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Harvard University

Boston, Massachusetts 🇺🇸MD · 4 years

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

At a glance

Average GPA

3.96

Average MCAT

521.07

Class size

165

Applicants

8,275

Interviewed

757

Admitted

165

Program length

4 years

Deadline

Oct 15, 2026

2025-26 figures from official sources

Who can apply

Massachusetts residents

15% of seats
2025-26687 applied25 admitted

Out-of-state applicants

85% of seats
2025-267,588 applied140 admitted

Canadian citizens

International applicants

Requirements

Degree

At least three years of college work and a baccalaureate degree before matriculation.

Prerequisites

  • Biology: one year with lab experience (should include cellular and molecular aspects); AP credit cannot be used
  • Chemistry/Biochemistry: two years (four courses) including inorganic, organic and biochemistry, with lab experience
  • Physics: one year (lab desirable, not required); HST: college-level, calculus-based strongly encouraged
  • Writing: one year of expository-writing coursework; AP credit cannot be used
  • Encouraged: behavioral sciences; Pathways: one year math incl. calculus and statistics (preferably biostatistics); HST: upper-level math (differential equations and/or linear algebra), biochemistry, molecular biology
  • Prerequisites must be completed before matriculation (not before applying); lab sciences should not be online
  • At least three years of college work and a baccalaureate degree before matriculation
  • Letters: minimum three individual letters or a committee letter; up to six (more allowed if from research supervisors)

GPA

AMCAS cumulative GPA

MCAT

MCAT requiredScores more than three years old must be retaken; scores must be posted to AMCAS by October 22; all valid scores considered.No minimum MCAT or GPA. Scores must be posted to AMCAS no later than October 22. Scores more than three years old must be retaken. All valid MCAT scores are considered. Exact oldest test date not stated; 'more than three years old' rule given.

Casper

Not published by the school

How selection works

AMCAS primary application, then a school secondary; invited applicants complete traditional interviews (virtual). Not rolling: all decisions released together in early March.

Interview

Format

Traditional

Delivery

Virtual

When

September through January

Dates, deadlines & fees

  1. early May

    AMCAS opens

  2. early July

    HMS secondary opens

  3. Oct 15, 2026

    AMCAS primary deadline (Timeline page gives recurring dates without a year; applies to the current (2026-27) cycle per 'The AMCAS application cycle for HMS is now open' on the Submitting an Application page.) · October 15 (year inferred from the 2026–27 cycle)

  4. Oct 22, 2026

    secondary deadline (and all materials: letters, MCAT scores) · October 22 (year inferred from the 2026–27 cycle)

  5. Oct 30, 2026

    AMCAS transcript deadline · October 30 (year inferred from the 2026–27 cycle)

  6. September – January

    interviews

  7. early March

    all admissions decisions released (same date for all)

  8. Apr 30, 2027

    Plan to Enroll · April 30 (year inferred from the 2026–27 cycle)

  9. Jun 1, 2027

    Commit to Enroll · June 1 (year inferred from the 2026–27 cycle)

Secondary application fee; Non-refundable; waived for applicants granted an AMCAS fee waiver.

USD 100

Tuition (2026-27)

Domestic: USD 76,828

Special programs & mission

Harvard-MIT MD-PhD Program

Health Sciences & Technology (HST) MD track (with MIT)

MD-MBA

MD-MPH

MD-MPP

To improve health and well-being for all through excellence and leadership in teaching and learning, discovery and scholarship, and service and care.

Sources

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