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Candidates for admission to the BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine must apply through the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). Information and application materials are available at the AAMC website. Candidates may apply between June 1 and November 1.

Applicants are expected to earn a bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university that is located and accredited in the US or Canada. Applicants who have earned their bachelor's degree from an institution that is not an accredited US or Canadian institution, but who completed a minimum of two (2) years in such an institution, including all of the prerequisites, may be considered to be eligible and should bring the details of their record to the attention of the Committee on Admissions.

Applicants currently enrolled in a professional or graduate school program must be in the terminal year of the degree program to be considered for admission to the first-year class and all applicants are expected to complete any academic program in which they are enrolled at any time during the application process. Due to the retention of the current student body, Chobanian & Avedisian SOM does not have any slots available for advanced standing in the second- or third-year classes. Additionally, individuals who have previously matriculated at another medical school are not eligible to apply.

We encourage all applicants to follow their own interests, whether in the arts or the sciences, and to acquire a broad range of experience in the humanities as well as in the behavioral and social sciences during their college years. In addition, coursework in mathematics (particularly statistics), biochemistry, and social and behavioral sciences (psychology, sociology, anthropology) are important. As a guideline, students typically take two terms each of English, biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, mathematics, and social sciences. Applicants are advised to refrain from modifying their undergraduate course selections in an effort to anticipate subject matter that will be studied in medical school. Because schools and applicants differ from one another, our requirements are flexible. Students are required to demonstrate competence in certain subject areas, but there are multiple ways applicants can do this.