Early assurance undergraduate partnership
Admission Requirements
For candidates accepting early assurance from 2018 through 2024:
Candidates must be on track to successfully complete a bachelor’s degree program at their early assurance network school (early assurance privileges are forfeited upon transfer) and complete all required pre-requisite courses with a grade of “C minus” or better to matriculate into the NEOMED Doctor of Medicine program through 2024. New admission standards for students holding early assurance through one of the nine colleges/universities in NEOMED’s northeast Ohio early assurance network will take effect starting in 2025. New early assurance admission standards taking effect in 2025 and 2026 and beyond will be published here later this year.
Required pre-requisite courses include:
- Two semesters of Organic Chemistry & Labs
- Two semesters of Physics & Labs
- Two semesters of Biology & Labs
- One semester of Biochemistry
Candidates must earn a minimum grade of C or better in all of the above courses. Candidates applying for early assurance plan admission to NEOMED through 2024 from one of our early assurance network schools are also required to meet or exceed the following grade point average, BCPM (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math courses) grade point average, and minimum MCAT scores as follows for admission to NEOMED:
| If the organic chemistry/pre-requisite requirements are: | and the required MCAT score is: | Then the minimum BCPM GPA & GPA is: |
|---|---|---|
| If no grade lower than B- in Organic Chemistry I or II or Labs | 502 (+/- 2 CI = 500/504) | 3.40 |
| If at least one grade of “C+/C/ C-“ in Organic Chemistry I or II or Labs | 507 (+/- 2 CI = 505/509) | 3.40 |
| If all grades in Organic Chemistry I or II or Labs are “C-“ or above | 514 (+/-2 CI = 512 – 516) | 3.25 |
| If any grade(s) of “D +” or lower in Organic Chemistry is earned | Do not admit/denial | Do not admit/denial |
| If any grade of “F” in any required prerequisite is earned | Do not admit/denial | Do not admit/denial |
Important Notes
- “The Organic Chemistry/Pre-Requisite Requirements” pertains to any and all Organic Chemistry grades earned in courses or labs. Courses that AMCAS classifies as Organic Chemistry during the verification process shall comprise the Organic Chemistry category. These may include Organic Chemistry I, Organic Chemistry I Lab if a separate course, Organic Chemistry II, and Organic Chemistry II Lab if a separate course. For this purpose, in no case are grades forgiven or expunged if the course is re-taken and a higher grade is earned regardless of any undergraduate institutional academic forgiveness policies.
- All grade point averages and BCPM grade point averages are calculated using AMCAS policies and practices. Essentially, in no case are grades forgiven or expunged if the course is re-taken and a higher grade is earned regardless of any undergraduate institution’s academic forgiveness policies. AMCAS data is considered official for all GPA decisions.
- “CI” in the “Required MCAT Score” section refers to “Confidence Interval”. NEOMED will recognize the AAMC Confidence Intervals in effect at the time of AMCAS Early Assurance Application for Admission. At present, the MCAT Confidence Interval is plus or minus two points. This means that while the minimum required admission score is a 502 for any single sitting of the MCAT, NEOMED will recognize that a score of 500 is sufficient to meet NEOMED’s Early Assurance Admission standards. The same pattern is in effect where a score of 505 will be interpreted as meeting the 507 minimum and a score of 512 will be recognized as meeting the 514 minimum score.
- All MCAT scores will consist of the best total score of all four sub-test scores summed from a single test date sitting. A candidate’s AMCAS Early Assurance Application for Admission dataset will be the official source of MCAT data. NEOMED does not require EAP candidates to meet minimum MCAT sub-score thresholds.
- Grade point averages and BCPM grade point averages will be evaluated at the time of an Offer of Admission. Once a candidate meets the threshold at the time of admission, the GPA/BCPM GPA will not be re-reviewed unless there is a significant decline.
- Candidates that receive a grade in a course that results in a “Do Not Admit/Denial” condition are advised to proactively initiate a withdrawal from early assurance and pursue other alternative paths to medical school rather than delay enforcement of this condition when discovered in the AMCAS Early Assurance Admission process.
All offers of admission are contingent upon the successful completion of remaining prerequisite coursework. Academic performance that deviates significantly from that which secured admission may be revisited by the Admission Committee for consideration, including rescission of admission. Serious professionalism issues, such as convictions and/or academic misconduct may be revisited by the Admission Committee for consideration, including rescission of admission. Upon matriculation to NEOMED to begin the M.D. program of study, degree requirements are the same for all M.D. students. Candidates are solely responsible for understanding and adhering to all procedures and deadlines.
