University of Michigan Medical School

MD program · public · Michigan

Median GPA

3.87

entering class

Median MCAT

516

entering class

Acceptance rate

~3.0%

approximate

Class size

168

32% in-state

In-state vs. out-of-state

32% of the last entering class were Michigan residents, which leaves about 114 seats for everyone else.

Michigan resident

~15%

estimated odds

Out-of-state

~5%

estimated odds

Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.87) and MCAT (516), 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

  • Research30%
  • Academics25%
  • Clinical experience15%
  • Service15%
  • Leadership15%

Substantive research with output, plus demonstrated leadership. Michigan's stated mission leads with discovery, and its admissions materials describe assessing leadership as the ability to question and challenge the status quo — an unusually specific framing that rewards applicants who can point to something they changed rather than a title they held. Most successful applicants carry significant research backgrounds, often with publications or presentations.

Watch out: Thin research is the main gap at a school whose mission foregrounds discovery. Leadership described only as membership, without evidence of initiative, reads weakly against the school's own framing.

Our reading of this school's own published mission and selection criteria, not an official formula. How we source this

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