UCSF School of Medicine Admissions

Successful Applicant Profile: Class of 2015

Average first-year students entering in 2011

  • Overall grade-point average of 3.79
  • Science grade-point average of 3.77
  • MCAT scores of 11 on Verbal Reasoning, 12 on Physical Sciences, and 12 on Biological Sciences

Profile of entering class of 2011

  • Average age: 25 (ranging from 21 to 34)
  • 58 percent women
  • 24 percent underrepresented in medicine
  • 78 percent California residents

Admission statistics for 2011

  • 6767 AMCAS applications received
  • 486 applicants interviewed
  • 149 students enrolled