How To Apply
Application to Harvard Medical
School is made through AMCAS, the American
Medical College Application Service. All
applicants will be eligible to file the Harvard
supplemental application, which is e-mailed
automatically to all AMCAS applicants who
designate Harvard on the AMCAS form. A non-refundable
application filing fee of $85 must accompany the
completed supplemental application when it is
submitted. This fee will be waived for all
applicants who have been granted an AMCAS fee
waiver. No supplemental application for the first
year class received after November 1st of the
year preceding expected matriculation will be
accepted. Receipt of the supplemental application
will be acknowledged via an email once the application has been finalized and submitted.
Early submission of the
application materials is encouraged because it
assures sufficient time for obtaining premedical
advisory committee evaluations and individual
letters of evaluation. All letters of evaluation
should be received by AMCAS no later than November 1. Application
files completed by November 1 will be
acknowledged via e-mail notification. Applications remaining
incomplete after November 1 will not be
acknowledged; these applications will be reviewed
and acted upon shortly after November 1 on the
basis of the application materials on file at that
time. All application materials become the
property of Harvard Medical School.
Applicants selected for
interviews will be notified by the first week in
February. Offers of acceptance will be made from
this group. All applicants will be notified of
final decisions by the third week of March, under no circumstances will
decision information be released by telephone.
Only the Committee on Admissions has the
authority to make offers of admission to Harvard Medical School,
and this authority cannot be delegated to any other person, committee,
or group. To be valid, an offer of admission must be signed by the Chairperson
of the Committee on Admission.
Application Timeline
| Last
date for you to submit your
supplemental application |
Acknowledgment
e-mail message sent |
Deadline for letters
of recommendation to be received by AMCAS. |
E-mail message sent
acknowledging completed
application |
Invitations for
interviews e-mailed |
Final decision
letters mailed for all applicants |
|
November 1, 2009, 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time |
Upon receipt of
supplemental application |
November 1, 2009 |
Upon receipt of all
required application materials |
September
through mid January, 2010 |
By third week of March, 2010 |
| No extensions will be
granted. |
|
After November 1,
incomplete applications will be
reviewed on the basis of the
application materials available
at that time. |
If you have not received
this message within 4 weeks from
the date on which you believe
your application became complete,
be sure to notify the Admissions
Office. Please note that we are
not able to send notification to
those students whose applications
are incomplete or become complete
after November 1, 2009. |
Offers of acceptance
will be made from the group of
applicants selected for interview.
Applicants not selected for
interview will not receive any
further correspondence until
final decision letters are mailed. |
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Eligibility Restrictions:
1) Candidates are considered for admission a maximum of two application cycles. Applications from individuals who have already made two previous application attempts will be rejected. Incomplete application attempts count towards the two time maximum.
2) Candidates who have matriculated in any other medical school are not eligible to be considered for admission, regardless of the reason for leaving the other program.
3) Applicants are expected to apply in the application cycle for the year they plan to matriculate. Candidates pursuing advanced degrees that cannot be completed prior to matriculation will be rejected. (Exception: Candidates who receive Rhodes or Marshall Scholarship offers during the year of application will be considered for delayed entry on a case-by-case basis.)
4) Candidates participating in the NIH Graduate Partnership Program (G.P.P.) will only be considered in the year of intended matriculation at Harvard Medical School.
5) HMS does not accept transfer or advanced standing students.
The Medical
College Admission Test
The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is required of all
applicants. Scores must be posted to the AMCAS application no later than November 1st in order to be considered for the current application cycle. MCATs more than three years
old must be retaken. Information regarding this
test and the procedures to be followed in
reporting scores to medical schools may be
obtained through college pre-medical advisory
offices or by writing directly to: MCAT Program,
P.O. Box 4056, Iowa City, IA 52243-4056,
telephone (319) 337-1357.
