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Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island 🇺🇸MD · 4 years

Takes out-of-stateTakes internationalMCAT requiredTraditional interview
Admissions websiteVerified Oct 6, 2026

At a glance

Average GPA

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Average MCAT

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Class size

144

Applicants

9,186

Interviewed

—

Admitted

144

Program length

4 years

Deadline

Nov 1, 2026

2025-26 figures from official sources

Who can apply

Rhode Island residents

10% of seats

Minimums: GPA 3

2025-2683 applied15 admitted

Out-of-state applicants

90% of seats

Minimums: GPA 3

2025-269,103 applied129 admitted

Canadian citizens (treated as international applicants)

Minimums: GPA 3

International applicants (with 1+ year at an accredited US or Canadian school; incl. DACA)

Minimums: GPA 3

Requirements

Degree

Baccalaureate completed before matriculation

Prerequisites

  • One course in calculus or statistics (biostatistics preferred)
  • Biology: two courses with grade B or higher covering cell biology and genetics (lab experience required)
  • General (inorganic) chemistry: two courses (lab required)
  • Organic chemistry: one course (lab required)
  • Biochemistry: one course (lab encouraged)
  • Physics: two-course sequence
  • Writing: no specific course, strong writing skills expected
  • Minimum cumulative GPA 3.00; baccalaureate completed before matriculation; majority of premed courses within previous 10 years

GPA

Minimum 3 (4.0 (AMCAS)). AMCAS cumulative GPA

MCAT

MCAT requiredWithin three years before matriculation: for 2027 entry, MCAT dated January 1, 2024 onward; scores available by the November 1, 2026 secondary deadline are considered.For AMCAS/standard route; no minimum composite score. Scores from within three years before matriculation: for 2027 entry, MCAT dated January 1, 2024 onward. Scores available by the November 1, 2026 secondary deadline are considered.

Casper

Not published by the school

How selection works

AMCAS primary application and secondary; invited applicants have two half-hour individual interviews with Admissions Committee members (virtual for 2026). Most of the class also enters via PLME and other routes.

Interview

Format

Traditional

Delivery

Virtual

When

Thursdays and most Fridays, mid-September through February

Dates, deadlines & fees

  1. Oct 7, 2026

    AMCAS primary deadline · Submitted before October 7 (2026)

  2. Nov 1, 2026

    Secondary application and letters of recommendation deadline · November 1, 2026

  3. By early March

    Interview status notification

Secondary application fee (nonrefundable)

USD 120

Tuition (2026-27)

Domestic: USD 75,162

Special programs & mission

Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), 8-year BA/MD

MD-ScM Primary Care-Population Medicine Program (16 seats)

MD/PhD (Warren Alpert Physician-Scientist MD/PhD and Advanced Training Program; not an NIH MSTP)

Accelerated MPH for Clinicians

Early Identification Program (Rhode Island residents at Providence College, Rhode Island College, URI; Tougaloo College)

Postbaccalaureate linkage (Bryn Mawr, Columbia, Goucher, Johns Hopkins)

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University inspires and cultivates physician scholars and leaders who positively impact the health of people and society.

Sources

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