American Medical College Application Service

The American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) is a service run by the Association of American Medical Colleges through which prospective medical students can apply to various medical schools in the United States. It thus acts as something of a Common Application among the schools.

Most US medical schools granting Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degrees require that students apply through AMCAS. However, there are seven M.D. schools that do not participate in AMCAS.[1] These schools use the Texas Medical & Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS). There are a total of 141 M.D. granting medical schools in the U.S. that use AMCAS, which includes 4 Puerto Rico schools.[2]

Osteopathic medical schools (granting Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or D.O., degrees) have a similar system called the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (AACOMAS).[3]

In 2020, The Association of American Medical Colleges shortens the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) to rule out experimental issues.[4]

## Services

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* AMCAS Letter Service \- All letters are to be submitted through AMCAS.
* Criminal Background Check Service \- The Association of American Medical Colleges proposes that all U.S. medical schools, after conditional admission to medical school, have a nationwide background search on candidates.

## Participating medical schools

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State  | School  | City  | Est  | Notes

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Alabama  | University of Alabama School of Medicine | Birmingham & Tuscaloosa & Huntsville & Selma | 1859  |
Alabama  | University of South Alabama College of Medicine  | Mobile | 1972  |
Arizona  | University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix  | Phoenix | 2007  |
Arizona  | University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson  | Tucson | 1967  |
Arkansas  | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/UAMS College of Medicine | Little Rock | 1879  |
California  | Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California | Los Angeles | 1885  |
California  | Loma Linda University School of Medicine | Loma Linda | 1909  |
California  | Stanford University School of Medicine | Palo Alto and San Francisco | 1908  |
California  | UC San Diego School of Medicine | San Diego | 1968  |
California  | UC Davis School of Medicine | Sacramento | 1966  |
California  | University of California, Irvine School of Medicine | Irvine | 1896  |
California  | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Los Angeles | 1951  | offers UCLA program, UCLA PRIME program, UCLA/UCR Thomas Haider program, UCLA/DREW program
California  | University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine  | San Francisco | 1873  |
Colorado  | University of Colorado School of Medicine | Aurora | 1883  |
Connecticut  | University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Farmington | 1961  |
Connecticut  | Yale University School of Medicine | New Haven | 1810  |
District of Columbia  | George Washington University Medical School | Washington | 1824  |
District of Columbia  | Georgetown University School of Medicine | Washington | 1851  |
District of Columbia  | Howard University College of Medicine | Washington | 1867  |
Florida  | Florida International University College of Medicine | Miami | 2006  |
Florida  | Florida State University College of Medicine | Tallahassee | 2000  |
Florida  | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine | Miami | 1952  |
Florida  | Florida Atlantic University Schmidt College of Medicine | Boca Raton | 2010  |
Florida  | University of Central Florida College of Medicine | Orlando | 2006  |
Florida  | University of Florida College of Medicine | Gainesville & Jacksonville | 1956  |
Florida  | University of South Florida College of Medicine | Tampa | 1971  |
Georgia  | Emory University School of Medicine | Atlanta | 1915  |
Georgia  | Georgia Regents University Medical College of Georgia | Augusta & Athens | 1828  | Offers two tracks, one in its main campus in Augusta and another in Athens in partnership with the University of Georgia
Georgia  | Mercer University School of Medicine | Macon | 1982  |
Georgia  | Morehouse School of Medicine | Atlanta | 1975  |
Hawaii  | University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine | Honolulu | 1973  |
Illinois  | Rosalind Franklin University - Chicago Medical School | North Chicago | 1912  |
Illinois  | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Chicago | 1859  |
Illinois  | University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine | Chicago | 1927  |
Illinois  | Rush Medical College | Chicago | 1837  |
Illinois  | Southern Illinois University School of Medicine | Springfield | 1970  |
Illinois  | Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine | Maywood | 1915  |
Illinois  | University of Illinois College of Medicine | Chicago | 1882  | Boasts a multi-campus medical school in Chicago, Urbana, Peoria, & Rockford
