PENN STATE-JEFFERSON 6 year med program students?

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<p>How can I increase my chances of getting accepted into this program? How many get selected each year? Help please!</p>

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<p>About 25 students.

Admission decisions are made by the Penn State Undergraduate Admissions Office and the Penn State–Jefferson Joint Admissions Committee. Decisions are made during a three-part review process. First, applicants must meet the criteria listed previously for inclusion in the initial application review. After the initial application review, a limited number of top candidates are selected to continue in the process. These finalists will be invited for an interview at Jefferson Medical College from January through March. Accepted applicants are given an opportunity to spend a day at Penn State in April with current students in the program. About twenty-five students enter the program each year.

Satisfactory performance on MCAT exams also is required for matriculation to Jefferson Medical College. The current MCAT requirement is a minimum composite score of 30 with no less than 9 on any subsection of the exam on a single test date. If students in the accelerated program are not performing at a 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) level, particularly in the sciences, they could be asked to withdraw from the program. Typically, such a student would be eligible to remain at Penn State in another program of study.
<a href=“http://science.psu.edu/premed/premedmed/accelerated-premed-medical[/url]”>http://science.psu.edu/premed/premedmed/accelerated-premed-medical&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;