Application Process and Timeline

Characteristics of School of Medicine Student

A TCU and UNTHSC medical student is compassionate, empathetic and prepared to discover the latest knowledge in medical care and equipped with the tools to ask and answer the medical questions of the future. Fitting to our mission, prospective students will be asked to demonstrate skills, knowledge and abilities in several core competencies, some of which are general for any entering student and others that are specific to our medical school, throughout the application process.

Application Process and Timeline

• AMCAS® Application

AMCAS® Application

AMCAS® Application Site Apply through the American Medical College Application Service®, the AAMC’s centralized medical school application processing service. The deadline to submit is November 15, 2019 at 11:59pm EST. Transcripts must arrive by November 29, 2019 to AMCAS.

• Supplemental Application

Supplemental Application

Applicants with a minimum Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) of 498, a minimum overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 and who are a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident will receive an invitation to complete the supplemental application. The deadline to submit is December 15, 2019, including the $100 fee, waived for verified AAMC fee-assistance program recipients.

• Letters of Recommendation

Letters of Recommendation

Letters of Recommendation are a component of your application and must be submitted in order for your application to be completed.  Our Admissions Committee requires that applicants submit a minimum of 3 letters of recommendation. The committee will consider letters from individual letter writers; a letter packet containing at least 3 letters of recommendation or a committee letter accompanied by at least 2 additional letters.  If your pre-health office does not include additional letters of recommendation with their evaluation, it is highly encouraged that you seek additional letters to meet our minimum requirement.

All letters must be submitted through the AMCAS Letter Service.  Letters of recommendation sent directly to our office will not be included with your application.  In order for the letters to be considered, they must be submitted through the AMCAS Letter Service no later than December 15, 2019 at 11:59 EST.

• Screening

Screening

Applicants will be undergo an extensive screening process that seeks to assess the non-academic and academic characteristics of a future Empathetic Scholar. Due to the complexity of the screening and the individuals involved, an electronic notification will be sent at the conclusion of the review process; updates during the review are not possible.

• Applicant Visit Day and Overview

Applicant Visit Day and Overview

Applicants will be invited to spend a full day in Fort Worth to learn more about the medical school and our university partners, TCU and UNTHSC. During the visit, applicants will meet faculty, administration, students and community members; complete the multiple mini-interview (MMI); and a few other sessions that are important for you during a campus visit.  The day will end with an open forum with the dean of admissions.

• Admission Offer

Admission Offer

The Admissions Committee meets often and admission decisions are sent on a rolling-basis until the class of 60 students is filled in mid-February. Applicants placed on the alternate list are notified in mid-February, and seats are filled as needed through the summer.

• Commit to Enroll

Commit to Enroll

By April 30, accepted students can begin notifying us of their commitment to enroll in our program. The deadline to Commit to Enroll is June 1, 2020. 

• Pre-Matriculation Requirements

Pre-Matriculation Requirements

The months leading up to the start of medical school will be exciting as you transition into medical education and we will help guide you along the way to ensure you are successful and ready for your first day of medical school. An acceptance remains conditional until all requirements for admission have been successfully met, including any outstanding coursework, a successful criminal background check and drug test, in addition to other credentialing documentation that will come your way before arriving for Welcome Week.

• Welcome Week

Welcome Week

Mandatory for the entering class of 2020. Welcome Week will start on Monday, July 6, 2020 and ends on Friday, July 10, 2020. The week will be filled with social activities, learning and orientation to our campus communities. There is no cost associated with Welcome Week.