Indiana  | Indiana University School of Medicine | Indianapolis | 1903  | Boasts a multi-campus medical school in 9 regional campuses (Indianapolis, Bloomington, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, South Bend, Lafayette, Gary, Evansville, and Muncie)
Iowa  | The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine | Iowa City | 1869  |
Kansas  | University of Kansas School of Medicine | Kansas City | 1880  |
Kentucky  | University of Kentucky College of Medicine | Lexington | 1960  |
Kentucky  | University of Louisville School of Medicine | Louisville | 1837  |
Louisiana  | Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans | New Orleans | 1931  |
Louisiana  | Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport | Shreveport | 1969  |
Louisiana  | Tulane University School of Medicine | New Orleans | 1834  |
Maryland  | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Baltimore | 1887  |
Maryland  | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine | Bethesda | 1972  |
Maryland  | University of Maryland School of Medicine | Baltimore | 1807  |
Massachusetts  | Boston University School of Medicine | Boston | 1848  |
Massachusetts  | Harvard Medical School | Boston | 1782  |
Massachusetts  | Tufts University School of Medicine | Boston | 1893  |
Massachusetts  | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Worcester | 1962  |
Michigan  | Michigan State University College of Human Medicine | East Lansing, Grand Rapids | 1964  |
Michigan  | University of Michigan Medical School | Ann Arbor | 1850  |
Michigan  | Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine  | Rochester | 2011  |
Michigan  | Wayne State University School of Medicine | Detroit | 1868  |
Minnesota  | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine | Rochester | 1972  |
Minnesota  | University of Minnesota Medical School | Minneapolis | 1888  |
Mississippi  | University of Mississippi School of Medicine | Jackson | 1903  |
Missouri  | Saint Louis University School of Medicine | St. Louis | 1901  |
Missouri  | University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine | Columbia | 1845  |
Missouri  | Washington University School of Medicine | St. Louis | 1891  |
Missouri  | University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine | Kansas City | 1929
Nebraska  | Creighton University School of Medicine | Omaha | 1892  |
Nebraska  | University of Nebraska College of Medicine | Omaha | 1881  |
Nevada  | University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine | Reno | 1969  |
Nevada  | UNLV School of Medicine | Las Vegas | 2014  |
New Hampshire  | Dartmouth Medical School | Hanover | 1797  |
New Jersey  | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School | Newark | 1954  |
New Jersey  | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Piscataway, New Brunswick, & Camden | 1961  |
New Jersey  | Cooper Medical School at Rowan University | Camden | 2012  |
New Mexico  | University of New Mexico School of Medicine | Albuquerque | 1961  |
New York  | Albany Medical College | Albany | 1838  |
New York  | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University | Bronx | 1955  |
New York  | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons | Manhattan | 1767  |
New York  | Hofstra University North Shore–LIJ School of Medicine  | Hempstead | 2010  |
New York  | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Manhattan | 1963  |
New York  | New York Medical College | Valhalla | 1858  |
New York  | New York University School of Medicine | Manhattan | 1841  |
New York  | State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine  | Stony Brook | 1971  |
New York  | State University of New York Upstate Medical University | Syracuse | 1834  |
New York  | State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine  | Brooklyn | 1858  |
New York  | University at Buffalo, The State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences  | Buffalo | 1846  |
New York  | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry | Rochester | 1925  |
New York  | Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University | Manhattan | 1898  |
North Carolina  | Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University | Greenville | 1977  |
North Carolina  | Duke University School of Medicine | Durham | 1930  |
North Carolina  | University of North Carolina School of Medicine | Chapel Hill | 1879  |
North Carolina  | Wake Forest School of Medicine | Winston-Salem | 1902  |
North Dakota  | University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences | Grand Forks | 1905
Ohio  | The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine | Dayton | 1973  |
Ohio  | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | Cleveland | 1843  | Offers a 5-year physician-scientist program in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic named Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Ohio  | Northeast Ohio Medical University | Rootstown | 1973  |
Ohio  | The Ohio State University College of Medicine | Columbus | 1914  |
Ohio  | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine | Cincinnati | 1819  |
Ohio  | University of Toledo College of Medicine | Toledo | 1964  |
