Boston, MA
🩺 School Overview
Tuition (In State): $67,166
Tuition (Out of State): $67,166
Accreditation Status: Full
Acceptance Rate: N/A
Total Enrollment: 163
Degrees: MD
Founding Year: 1893
Accreditation Year: 1942
Website: https://medicine.tufts.edu
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📄 Application Information
Applications Received: N/A
Interviews Granted: N/A
Admitted: N/A
Average MCAT: 516
Average GPA: 3.68
Male: N/A
Female: N/A
Underrepresented:N/A
Interview Feedback Summary
Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 20% of interviews, indicating it is highly regarded. They found the interview mixed with a moderate stress level, and felt they did well.
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5 Most Common Secondary Essay Questions for TUSM
- 1. Motivation and Fit – Do you wish to share a specific reason why you have chosen to apply to Tufts University School of Medicine? (Yes/No)
- 2. Career Goals and Future Aspirations – Please briefly describe your plans for the coming year.
- 3. Career Goals and Future Aspirations – Please tell us about your journey to medical school and how your background and experiences will positively impact your future as a medical student and physician.
- 4. Motivation and Fit – Which of your experiences with clinical medicine or healthcare has best prepared you for a future career as a physician, and why?
- 5. Community, Diversity, and Equity – Tufts is committed to social responsibility. Have you done substantial work or service that has contributed to societal good or addressed social determinants of health, health equity, or social...
About the School
The mission of Tufts University School of Medicine is to promote human health. We will fulfill our mission by emphasizing rigorous fundamentals while stimulating innovation as we: educate, in a dynamic learning environment, physicians, scientists, and public health professionals to become leaders in their fields; contribute to the advancement of the sciences basic to medicine through discovery, research, scholarship, and communication, and join with our partner institutions to provide the best care to our patients and communities.
Curriculum
The TUSM "hybrid" curriculum uses a full array of teaching methods best suited to achieve specific educational goals of the four-year curriculum, including interactive lectures, small groups, labs, standardized patient exercises, and extensive on-line resources such as TUSK. Curricular themes such as evidence-based medicine, genetics, and geriatrics and broad-based topics such as ethics, professionalism, and communication skills are woven throughout. Course content is well integrated within each academic year (horizontal integration) and across the four years (vertical integration), featuring extensive clinical correlation with the basic sciences. Courses and programs such as Interviewing and Selectives provide students with clinical experiences beginning from the first semester of medical school. TUSM's long-standing Problem-Based Learning program (PBL) is coordinated with the preclinical coursework and provides the foundation for team-learning, evidence-based medicine, critical thinking, problem-solving, and lifelong learning.
Facilities
The teaching and administrative activities of the School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences are conducted primarily in the Arthur M. Sackler Center for Health Communications, the Jaharis Family Center for Biomedical and Nutrition Sciences, the M&V Complex, and Posner Hall.
SDN Insights
Our analysis of TUSM:
Student Loan Burden: $614,700
A student taking student loans for all 4 years of medical school at TUSM, including tuition, fees, locally adjusted cost of living expenses, incidentals, and interest, can expect to have total student loans of $614,700. Estimate repayment with the SDN School Loan Repayment Calculator.
Cost of Living: Highest 102% Nationally
The cost of living at TUSM is among the top 102% of all medical schools. Take this into consideration when considering loan burden.
Environment: Urban
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School Address: 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 2111
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