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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Brooklyn, New York 🇺🇸MD · 4 years
Takes out-of-stateMCAT required
Admissions websiteVerified Oct 6, 2026
At a glance
Who can apply
Requirements
- Baccalaureate degree from a US regionally accredited institution (90 or more semester credits from accredited US colleges)
- English - 6 semester credits
- General Biology or Zoology including labs - 8 credits
- General Physics including labs - 8 credits
- General or Inorganic Chemistry including labs - 8 credits
- Organic Chemistry including labs - 8 credits
- Grade of C or better required; biochemistry, biostatistics and statistics strongly recommended
MCAT requiredNo older than 3 years before enrollment (Fall 2027: tests before August 1, 2024 must be retaken); latest accepted September 12, 2026; all scores reviewed.Scores must be no older than 3 years before enrollment. For Fall 2027, tests taken before August 1, 2024 must be retaken, and the latest accepted test date is September 12, 2026. All scores are reviewed. Applications are not reviewed without MCAT scores. No minimum is stated.
How selection works
Interview
Dates, deadlines & fees
AMCAS primary deadline · December 1 (2025 date published: December 1, 2025; the 2027-cycle list is linked but not populated)
Complete application (secondary, letters, fee) deadline for the Fall 2027 entering class · January 4, 2027, 12 noon
Early Decision AMCAS deadline (2025 cycle date) · August 1, 2025
MCAT latest accepted test date (Fall 2027 entry) · September 12, 2026
Special programs & mission
Sources
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