Pre-Medical Preparation at ACU

Entrance Requirements

• Most medical schools require candidates to take the MCAT exam. It is the greatest single determining factor in whether a student gains admission to medical school. There are 22 test dates a year, and is usually taken in the spring of your junior year. Plan your schedule so that you have taken the prerequisite classes by that time. Learn more
• TMDSAS is the Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service that processes the common application for those persons applying to all of the Texas Medical and Dental Schools, except for Baylor College of Medicine. Complete the online application
• While a minimum of three years of study (90 semester hours) must be completed in a U.S. accredited college or university for admission into medical school, the completion of a B.A. or B.S. degree is highly desirable. Students may major in any academic discipline as long as they have completed the following courses as prerequisites for application. While the basic requirements are very similar, schools do vary in their math and/or liberal arts requirements.
• Students must apply to the ACU pre-medical program. Applications and requirements will be available on the ACU Health Professions Site.

Advisor:
Dr. Cynthia Powell
ACU Box 28132
325-674-2864 or 2176
Office: Foster Science Building, Room 121
powellc@acu.edu

Medical Schools in Texas

• Baylor College of Medicine
• University of Texas Health Science at San Antonio
• Texas A&M University Health Science Center
• Texas Tech University Health Science Center
• University of North Texas Health Science Center
• The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
• Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Course Prerequisites

• General Biology
  8 hrs (BIOL 112/114, BIOL 113/115)
• Biological Sciences
  6 hrs (BIOL 491/493 and BIOL 492 recommended)
• General Chemistry
  8 hrs (CHEM 131/133, CHEM 132/134)
• Organic Chemistry
  8 hrs (CHEM 223/221, CHEM 324/322)
• Biochemistry
  3 hrs (CHEM 453 required, CHEM 454 recommended).
• Physics
  8 hrs (PHYS 110/111, PHYS 112/113)
• English
  6 hrs (ENGL 111, ENGL 112)
• Statistics
  3 hrs* (MATH 123 or MATH 377)
• Additional core courses before MCAT
  (PSYC 120, SOCI 111)

*UTMB, UTSW, and FosterSOM still accept Calculus I as the math prerequisite. UTH & Baylor do not have a math requirement.