JH
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland 🇺🇸MD · 4 years
Takes out-of-stateTakes internationalMCAT required
Admissions websiteVerified Oct 6, 2026
At a glance
Who can apply
Requirements
- Bachelor's (BS or BA) degree from an accredited institution
- Biology with lab, one year (8 semester hours); genetics recommended; extra advanced biology semester if using AP/IB
- General chemistry with lab, one year (8 semester hours); extra advanced chemistry semester if using AP/IB
- Organic chemistry with lab, one semester (4 semester hours)
- Biochemistry, minimum 3 semester hours (no lab required)
- Humanities, social and behavioral sciences: minimum 24 semester hours, including at least two writing-intensive courses
- Mathematics: calculus and/or statistics, minimum 6 semester hours (statistics or epidemiology strongly recommended)
- Physics with lab, one year (8 semester hours)
- Letters: committee letter/packet, or two science faculty plus one non-science faculty letter (MD-PhD: two more)
MCAT requiredMust be taken no later than September of the application year. Oldest MCAT considered is four years before expected matriculation: for Fall 2027 entry, the oldest acceptable MCAT is August 1, 2023. No minimum stated.Must be taken no later than September of the application year. Oldest MCAT considered is four years before expected matriculation: for Fall 2027 entry, the oldest acceptable MCAT is August 1, 2023. No minimum stated.
How selection works
Interview
Dates, deadlines & fees
AMCAS primary deadline · October 15, 2026
MD secondary application deadline · October 22, 2026 (11:59 PM EST)
MD/PhD secondary application deadline · November 1 (year inferred from the 2026–27 cycle)
Letters of recommendation (MD and MD-PhD) received by · November 15 (year inferred from the 2026–27 cycle)
Interviews (by invitation) · September 2026 - January 2027
Final decision release · Early March 2027
Special programs & mission
Sources
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