Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

MD program · public · Virginia

Median GPA

3.81

entering class

Median MCAT

512

entering class

Acceptance rate

~4.1%

approximate

Class size

184

63% in-state

In-state vs. out-of-state

63% of the last entering class were Virginia residents, which leaves about 68 seats for everyone else.

Virginia resident

~23%

estimated odds

Out-of-state

~3%

estimated odds

Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.81) and MCAT (512), 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

  • Academics26%
  • Service25%
  • Clinical experience24%
  • Research16%
  • Leadership9%

VCU states outright that it has adapted the AAMC holistic review E-A-M model, evaluating Experiences, Attributes and Metrics together, and says explicitly that academic metrics do not measure all the skills needed to be a successful student or physician. That makes it one of the schools where the AAMC framework is not an inference but the published method, so a file balanced across all three dimensions reads better than one spiked on metrics. The mission centres on innovation and improving the health and wellbeing of the Richmond community. Reported averages sit near a 3.7 GPA and 512 MCAT.

Watch out: A metrics-heavy file with thin experiences fails on two of the three named dimensions. Virginia residency matters at a state institution whose mission is written in terms of its own community.

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

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