Oklahoma  | University of Oklahoma College of Medicine | Oklahoma City | 1900  |
Oregon  | Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine  | Portland | 1887  |
Pennsylvania  | The Commonwealth Medical College | Scranton | 2008  |
Pennsylvania  | Drexel University College of Medicine | Philadelphia | 1848  |
Pennsylvania  | Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia | 1825  |
Pennsylvania  | Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine | Hershey | 1963  |
Pennsylvania  | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1765  |
Pennsylvania  | Temple University School of Medicine | Philadelphia,  | 1901  | Will offers three programs by 2013, one in Philadelphia, one in Pittsburgh (begins 2013), and one in Bethlehem (begins 2011)
Pennsylvania  | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Pittsburgh | 1886  |
Puerto Rico  | Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine  | Bayamón | 1976  |
Puerto Rico  | Ponce School of Medicine | Ponce | 1977  |
Puerto Rico  | San Juan Bautista School of Medicine | Caguas | 1978  |
Puerto Rico  | University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine | San Juan | 1950  |
Rhode Island  | Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University | Providence | 1811  |
South Carolina  | Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine  | Charleston | 1823  |
South Carolina  | University of South Carolina School of Medicine  | Columbia | 1977  |
South Dakota  | Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota | Vermillion | 1907  |
Tennessee  | East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine | Johnson City | 1978  |
Tennessee  | Meharry Medical College School of Medicine  | Nashville | 1876  |
Tennessee  | University of Tennessee College of Medicine | Memphis | 1911  |
Tennessee  | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | Nashville | 1874  |
Texas  | Baylor College of Medicine | Houston | 1900
Texas  | Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine | College Station | 1977  | MD/PhD program only through AMCAS
Texas  | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine | El Paso | 2008  | D/PhD program only through AMCAS
Texas  | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine | Lubbock | 1969  | MD/PhD program only through AMCAS
Texas  | University of Texas Medical School at Houston | Houston | 1972  | MD/PhD program only through AMCAS
Texas  | University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio | San Antonio | 1959  | MD/PhD program only through AMCAS
Texas  | University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine  | Galveston | 1891  | MD/PhD program only through AMCAS
Texas  | University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas | Dallas | 1943  | MD/PhD program only through AMCAS
Utah  | University of Utah School of Medicine | Salt Lake City | 1906  |
Vermont  | University of Vermont College of Medicine | Burlington | 1822  |
Virginia  | Eastern Virginia Medical School | Norfolk | 1973  |
Virginia  | University of Virginia School of Medicine | Charlottesville | 1827  |
Virginia  | Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine | Richmond | 1838  |
Virginia  | Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine  | Roanoke | 2010  |
Washington  | University of Washington School of Medicine | Seattle | 1946  |
West Virginia  | West Virginia University School of Medicine | Morgantown — All students complete their first two years in Morgantown before clinical education in Morgantown, Charleston, or Martinsburg.  | 1902  |
West Virginia  | Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University | Huntington | 1977  |
Wisconsin  | Medical College of Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 1912  |
Wisconsin  | University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health | Madison | 1907  |

## References

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1. ^ Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) 2011-2012: The Most Authoritative Guide to U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools. Association of American Medical Colleges. 2010. p. 33\. ISBN 1-57754-093-X.
2. ^ Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) 2011-2012: The Most Authoritative Guide to U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools. Association of American Medical Colleges. 2010. p. 127\. ISBN 1-57754-093-X.
3. ^ "Application Instructions" (PDF). AACOMAS. 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
4. ^ "The MCAT Should Be Optional". Inside Higher ED. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-10. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

## External links

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* Official AMCAS website
* Official AAMC website
* Services
* Texas Medical & Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS) for Texas medical, dental and veterinary schools.
* The Ontario Medical School Application Service (OMSAS) for the six medical schools in the Canadian province of Ontario.
* American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (AACOMAS) for osteopathic medical schools.