Strong Academic Record
Since admission to the program is highly selective, we look for applicants who show a strong academic record at both the high school and college level. In general, accepted students have better than a B+ (3.3) average at the college level and standardized test scores consistent with that level of performance. Your motivation for becoming a physician will also be considered, along with your career history, volunteer activities, and any experiences you have had in health care. Letters of recommendation give us further insights into your capabilities.
Getting to Know You
In order to evaluate your eligibility for the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, we get to know you in two ways—through your written application and an interview, if you are invited after an initial screening. Combined, this information helps our admissions committee to determine whether your previous academic work, current goals, and motivation level are consistent with the requirements of our program. Our admissions committee members include representatives from the science faculty, the Undergraduate Admissions Office, and the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program Office.
Campus Visit and Interview
If we feel you are a qualified candidate based on your application, we will invite you to spend a day at Bryn Mawr College. More than a personal interview, this visit is a comprehensive and informative process in which we get to know one another. To help you decide whether Bryn Mawr is the right choice for you, you will attend an information session given by the director of the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program. You will also have lunch and tour the campus with current students, and perhaps even sit in on a class. After lunch, you will meet with a member of the admissions committee for a personal interview and individual academic advising.
If it is more convenient for you, you may choose to be interviewed by telephone. A telephone interview does not put you at a disadvantage in terms of your prospects for admission.
When to Apply
Admission to the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program is conducted on a rolling basis starting on October 1, with decisions made throughout the year. However, applying early is recommended because there are many more qualified applicants than spaces. We encourage college seniors to wait to apply until after you have your fall semester grades. For admission to the 2010-2011 postbac class, applications and supporting documents should be received by February 8, 2010 or until all openings are filled.
Self-Managed Application
The Self-Managed Application to the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program is available for download as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. Click here to open/download the application file.
In order to access the form, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in, available free here.
Please Note: While PDF documents may be opened with a variety of different applications, this document is best viewed and completed using Adobe's Acrobat Reader software. Some important features, including the saving of the finished application, require the use of Acrobat Reader.
The application can be filled out on screen, saved, and printed using any standard printer. Text can be cut and pasted from word processing documents onto individual lines and into open fields in the form.
Please Note: Double check the text you key in or cut-and-paste onto a line or into an open field to make sure it fits the available space. When the space limit is reached on a line, the form allows continued typing—but the text to the left will be lost, will not be saved, and will not appear when the form is printed. Also, when the space limit is reached in an open field, text that exceeds the available space will be lost, will not be saved, and will not appear when the application is printed.
Decision
After your interview is completed, our admissions committee will review your candidacy and make a decision about your admission to the program within four to six weeks.