Transfer Students
Stritch seats for transfer students are based on availability. Some years, there are no seats available. When a transfer request is made, the Office of Admissions will consult institutional resources to determine whether there is capacity on required rotations to accommodate an accepted transfer student. Admissions will refer the request to the Executive Committee on Admissions if a position is available. The committee favors applicants who demonstrate qualities, achievements, and characteristics consistent with the Jesuit values of care for the whole person, social justice, and service.
Eligibility to Submit an Application
Students eligible to apply must be:
- U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents
- Enrolled in accredited U.S. schools of allopathic medicine
- In good standing and/or eligible to re-enter medical school if their education has been interrupted
The following transfer students are not eligible to apply:
- Students from foreign medical schools
- Students in other health-related programs, including physician assistant, chiropractic, dental, podiatric programs, or doctoral programs
- MD degree holders
General Requirements
- Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree at an accredited U.S. college or university with a year of courses in each of the following, preferably with labs: biology, general (inorganic) chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics.
- Competitive GPAs and MCATs are expected.
United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)
- USMLE Step 1 must be taken no later than April 30 in the year you are applying or entering.
- Please note that we cannot act as a sponsor for the USMLE. Students can register for the test through their dean’s office.
- Successful completion of M2 coursework is required.
- Transfer admissions offers are contingent upon passing scores for USMLE Step 1.
- As soon as you receive your scores, please submit them to ssom-admissions@luc.edu.
- Applicants must convey their scores and arrange for formal confirmation of these self-reported results.
Curriculum
The applicant must have completed a course of study at least equivalent to the credit hours indicated for each course listed in the Stritch School of Medicine curriculum.
- The student must have completed work in gross anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, neurobiology, immunology and psychopathology, pathology, practice of medicine, pharmacology, and introduction to clinical medicine.
- Students should know about epidemiology, statistics, genetics, and normal psychological development.
- Furthermore, students must have completed coursework in the natural history and pathophysiology of disease and in clinical assessment.
- The applicant should have completed a course of study that is similar in content to Stritch’s Patient-Centered Medicine (PCM).
Application Documents
Deadline: All documentation will be accepted between February 1 and April 1.
All Applicants Must Submit:
- Application for Admission with Advanced Standing. Recheck your application to see that all information is complete and correct.
- Please retain a copy of this completed application for your records. All questions must be answered.
- Nonrefundable $125 application fee payable to Stritch School of Medicine.
- Letters of evaluation are required (minimum of three):
- Dean’s Letter of good standing (required) - The Dean of the medical school at which the student is enrolled must state that the applicant is eligible to continue in that program, give the reasons for the transfer, and provide an overall evaluation of the student.
- Basic Science Professors (required) - This letter should be from a basic science faculty member who taught the student at the medical school where the student is enrolled.
- Additional letter (required) - Preferably from a clinical faculty member, but any basic science professor, clinical professor, dean, or faculty member is acceptable, from the school in which the student is currently enrolled.
- Optional letters (up to three): These letters may be from mentors, undergraduate (or premed) advisors, clinical professors, or additional deans who know the student well.
- Official transcripts: Submit official transcripts from your medical school (directly to the Admissions Office). At a later point, the committee may request official transcripts from any colleges/universities you have attended since graduation from high school.
- MCAT and USMLE Step 1 scores
- Copy of AMCAS application
- Current CV/Resume
Review Process
- The Stritch School of Medicine transfer student candidate process is adjudicated solely by the Executive Committee on Admissions and follows the formal review and admissions process referred to below.
- The Stritch School of Medicine does not assume an obligation to report missing or erroneous credentials.
- We will try to contact the applicant if any of the necessary materials are missing from the application file.
- Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria will be reviewed once their files are complete.
- All questions must be answered directly on the application. (Incomplete applications will not be reviewed).
- The Committee on Admissions is particularly interested in the personal and narrative statements and experiences included in the application, as well as individual/family reasons for requesting a transfer.
- Academic performance before medical school
- A competitive undergraduate GPA is expected
- A competitive Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score is expected
- Interview Process - The committee may request an interview with applicants
- The Executive Committee will convene to vote to ratify a decision to accept or not accept the candidate’s request for transfer.
Admissions Process
At the time of conditional acceptance:
- Official confirmation of the self-reported MCAT and USMLE Step I score will be required.
- Initial decisions may be based on the self-reported data on the application form, but students must have all final grades reported on an official transcript for subsequent matriculation at Stritch.
- While the Committee on Admissions may take final action before receipt of USMLE scores, this school must receive official confirmation of the scores before matriculation.
- Students who are offered conditional acceptance but cannot corroborate self-reported data from the application or who submit inaccurate information will be denied admission, dismissed from the school, or, if discovered after graduation from this institution, have their degree(s) revoked.
- Accepted students will undergo a criminal background check and are subject to a drug screen.
- Accepted students are expected to follow policies and procedures outlined in the Stritch student handbook.
- Acceptances are announced as seats become available.
