Applying to UMDNJ-SOM
The Admissions Committee requires that every applicant submit results from the Medical College Admission Test, as well as the premedical committee letter. All accepted students must have earned a baccalaureate degree, upon matriculation at SOM.
Other requirements include:
- eight hours of biology,
- eight hours of organic chemistry,
- eight hours of inorganic chemistry, and
- eight hours of physics (all with laboratories).
(UMDNJ-SOM strongly recommends that applicants take six additional semester hours of science courses. Biochemistry, genetics, physiology and anatomy are strongly suggested.)
Additionally applicants should have:
- three hours of English composition are required and three additional hours from the English department,
- six hours of college level mathematics are required,three hours of which may be satisfied by computer science or statistics, and
- six hours of behavioral science (psychology, sociology or cultural anthropology)
Those applicants whose credentials are judged to be most competitive will be invited for an interview; interviews are not granted at an applicant’s request. Applicants who are not considered for the first round of interviews will be held for further review.
Candidates whose credentials are considered non-competitive will receive a rejection notice at an early date.
Applications can be obtained directly from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (AACOMAS). Applications are available May 1 and may be completed and submitted between June 1 of that year and February 1 of the year of desired admission. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents at the time the application is filed.
