Admission vs. Matriculation Requirements

We wanted to clarify something about course requirements for med schools. For the majority of medical schools, their premedical requirements are matriculation requirements meaning that the applicant must complete these prior to enrolling at the med school.

In general, we recommend completing all basic science requirements (e.g. bio, chem, physics) prior to admission in order to be a competitive applicant. However, there are additional courses--including those in math, biochemistry, and biology beyond two semester--that are not necessarily required in order to be considered for admission.

Sometimes students think that if they don't have every single requirement completed, a med school will simply not consider them. This is generally not the case.