Doctor of Medicine Program - Admissions
Premedical Requirements
Mercer University School of Medicine accepts applicants who have compl eted a minimum of three years of course work leading to a baccalaureate degree, 90 semester hours, in an approved college or university. Students are advised to balance their work in the natural sciences with courses in the social sciences and humanities. In addition, they are urged to follow their inclincations in choosing a subject to pursue as a major.The premedical requirements are one-year laboratory courses in general biology, general or inorganic chemistry, organic or an organic/biochemistry sequence, and general physics. Accepted applicants who have not fulfilled these requirements prior to the first day of enrollment are not permitted to enter, and their acceptances are revoked. Only individuals who are legal residents of Georgia at the time of application are accepted. |
Mercer University School of Medicine 2007-2008 Bulletin
Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT)
All applicants must take the MCAT by the summer of the year in which they apply. Applicants are encouraged, however, to have taken the MCAT by the previous spring. The test scores must appear on the application before it is considered for review, and must be no more than two years old.
AMCAS Application
MUSM participates in the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) and reviews only those applications initiated through that service. Applications to MUSM should be sent directly to AMCAS, Section for Student Services. The AMCAS-E application may be obtained at the AMCAS website. Mercer's AMCAS application deadline is November 1, and the Mercer Medical School Code Number is GA-832.
An applicant rejected in a previous year must file a new application through AMCAS in order to be reconsidered. Falsification of any information results in automatic voiding of the application. It is the applicant's responsibility to check with AMCAS to ensure that the application is complete and has been forwarded to the appropriate school. It is also the applicant’s responsibility to check with MUSM admission office staff members to ensure that the secondary/supplemental application is complete.
Early Admission
MUSM participates in the Early Decision Plan as described in the AAMC publication entitled Medical School Admissions Requirements. Thru this process, a student applies to only one school (prior to August 1st) and in turn, has a definitive decision (prior to October 1st) which, if positive, is binding on both the applicant and the School. If the applicant is not accepted through this process, he/she may then apply to additional medical schools, and the MUSM application is re-evaluated with the general applicant pool.
Supplementary Applications Materials
Upon receipt of the application from AMCAS it is reviewed and supplementary materials are sent to legal residents of Georgia who comply with Admissions Committee screening criteria. The information provided in the AMCAS application and the supplementary materials are used by the Admissions Committee to assess all aspects of the applicant.
The Supplementary Materials Include:
Personal History - a chronological list of residences, activities, awards, honors, and education beginning with the ninth grade.
- Premedical Requirement Form - a list of when and where the MUSM premedical requirements were taken.
- Letters of Recommendation -
- Premedical Committee Composite Letter or
- Letter from the Premedical Advisor and one from a science professor or health care professional. Letters submitted in excess of those outlined above are not placed in an applicant’s file, and are not considered for Committee review.
- Legal Certification of Georgia Residency - obtained at the office of the probate judge in your county of residence.
Transfer students will be considered for admission as beginning third year students. The number of transfer students MUSM can take is very limited and depends on the number of openings available in the class. Applicants should be legal residents of the state of Georgia at the time of application and show high potential for compliance with the school's mission. Application materials will be sent from the Mercer University School of Medicine Office of Admissions and Student Affairs upon written request. The deadline for receipt of completed transfer applications is May 1.
Mercer University School of Medicine
Admission Data |
Entering Class | BCPM | AO | Total | VR | PS | BS | Women | Under-Represented Minorities |
1998 | 3.23 | 3.39 | 3.26 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 50% | 4% |
1999 | 3.38 | 3.60 | 3.48 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 41% | 2% |
2000 | 3.37 | 3.51 | 3.42 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 48% | 4% |
2001 | 3.27 | 3.55 | 3.39 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 48% | 4% |
2002 | 3.43 | 3.64 | 3.52 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 46% | 2% |
2003 | 3.36 | 3.57 | 3.46 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 46% | 4% |
2004 | 3.48 | 3.69 | 3.58 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 61% | 7% |
2005 | 3.42 | 3.62 | 3.52 | 8.95 | 8.52 | 9.17 | 42% | 0% |
2006 | 3.47 | 3.67 | 3.55 | 9.05 | 8.18 | 9.12 | 47% | 7% |
2007 | 3.42 | 3.65 | 3.52 | 8.94 | 8.02 | 8.59 | 42% | 3% |
TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL ADMISSION
Medical education requires that the accumulation of scientific knowledge be accompanied by the simultaneous acquisition of skills and professional attitudes and behavior. Medical school faculties have a responsibility to society to graduate the best possible physicians, and thus admission to medical school has been offered to those who present the highest qualifications for the study and practice of medicine.
Graduates of medical school must have the knowledge and skills to function in a broad variety of clinical situations and to render a wide spectrum of patient care. The Admissions Committee of Mercer University School of Medicine acknowledges Section 504 of the 1973 Vocational Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and asserts that the ability to meet certain essential technical standards with or without reasonable accommodations must be present in the prospective candidates. Disclosure of a disability is voluntary; however, applicants who want to request accommodations during the admissions process should, upon being accepted, contact the Mercer University School of Medicine Office of Admissions and Student Affairs.
A candidate for the M.D. degree must have aptitude, abilities, and skills in five areas: observation, communication; motor; conceptual, integrative and quantitative; and behavioral and social. Technological compensation can be made for some disabilities in certain areas but a candidate should be able to perform in an independent manner.
Candidates for the M.D. degree must have somatic sensation and the functional use of the senses of vision and hearing. Candidates’ diagnostic skills would be inadequate without the functional use of the senses of equilibrium, smell, and taste. Additionally, they must have sufficient exteroceptive sense (touch, pain, and temperature), sufficient proprioceptive sense (position, pressure, movement, sterognosis, vibratory) and sufficient motor function to permit them to carry out the activities described in the section below. They must be able consistently, quickly, and accurately to integrate all information received by whatever senses employed, and they must have the intellectual ability to learn, integrate, analyze, and synthesize data.
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