Requirements to Receive a Secondary Application
(there are no exceptions to these requirements)
- US Citizen or US permanent resident
Ties to Washington
Regardless of the identified state of residency on AMCAS, you meet this requirement if you have at least 3 of these 4 ties to Washington:
- Born in Washington
- Childhood address in Washington
- Graduated from a Washington high school
- Parent/guardian currently lives in Washington
Beginning Entering Year 2027, the following change to the Washington tie of childhood address in Washington will be implemented:
Childhood Address in Washington
Once we receive the AMCAS application, applicants will be asked to provide any childhood home addresses in Washington to further support this tie. The following criteria will be used:
- Between 8–18 years of age
- Minimum of 6 years (does not need to be continuous)
Academic Metrics
Applicants must meet one of the following undergraduate (UG) cumulative grade point average (GPA) and Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score combination thresholds:
- If UG cumulative GPA is 3.8 – 4.0, then MCAT score must be 27th percentile rank or higher
- If UG cumulative GPA is 3.4 – 3.79, then MCAT score must be 43rd percentile rank or higher
- If UG cumulative GPA is 2.6 – 3.39, then MCAT score must be 61st percentile rank or higher
- All required letters of recommendation have been received from AMCAS (3 individual letters or Health Professions Advisory Committee packet)
Requirements to Matriculate
- Applicants must have earned a bachelor’s degree from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university in the United States or Canada by July 15 of the year they will begin medical school.
- If an applicant does not have a bachelor’s degree because they enrolled in a doctoral-level (terminal degree) program from a US accredited institution that did not require a bachelor’s degree for entrance, they may apply if they have earned the doctoral degree by July 15 of the year they will begin medical school.
Satisfactory completion of the following REQUIRED college courses, with any level of C or better. Pass/Fail is accepted if taken in the calendar year 2020 through 2022.
Courses must include a lab. The science courses should be specified for science majors and courses must be completed before July 15 of the year of matriculation.
- Organic chemistry w/lab: 4 semester hours (or 6 quarter hours)
- Physics w/lab: 4 semester hours (or 6 quarter hours)
- Biology w/lab: 4 semester hours (or 6 quarter hours (Preferred focus: genetics, molecular biology)
(Genetics, anatomy or comparative anatomy, and human or mammalian physiology all could meet the biology requirement as long as they have a lab.)
AP, CLEP, and IB credits that were acceptable to an applicant’s undergraduate institution may be used to satisfy prerequisite courses and must be documented on their official transcript.
| Highly Recommended Course | CR HRS |
|---|---|
| Humanities (Literature, art, music, or history) | 4 |
| College English | 3 |
| College Mathematics | 3 |
| Sociology | 3 |
| Human Development/Embryology | 3 |
| Ethics | 3 |
| Foreign language (Preferred focus: Spanish, intermediate verbal proficiency) | 3 |
| Genetics | 3 |
| Anatomy or comparative anatomy | 3 |
| Statistics | 3 |
| Research courses or data management | 3 |
| Psychology | 1 or more |
| Human or mammalian physiology | 1 or more |
I Have Examples to Support the Following Life Experiences in My Application
- Experience with rural and/or underserved communities and populations: You have experiences to understand the unique challenges and opportunities in rural environments and/or underserved communities and populations.
- Clinical exposure: You have experiences in some of the following areas: shadowing, scribe, care provider within your family, emergency medical technician, other. What is the quality and quantity of your experiences?
- Service: You have engaged in non-healthcare activities that serve others beyond oneself.
- Experience beyond the classroom: You have some of the following: Cultural experiences, arts, work, new language, hobbies, passion outside of academics, entrepreneurship.
I Have Ways I Can Support the Following Personal Attributes in My Application
- Leadership: You have demonstrated leadership which has inspired others; had the capacity to mobilize people toward a goal; potential to excel as a leader through actions and activities; you’re inclusive of diverse voices.
- Communication/Interpersonal skills: You possess social skills, active listening, emotional intelligence, professionalism; ability to address conflict in a positive, productive manner; verbal and nonverbal skills.
- Intellectual excellence: You use creative and critical thinking to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, and/or approaches to problems; you have the ability to succeed academically; capacity for improvement.
- Ethical responsibility to self and others: You have sound ethical judgement; integrity; empathy; altruism; recognizes and addresses bias in oneself.
- Teamwork/collaboration: You have demonstrated effective ability to work with others; intergroup collaborations with diverse individuals; you put team goals ahead of individual goals.
- Resilience/Adaptability: You persevere in the face of internal or external challenges; you recover from setbacks; you are tolerant of stressful and changing situations; adaptable.
MCAT
- MCAT official scores
- We will accept MCAT scores up to 4 years prior to the date the applicant expects to matriculate.
- If an applicant takes the MCAT multiple times, the highest eligible composite score is considered.