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Transfer Students

Admission with Advanced Standing

The Admissions Committee will consider applications from current second-year students of American and Canadian medical schools for entry to the third-year class. Applications for advanced standing can be obtained from the Student Services Admissions Center. Since the school takes its full complement of students in the first year, only an occasional position becomes available for transfer. Preference in admission is given to residents of Connecticut. Also, an admission will be issued only if there are compelling circumstances for transfer, and only if the transfer has the full support of the student’s current medical school.

Applicants for advanced standing must complete and submit the school’s advanced standing application, the supplemental application, application fee, transcripts for all academic work completed, MCAT scores and Step 1 of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), and letters of recommendation. Interviews are arranged at the request of the Admissions Committee only, and are normally conducted in July or August. Offers of admission require students to meet with faculty to determine an academic schedule. Ordinarily, some clinical clerkship experience, completed at the parent school, will be allowed for elective credit and applied to the senior year program. Under normal schedules and circumstances, students are able to complete the requirements within two years, pursuing normal third and fourth year schedules.

Students enrolled in a foreign medical school must apply for entry to the first-year class through the normal AMCAS application process. Occasionally, the school may consider applicants who provide evidence of exceptionally strong preparation for entry for advanced standing. These students must have completed a basic science program recognized as equivalent to the basic science training at UConn. Applicants are expected to present evidence of preparation for taking medical histories and conducting physical exams.