University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
MD program · public · Wisconsin
Median GPA
3.83
entering class
Median MCAT
511
entering class
Acceptance rate
~4.1%
approximate
Class size
171
75% in-state
In-state vs. out-of-state
75% of the last entering class were Wisconsin residents, which leaves about 43 seats for everyone else.
Wisconsin resident
~35%
estimated odds
Out-of-state
~2%
estimated odds
Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.83) and MCAT (511), 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
- Service26%
- Academics25%
- Clinical experience21%
- Research19%
- Leadership9%
The only US medical school that put public health in its name, with a mission stated as advancing health and health equity across clinical care, education, research and public health — so population-level work, health policy and community health carry more weight here than at a comparable flagship. The committee selects on fit with the school's mission, vision and values plus demonstration of the AAMC core competencies for entering medical students. The WARM track trains students for rural Wisconsin across statewide campuses in Green Bay, La Crosse and Marshfield, and is restricted to legal residents of Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois or Iowa.
Watch out: A purely bench-research profile with no population or community health engagement under-reads against a mission that names public health explicitly. WARM is closed outright to applicants outside the five listed states, so a rural narrative from elsewhere cannot access that pathway.
Our reading of this school's own published mission and selection criteria, not an official formula. How we source this
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