Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center

Admission statistics

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Admission process notes:
After our application review, competitive applicants will be invited to submit our secondary application.

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Requirements notes:
Submission of a Casper score required. Choose one of the following options for letters of recommendation: Option 1: One premedical committee letter (preferred, if offered by your institution) Option 2: One letter packet Option 3: Three individual letters with the following guidelines: Academic Letter: A person who can evaluate your academic abilities, as well as your suitability for a medical school curriculum. The letter does not need to be written by a science faculty member. Professional Non-Academic Letter: A person who has worked with you professionally and can address your attributes. Examples of attributes include resilience, dependability, social skills, cultural competence, service orientation. What value do these bring to the diversity of the class, seeing patients and the communities we serve? Personal Letter: A person who has an in-depth perspective of you and can objectively assess your personal qualities. This should be a more personal letter that discusses who you are, your goals and characteristics. This person needs to have had substantial contact with you during the past 24 months. Letters from friends and family are not accepted.

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GPA, MCAT notes:
For students applying for matriculation, we will accept MCAT scores from exams administered from January, 3 years ago and September, 1 year ago.

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Deadlines notes:
Latest Casper test date acceptable - Oct. 28. Deadline to submit Rush secondary application and all additional required materials (letters of recommendation, MCAT and Casper scores) - Nov. 14 (11:59 p.m. Central Time). Latest Casper test date acceptable for Early Decision applicants - July 8. Deadline to submit AMCAS application as Early Decision and all additional required materials(secondary application, letters of recommendation, MCAT and Casper scores) - Aug. 1.

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