Chicago, IL
🩺 School Overview
Tuition (In State): $58,958
Tuition (Out of State): $58,958
Accreditation Status: Full
Acceptance Rate: N/A
Total Enrollment: 131
Degrees: MD
Founding Year: 1837
Accreditation Year: 1942
Website: https://www.rushu.rush.edu/rush-medical-college
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📄 Application Information
Applications Received: N/A
Interviews Granted: N/A
Admitted: N/A
Average MCAT: 511
Average GPA: 3.64
Male: N/A
Female: N/A
Underrepresented:N/A
Interview Feedback Summary
Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 21% of interviews, indicating it is highly regarded. They found the interview mixed with a low stress level, and felt they did well.
School Review Summary
Overall, students rated the program a 7.5 out of 10 for satisfaction. The student body is described as highly cooperative. The environment is considered supportive for underrepresented minorities, LGBTQ+ students, married students, students with disabilities, non-traditional students. Faculty members are seen as reasonably approachable.
5 Most Common Secondary Essay Questions for RMC
- 1. Motivation and Fit – RUSH Medical College is located on Chicago’s Near West Side and serves a diverse patient population. We seek to train physicians who can connect with diverse patient populations with whom they may...
- 2. Community, Diversity, and Equity – Rush Medical College is located on Chicago's Near West Side and serves a diverse patient population. We seek to train physicians who can connect with diverse patients, even if they do not share a...
- 3. Community, Diversity, and Equity – As an anchor institution, Rush is committed to improving the societal and structural determinants of health, which enhance the economic vitality of Chicago's West Side neighborhoods and help...
- 4. Personal Experiences and Challenges – (Optional) If applicable, please describe how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted your application to and preparation for medical school.
- 5. Other – (Optional) Please use this space to provide any additional information, unrelated to COVID-19, that you would like the Committee on Admissions to consider when reviewing your application.
About the School
Rush Medical College students come from a wide variety of educational and social backgrounds. The committee on admissions considers both the academic and non-academic qualifications of applicants in making its decisions. Each applicant's academic achievement is assessed in light of such factors as the degree of difficulty of the program, the need to be employed while in school, the applicant's social and cultural background and other factors that may influence an applicant's academic record. Non-academic factors include the applicant's maturity, personal integrity, motivation, interests and other achievements. The committee places strong emphasis on the applicant's humanistic concerns, unique experiences, demonstrated motivation for a career in medicine and evidence of personal characteristics that promote the practice of modern and compassionate medicine.
Curriculum
The curriculum encourages pursuit of individual interests by emphasizing a solid foundation in the basic sciences and clinical medicine through a core of required preclinical and clinical courses and by offering a wide range of elective opportunities in our own Medical Center hospital and in the network of affiliated and associated hospitals. Throughout the program, students are encouraged to develop habits of self-education and enthusiasm for the lifelong study of medicine. The generalist curriculum, which is taught across the first and second years, has three components, which complement the basic science curriculum: Preceptorship experience, a Physical Diagnosis course and an Interviewing and Communication course. preceptorship experience is designed to provide students with an opportunity to observe and interact with primary care physicians and their patients in an outpatient office setting. The curriculum of the third and fourth years provides students with training in clinical skills, diagnosis and patient management in a variety of patient care settings. The third year includes required core clerkships in family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics/gynecology and surgery. In the fourth year, students complete a four-week subinternship in family medicine, pediatrics, surgery or internal medicine, which gives students a chance to function at an advanced level similar to an intern, with close supervision by the faculty. A total of 18 weeks of elective study in areas of special interest to the student is also required.
Facilities
Students at Rush experience the advantage of training in a variety of clinical settings, including the urban academic medical center plus community hospitals located in the inner city as well as in suburban and rural areas of Illinois. Rush University Medical Center is the hub of a network of 10 affiliated and associated hospitals in a system which seeks to deliver total health care to 1.5 million people representative of all strata of society. Site coordinators and staff physicians at all teaching hospitals are members of the faculty of Rush Medical College.
SDN Insights
Our analysis of RMC:
Student Loan Burden: $494,708
A student taking student loans for all 4 years of medical school at RMC, including tuition, fees, locally adjusted cost of living expenses, incidentals, and interest, can expect to have total student loans of $494,708. Estimate repayment with the SDN School Loan Repayment Calculator.
Cost of Living: Highest 48% Nationally
The cost of living at RMC is among the top 48% of all medical schools. Take this into consideration when considering loan burden.
Environment: Urban
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