Admissions Selection Factors
School of Medicine Policy
The Committee on Admissions chooses applicants who seem best qualified not only by scholastic record, college recommendations and involvement in college and community activities, but also by less tangible qualities of personality, character and life experience. A personal interview is an integral part of the admissions process. All interviews are granted at the discretion of the Committee on Admissions. Boston University School of Medicine received over 11,000 applications for the 2007 entering class of 168. Since 54 students entered the class from various combined Boston University College of Arts & Sciences and School of Medicine programs, the 11,000+ applicants were, in effect, applying for 114 places.
Students in the 2007 entering class had the following characteristics:
G.P.A. mean = 3.72 and the mean MCAT quantitative subtest total was 33 compared with a national average of 28.
