SELECT Program
No admission with advanced standing into the SELECT program will be permitted.
Core Program
A student may seek a transfer to the MCOM Core program from a United States or Canadian medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME). The student must first contact the Office of MD Admissions to initiate the process. The application will be considered by a committee consisting of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, the Associate Dean for Educational Affairs-Lehigh Valley, and the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education. After an initial review, the three committee members will make a recommendation to the Vice Dean for Educational Affairs (or the Dean of the Morsani College of Medicine), who will make the final determination.
A person may be admitted to MCOM with advanced standing only if all of the following criteria are met:
a. A vacancy in MCOM exists for the admission of a student to advanced standing status.
b. The student is between Year 2 and Year 3 and has passed the USMLE Step 1 Exam. (Year 3 begins in late May for MCOM.)
c. The student has an unusual circumstance or hardship that justifies the transfer.
d. Previous education is judged adequate in quantity, quality, and time frame to have been competitive for admission as a first-year student at MCOM, and prior professional education is adequate to permit entry to MCOM as a third-year MD student.
Transfer from SELECT to Core
A student in good academic standing may request a transfer from the SELECT program to the Core program. The application will be considered by a committee consisting of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, the Associate Dean for Educational Affairs-Lehigh Valley, and the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education. After an initial review, the three committee members will make a recommendation to the Vice Dean for Educational Affairs (or the MCOM Dean), who will make the final determination. The transfer will be considered only if all of the following criteria are met:
a. A vacancy in the MCOM Core program exists for the admission of a student to advanced standing status.
b. The student has successfully completed all elements of the MCOM pre-clerkship curriculum as of the time of the request and has not yet begun the year 3 curriculum.
c. The student is in good academic standing at MCOM.
d. The student has an unusual circumstances or hardship that justifies the transfer. Financial hardship will not be considered as students enter the SELECT program with an understanding of its costs.