Wake Forest University School of Medicine participates in the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) of the AAMC. Formal application for admission to the first-year class must be submitted through AMCAS. Appropriate information about this procedure may be obtained from premedical advisors, the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Admissions Office, or from AMCAS, Lobby-26, 2501 M Street, NW Washington, DC, 20037-1300 or AMCAS can be downloaded from the web here. Applicants are encouraged to review the annual volume of the AAMC publication, Medical School Admission Requirements. Copies are available for $25.00 prepaid, fourth class mail (see address in back of this publication). Applications to Wake Forest University School of Medicine are received from AMCAS from July 15 to the November 1 deadline. Because AMCAS will not forward applications received after November 1, students are urged to apply as early as possible. Upon receipt of the AMCAS application, the Committee on Admissions evaluates each applicant. Those who cannot be interviewed are notified. Other applicants receive a Secondary Application before December 15. The nonrefundable processing fee of $55, which is required with submission of the Secondary Application Packet, includes a request for an evaluation by the applicant's Premedical Advisory Committee or f rom individuals who have taught or supervised the applicant if the undergraduate institution does not have a Premedical Advisory Committee.

After the Secondary Application Packet, MCAT scores, and letter(s) of evaluation are received, the completed application is reviewed by the Committee on Admissions, and candidates are invited for interview. Approximately nine percent of all applicants are asked to visit Wake Forest University School of Medicine for interviews from September through March. Academic achievement, academic improvement, MCAT scores, state (or country) of residence, and letters of recommendation are considered in selecting applicants for interview. Thus, all applicants for interview are considered competitively. By the end of April all applicants are notified of the action of the Committee on Admissions: acceptance, placement on the waiting list, or rejection. Those retained on the waiting list are considered for vacancies as accepted applicants withdraw; this list is maintained until school begins. An applicant who is accepted is asked to respond in writing within two weeks. Upon acceptance of an offer, a holding place fee must be submitted. This fee, which is credited toward tuition, is refundable until May 1.

Criminal background checks are required for all entering students.

Application for Early Decision can be made through AMCAS from June 1 to August 1. Early Decision candidates are informed of their program status in September and offers of acceptance made by October 1. The MCAT is required for this program.

Go to MD Program Admissions Website...