs. out-of-state
67% of the last entering class were Arizona residents, which leaves about 43 seats for everyone else.
Arizona resident
~28%
estimated odds
Out-of-state
~3%
estimated odds
Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.86) and MCAT (515), 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
- Service27%
- Academics25%
- Clinical experience23%
- Research16%
- Leadership9%
Arizona Phoenix has published its admissions method through the AAMC itself, describing a Mission-Aligned Selection and Retention process built on holistic review and a balanced assessment of academic metrics, experiences and attributes. Selection is aligned to six named core values including Servant Leadership, which is an unusual one to state and rewards applicants whose leadership shows up as service rather than title. The committee explicitly values broad life experiences such as second careers and non-medical community work, variety in undergraduate education including non-science majors, and socioeconomic background, so a non-traditional path is an asset here rather than something to explain.
Watch out: A conventional straight-through pre-med file with no breadth competes against a committee that names breadth as a value. Arizona residency preference applies as at the Tucson campus.
Our reading of this school's own published mission and selection criteria, not an official formula. How we source this
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