University of Mississippi

Address

Associate Dean for Admissions / School of Medicine / 2500 North State Street / Jackson, MS USA 39216

Phone

601-984-5010

Email

kdallas@umc.edu
Admissions Website
Admissions Requirements
Letters of Rec Requirements

Overview

Savvy Rank
The Savvy Rank is a combination of admissions selectivity (MCAT, GPA, acceptance rate), research ranking, and primary care ranking.
999
School Type
Whether the school confers an MD or DO degree, is an international (Intl) school for Americans or is a Canadian (CA) school
MD
Public/Private
Public
Year Founded
1955
US News Rank - Research
Unranked
US News Rank - Primary Care
Unranked
Cost
Out-of-state tuition, from cheap ($) to obscenely expensive ($$$$$)
Weather Rating
How nice is the weather, from crappy () to excellent ()
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City Size
< 1M

Getting In

Median GPA
3.77
Median MCAT
505
Research Rating
A combination of factors to show the school's research ranking and research opportunities, from very little research () to lots ()
Out-of-State Rating
Whether the school is very out-of-state friendly (), somewhat friendly (), not friendly (), or in-state only ()
International Friendly
How friendly the school is toward international applicants
No
Med School Class Size
Class sizes range from 40 students to 400
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Application
AMCAS
Letters of Rec Required
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Secondary Essays

Secondary Essay Difficulty
How many essays, how long, and how unusual the prompts, from easy () to brutal ()

Screen Before Secondaries
Does the school read your primary before sending a secondary?
No
Typical Secondary Release Date
When does a school usually release its secondary relative to other med schools (though it may vary from year to year)?
Early
Secondary Fee
$50
Other Tests

Interviews

Interview Type
Interview Invites Begin
Interview Format
MMI - Multiple Mini Interview; Traditional - two-way conversation
MMI
Accepts Updates?
Does the school accept update letters?

Secondary Essay Prompts

Essay Topics (2025 - 2026)

1. Describe what you have done to demonstrate your desire for a career in medicine. (500 words)

2. Describe how your personal characteristics or life experiences will contribute to the University of Mississippi School of Medicine community and bring educational benefits to our student body. (1000 characters)

3. Address any further information you would like the Committee on Admissions to be aware of when reviewing your file that you were not able to notate in another section of this or the AMCAS Application. (1000 characters)

4. Explain why you have chosen to apply to the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and how you think your education at University of Mississippi School of Medicine will prepare you to become a physician for the future. (Upload as PDF, 1 page formatted at your discretion.)

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Essay Topics ('22 - '23)

1. Please discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic affected your academic preparation for medical school or extracurricular opportunities. Please also discuss any other impact of the pandemic that you would like the admissions committee to know. (2500 characters)

2. Please outline your motivation for pursuing the medical degree. (3000 characters)

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Essay Topics (’20 – ’21)

Please describe your motivation for pursuing the medical degree. (3000 characters)

Please discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic affected your academic preparation for medical school or opportunities for shadowing, volunteering, research, etc. Please also discuss any other impact of the pandemic that you would like the admissions executive committee to know. (2500 characters)

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Essay Topics (2019-2020)

Why medicine? In 500 characters, you are encouraged to not copy from your personal statement.

Essay Topics ('18- '19)

Why medicine? in 500 characters, you are encouraged to not copy from your personal statement

Essay Topics ('17 - '18)

Describe what you have done to demonstrate your desire for a career in medicine (500 word limit).

Essay Topics ('16 - '17)

Describe what you have done to demonstrate your desire for a career in medicine (500 word limit).

Essay Topics ('15 - '16)

Secondaries not collected this cycle.

Essay Topics ('14 - '15)

Describe what you have done to demonstrate your desire for a career in medicine (500 word limit)

Essay Topics ('13 - '14)

No essays.

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