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Stritch seats for transfer students are based on availability. Some years, there are no seats available. When a transfer request is made, the Office of Admissions will consult institutional resources to determine whether there is capacity on required rotations to accommodate an accepted transfer student. Admissions will refer the request to the Executive Committee on Admissions if a position is available. The committee favors applicants who demonstrate qualities, achievements, and characteristics consistent with the Jesuit values of care for the whole person, social justice, and service.
Eligibility to Submit an Application
Students eligible to apply must be:
- U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents
- Enrolled in accredited U.S. schools of allopathic medicine
- In good standing and/or eligible to re-enter medical school if their education has been interrupted
The following transfer students are not eligible to apply:
- Students from foreign medical schools
- Students in other health-related programs, including physician assistant, chiropractic, dental, podiatric programs, or doctoral programs
- MD degree holders
General Requirements
- Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree at an accredited U.S. college or university with a year of courses in each of the following, preferably with labs: biology, general (inorganic) chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics.
- Competitive GPAs and MCATs are expected.
United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)
- USMLE Step 1 must be taken no later than April 30 in the year you are applying or entering.
- Please note that we cannot act as a sponsor for the USMLE. Students can register for the test through their dean’s office.
- Successful completion of M2 coursework is required.
- Transfer admissions offers are contingent upon passing scores for USMLE Step 1.
- As soon as you receive your scores, please submit them to ssom-admissions@luc.edu.
- Applicants must convey their scores and arrange for formal confirmation of these self-reported results.
Curriculum
The applicant must have completed a course of study at least equivalent to the credit hours indicated for each course listed in the Stritch School of Medicine curriculum.
- The student must have completed work in gross anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, neurobiology, immunology and psychopathology, pathology, practice of medicine, pharmacology, and introduction to clinical medicine.
- Students should know about epidemiology, statistics, genetics, and normal psychological development.
- Furthermore, students must have completed coursework in the natural history and pathophysiology of disease and in clinical assessment.
- The applicant should have completed a course of study that is similar in content to Stritch’s Patient-Centered Medicine (PCM).
Application Documents
Deadline: All documentation will be accepted between February 1 and April 1.
All Applicants Must Submit:
- Application for Admission with Advanced Standing. Recheck your application to see that all information is complete and correct.
- Please retain a copy of this completed application for your records. All questions must be answered.
- Nonrefundable $125 application fee payable to Stritch School of Medicine.
- Letters of evaluation are required (minimum of three):
- Dean’s Letter of good standing (required) - The Dean of the medical school at which the student is enrolled must state that the applicant is eligible to continue in that program, give the reasons for the transfer, and provide an overall evaluation of the student.
- Basic Science Professors (required) - This letter should be from a basic science faculty member who taught the student at the medical school where the student is enrolled.
- Additional letter (required) - Preferably from a clinical faculty member, but any basic science professor, clinical professor, dean, or faculty member is acceptable, from the school in which the student is currently enrolled.
- Optional letters (up to three): These letters may be from mentors, undergraduate (or premed) advisors, clinical professors, or additional deans who know the student well.
- Official transcripts: Submit official transcripts from your medical school (directly to the Admissions Office). At a later point, the committee may request official transcripts from any colleges/universities you have attended since graduation from high school.
- MCAT and USMLE Step 1 scores
- Copy of AMCAS application
- Current CV/Resume
Review Process
- The Stritch School of Medicine transfer student candidate process is adjudicated solely by the Executive Committee on Admissions and follows the formal review and admissions process referred to below.
- The Stritch School of Medicine does not assume an obligation to report missing or erroneous credentials.
- We will try to contact the applicant if any of the necessary materials are missing from the application file.
- Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria will be reviewed once their files are complete.
- All questions must be answered directly on the application. (Incomplete applications will not be reviewed).
- The Committee on Admissions is particularly interested in the personal and narrative statements and experiences included in the application, as well as individual/family reasons for requesting a transfer.
- Academic performance before medical school
- A competitive undergraduate GPA is expected
- A competitive Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score is expected
- Interview Process - The committee may request an interview with applicants
- The Executive Committee will convene to vote to ratify a decision to accept or not accept the candidate’s request for transfer.
Admissions Process
At the time of conditional acceptance:
- Official confirmation of the self-reported MCAT and USMLE Step I score will be required.
- Initial decisions may be based on the self-reported data on the application form, but students must have all final grades reported on an official transcript for subsequent matriculation at Stritch.
- While the Committee on Admissions may take final action before receipt of USMLE scores, this school must receive official confirmation of the scores before matriculation.
- Students who are offered conditional acceptance but cannot corroborate self-reported data from the application or who submit inaccurate information will be denied admission, dismissed from the school, or, if discovered after graduation from this institution, have their degree(s) revoked.
- Accepted students will undergo a criminal background check and are subject to a drug screen.
- Accepted students are expected to follow policies and procedures outlined in the Stritch student handbook.
- Acceptances are announced as seats become available.
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