Admission
- A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution in the U.S. or Canada prior to matriculating at EVMS. Official transcripts from the awarding institution must indicate the date the degree was conferred.
- Successfully completed each of the following medical school prerequisite courses with a grade of “C” or better:
- Two semesters or three quarters of physics with labs
- Two semesters or three quarters of organic chemistry/biochemistry with labs
- Two semesters or three quarters of chemistry with labs
- Two semesters or three quarters of biology with labs
Online coursework from 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years are currently being accepted for this application cycle. Study abroad coursework is not accepted to fulfill prerequisite requirements.
- A cumulative grade point average of 2.75 (B-) or better.
- Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) for students pursuing medical school
- One-year program: MCAT with a minimum score of 503.
- Two-year program: MCAT with a minimum score of 496.
- We will accept MCAT scores from exams taken January 2020 to present for the 2022-2023 school year.
We do not accept GRE scores in place of MCAT scores.
- Clinical experiences with patient contact (including scribing, shadowing, hospice, EMT)
- One year - at least 100 hours within the past two years
- One year - at least 100 hours within the past two years
- Volunteerism (clinical or not)
- One year - at least 100 hours within the past two years
- Two year - at least 50 hours within the past two years
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents.
- Three letters of recommendation from individuals who can realistically evaluate your abilities and probability of success in the program. At least two of these letters should be from science faculty who taught you. (Please call us if you have questions about this requirement.)
- If your letters are being sent via Interfolio, please email them directly to our admissions department at hpadmissions@evms.edu.
- PostBacCAS requires you to submit at least one letter request in their system in order for your application to be verified.
- Resume/CV: Please limit to 4 pages or less. Please include the following sections:
- Volunteer work
- Clinical shadowing
- Research
- Personal hobbies/interests
Be sure to detail the total number of hours dedicated to each listed volunteer, research, or clinical shadowing experience.
Please refer to our Medical Master’s Sample Resume for help with formatting suggestions for your experiences. We are not expecting you to have every one of the activities listed in the sample. For instance, you can be a competitive applicant without having research experience.
- All transcripts must be received and verified by the PostBacCAS system before your application can be reviewed by the Admissions Committee. It is best to send your transcripts as early as possible.
- Send official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended to the following address:
PostBacCAS Transcript Processing Center
P.O. Box 9209
Watertown, MA 02471
- Two personal statements. Please limit each to 1 single-spaced page or less.
- Primary personal statement: Address the topic of how your experiences have contributed to your decision to pursue a career in healthcare.
- Secondary EVMS personal statement: Address the topics of why you have chosen to apply to a special master’s program, and why you think the EVMS Medical Master’s program is a good fit for you.
- Test scores: (Please email your AAMC ID and verification code to our admissions department at hpadmissions@evms.edu.)
- MCAT - scores must be received by the application deadline
- One-year program: Minimum score of 503
- Two-year program: Minimum score of 496
- Photograph of yourself in professional attire.
Applicants from rural or other underserved regions and those who have been disadvantaged or underrepresented for economic, racial or social reasons, and who possess the motivation and aptitude required for the study of medicine, are strongly encouraged to apply.
All courses to fulfill the degree requirements for the Medical Master’s program must be taken at EVMS. No credit will be given for courses taken at another institution.
Since we have a rolling admissions process, applicants are encouraged to apply early and submit all of their application materials as they become available, even when planning to take the MCAT at a later date.
Technical Standards
The abilities and skills candidates and students must possess in order to complete the education and training of the Biomedical Sciences Medical Master’s Program are referred to as “Technical Standards.” These abilities and skills are essential for entry into most professional practice settings associated with this degree program.
1.0 Observation Skills Technical Standard
1.01 Demonstrate sufficient attention and accuracy in observation skills (visual, auditory, and tactile) in the lecture hall, laboratory and/or online settings.
1.02 Indicators include, but are not limited to, this example:
a. Accurate visualization and discrimination of text, numbers, patterns, graphic illustrations, and other imaging texts.
2.0 Communication Skills Technical Standard
2.01 Demonstrate effective communication skills with healthcare professionals, and with people of varying cultures, ethnicities and personalities.
2.02 Indicators include, but are not limited to, these examples:
a. Clear, efficient and intelligible articulation of spoken English language.
b. Legible, efficient and intelligible written English language.
c. Accurate and efficient English language reading skills.
d. Accurate and efficient expressive and receptive communication skills.
e. Ability to accurately follow oral and written directions.
3.0 Critical Reasoning Skills Technical Standard
3.01 Demonstrate critical reasoning skills, including, but not limited to, intellectual, conceptual, integrative and quantitative abilities.
3.02 Indicators include, but are not limited to, these examples:
a. Demonstrate ability to measure, calculate, reason, analyze, integrate and synthesize information.
b. Demonstrate ability to acquire, retain and apply new and learned information.
4.0 Motor And Sensory Function Technical Standard
4.01 Perform demonstrations and experiments in the basic sciences.
4.02 Observe a patient accurately, both at a distance and close at hand; this ability requires the functional use of vision and somatic sensation.
4.03 Speak, hear, and observe patients in order to elicit information, describe changes in mood, activity, and posture, and perceive nonverbal communications.
4.04 Communicate effectively and efficiently in oral and written form.
4.05 Execute movements reasonably required to provide patients with general care and emergency treatment.
4.06 Students should also have sufficient motor function to elicit information from patients by palpation, auscultation, percussion and other diagnostic techniques.
4.07 The ability to solve problems, a skill which is critical to the practice of medicine, requires the intellectual abilities of measurement, calculation, reasoning, analysis and synthesis. In addition, a student must possess the emotional health required for full utilization of his or her intellectual abilities, the exercise of good judgment, the prompt completion of all responsibilities required for the diagnosis and care of patients, and the development of mature, sensitive, and effective relationships with patients.
4.08 All students of medicine must possess the intellectual, ethical, physical, and emotional capabilities required to undertake the full curriculum and to achieve the levels of competence required by the faculty.
5.0 Behavioral And Social Attributes Technical Standard
5.01 Demonstrate the behavioral and social attributes vital to participation in a professional program and service as a practicing laboratory professional.
5.02 Indicators include, but are not limited to, these examples:
a. Possess the emotional health required for full utilization of mental faculties (judgment, orientation, affect, and cognition).
b. Ability to develop mature and effective professional relationships with faculty, patients, the public, and other members of the healthcare team.
c. Possess personal qualities that facilitate effective therapeutic interactions (compassion, empathy, integrity, honesty, benevolence, confidentiality).
d. Demonstrate impartial motives, attitudes, and values in roles, functions, and relationships.
e. Ability to monitor and react appropriately to one’s own emotional needs and responses.
f. Display appropriate flexibility and adaptability in the face of stress or uncertainty associated with laboratory experiments.
g. Compliance with standards, policies, and practices set forth in the EVMS Student Handbook and the program handbook.
