Admission

Academic excellence. Scientific acumen. Diversity. Leadership. Compassion. Communication skills. A commitment to lifelong learning. The goal of Dartmouth's Admissions Committee is to enroll students who reflect all of those qualities and who will contribute to the uniquely close-knit and stimulating learning environment that defines Dartmouth Medical School. Dartmouth receives approximately 5,300 applications a year for about 83 places in the entering class. Although the vast majority of DMS students—93% in recent years—come from out of state, Dartmouth also has a commitment to provide selected residents of New Hampshire with the opportunity to study medicine.

Admissions Requirements

• One year (eight semester hours) each of general chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, and physics.
• A half-year of calculus.
• Facility in written and spoken English.
• The equivalent of at least three years' college work at an American or Canadian post-secondary institution.
• A semester of biochemistry is encouraged, but not required.
• Students are encouraged to major in a field of particular interest and, if possible, to pursue independent investigations in that field.
• All candidates are expected to present scores from the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). Students who choose not to submit MCAT scores will be at a disadvantage. Although the Admissions Committee does not employ rigid cutoffs, applicants should be aware that the average combined entering MCAT score is approximately 33, and the average undergraduate GPA is 3.7.

Equal Opportunity
Dartmouth College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all its students, faculty, employees, and applicants for admission and employment. For that reason Dartmouth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, military or veteran status in access to its programs and activities, and in conditions of admission and employment (hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits). (Dartmouth College refers to the entire institution, including the professional schools, graduate programs, and auxiliary activities.)

For more information, please see Dartmouth's Policy Concerning Equal Opportunity and Nondiscrimination. For more information about the DMS Office of Learning and Disability Services and the Essential Standards for Matriculation, Promotion, and Graduation, including the Standards for Capacity, visit the Office for Learning and Disability Services or call (603) 650-6535.

Medical Education Programs at Dartmouth

In addition to the M.D. degree, Dartmouth medical students participate in the following degree programs:

M.D.- Ph.D. program is committed to training physician-scientists for the 21st century who will provide excellent patient care, lead discovery in biomedical disease-oriented research, advocate for basic and translational biomedical research, and take leadership roles in biomedical research and the delivery of health care. For more information, visit the M.D.-Ph.D. Program Website or call (603) 650-1505.

M.D.-M.B.A. program with Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business Administration is designed to create leaders in health care and medical administration and in entrepreneurial ventures in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical-product industries. For more information, visit The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth or call (603) 646-3162.

M.D.- M.P.H. program with The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, where students apply after enrolling in the M.D. program. This unique public health

Match Day is the day all senior medical students throughout the country find out at exactly the same time where they will do their residency.

degree program provides students with the academic knowledge and skill sets to make an impact in evidence-based public health practice and research. For more information, visit Joint MD/MPH Program or call (603) 650-6522.

Dartmouth Ph.D. programs in a breadth of disciplines, including Chemistry; Computational Biology; Earth Sciences; Engineering Sciences; Experimental and Molecular Medicine (Biomedical Physiology; Cancer Biology and Molecular Therapeutics; Cardiovascular Diseases; Molecular Pharmacology,Toxicology and Experimental Therapeutics; Neuroscience); Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Mathematics; Molecular and Cellular Biology (Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology/Immunology); Physics and Astronomy; and Psychological and Brain Sciences. For more information, visit Dartmouth's Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs or call (603) 646-2106.