Office of
Health Professions Advising

Most health professions schools use a rolling admissions procedure. Applications are screened in the order in which they are completed. Interviews are offered and conducted, decisions are made at weekly or bi-monthly meetings of the Admission Committee, and notices mailed, beginning as early as October 15. Thus, successful applicants interviewed in September and October may have already received letters of acceptance by a November 15 deadline for receipt of applications.

Experience has shown that as the class builds in size, the Committee is more likely to offer a wait list position rather than an acceptance. A few medical schools including Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Penn and Duke, offer acceptances only after completing interviews with all candidates and send out their first acceptance letters in late February or early March. However, even for non-rolling admissions schools, an early application can give you a better shot at acceptance.

Timing of the MCAT and Other Admissions Tests

See section on Admissions tests (click here)