Early Decision Admission

Admissions Criteria

• Apply Online via AMCAS

Secondary Application

• Competitive applicants from the pool of preliminary applications received from AMCAS will be invited to submit a secondary (formal) application to the Florida State University College of Medicine.
• Applicants are invited to complete a secondary application by e-mail.
• When the secondary application is received, a confirming e-mail response to the applicant will acknowledge receipt.
• The deadline to submit a secondary application is August 15th (visit Timelines for additional deadlines).
• There is no fee to complete a secondary application.
• All components of the secondary application must be completed by the established deadline.

Supplemental Materials

• The deadline to submit all Secondary Materials is August 15th (visit Timelines for additional deadlines).
• The Secondary (formal) Application consists of three major components:

Part I Online Application
The secondary or "formal" application to the FSU COM will be completed and submitted online. Applicants are advised to carefully review the instructions for completion before beginning the secondary application. There is no application fee.

Part II Letters of Recommendation
We require at least three and no more than five letters of recommendation; preferably including two letters from science faculty who have taught you, and one letter from any other non-science faculty member who has taught you. If your school or college provides a Committee Letter of recommendation, you may include this; however in addition, our Admissions Committee prefers to see individual letters of reference from the faculty member who taught you.

• Committee Letter
  
  OR
   
• At least three and no more than five letters of recommendation

Part III Photo

• Photos should be sent via e-mail as a requested part of your secondary application in AMCAS.
• Photos are shared with our Admissions Committee to aid them in remembering each applicant.
• Send the e-mail to with the photo attached, saved as your AMCAS ID number and name.
  o A passport style and size photo is requested.
  o Do not include other people in your photo.

Letters of Recommendation

Committee Letters and individual letters may be sent by any of the following:

• AMCAS
• VirtualEvals
• Interfolio
• U.S. Postal Service to:
  FSU College of Medicine
  Admissions Office
  1115 West Call Street
  Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4300

Additional Transcripts and MCAT scores

Applicants are responsible for submitting to the FSU College of Medicine Admissions Office, official transcripts from colleges and universities attended where coursework has been completed after their initial submission of the AMCAS application.

All components of the Secondary Application must be complete and supporting documents received by August 15th in the College of Medicine Admissions Office before the applicant will be considered for an interview.

The Florida State University adheres to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) in prohibiting discrimination against any qualified person with a disability. While the Florida State University College of Medicine endorses the spirit and intent of these statutes, it also acknowledges that certain minimum technical standards must be present in candidates for admission to and graduation from medical school. Therefore, the College of Medicine has established technical standards for admission to and graduation from the MD program.

Pre-requisite Courses
All pre-requisite courses must be completed with a letter grade of C or better.

* In addition to the required three credit hours of Biochemistry, one credit hour of biochemistry laboratory is preferred but not required.

Early Decision Process

Consideration for applicants participating in Early Decision begins as soon as an application is complete.

Applicants selected for an interview will be interviewed by two members of our Admissions Committee. The interviewers present the candidates at an Admissions Committee meeting on Tuesday following the Friday and Monday interview sessions. The Admissions Committee makes a recommendation on each applicant to the Admissions Selection Committee which meets the following Tuesday afternoon for a final decision as to whether the applicant is immediately accepted or placed on hold and deferred to the regular M.D. pool.

Applicants on hold may remain in that status until the class is filled. Applicants not selected for admission will be notified by early June.

Those applicants not chosen for Early Decision interviews are notified (and AMCAS informed) that their files have been deferred to the regular M.D. pool and will be reconsidered during the regular admission cycle.

All Early Decision notifications of acceptance and deferrals to the regular MD pool will be made by October 1st.

The Admissions Committee utilizes all appropriate information including academic, personal, experiential, and demographic data in the selection process. Personal qualities such as motivation, sensitivity to the needs of others, excellent oral communication skills, and maturity receive particular attention along with strong academic credentials. In addition, personal attributes such as compassion and altruism that are, in the view of the committee, essential to the art of good medical practice are of special interest in the selection process.

The FSU COM Admissions Committee is especially interested in applicants who have demonstrated through their lifestyle consistent motivation for service to others. Applicants from under represented minority groups, students from rural and inner city backgrounds, women, and non-traditional students are of particular interest to the Committee.

Early Decision Timeline

Online Status Checklist

Check your application status using the online admissions status page to determine whether all documents have been received by the Admissions Office.

Frequently Asked Questions