Lexington, KY
🩺 School Overview
Tuition (In State): $40,866
Tuition (Out of State): $74,592
Accreditation Status: Full
Acceptance Rate: N/A
Total Enrollment: 115
Degrees: MD
Founding Year: 1960
Accreditation Year: 1960
Website: https://medicine.uky.edu
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📄 Application Information
Applications Received: N/A
Interviews Granted: N/A
Admitted: N/A
Average MCAT: 513
Average GPA: 3.63
Male: N/A
Female: N/A
Underrepresented:N/A
Interview Feedback Summary
Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 26% of interviews, indicating it is moderately regarded. They found the interview mixed with a low stress level, and felt they did well.
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5 Most Common Secondary Essay Questions for UKCOM
- 1. Motivation and Fit – Why have you chosen to apply to the University of Kentucky College of Medicine?
- 2. Motivation and Fit – The University of Kentucky College of Medicine's mission promotes a diverse and inclusive environment. Please describe how your past experiences or plans contribute to enriching and enhancing the...
- 3. Other – If you are a non-Kentucky resident, please elaborate on your Kentucky ties (personal, familial, etc.).
- 4. Understanding and Commitment to Medicine – Your combination of life experiences makes you uniquely you. Talk about one such experience and how it has helped you prepare to be a physician.
- 5. Other – Describe an experience or situation which made you feel grateful?
About the School
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine, which was founded in 1960, provides innovative, high-quality education through its nationally recognized curriculum, emphasizing early clinical experiences, continuity as a guiding principle, integration of the basic and clinical sciences, and innovative teaching and learning methods such as small-group tutorials, standardized patients, computer-assisted instruction, clinical training models, and interactive lectures and laboratory exercises. The college’s mission is to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that promote professionalism, teamwork, life-long learning, empathy, scholarship, cultural sensitivity, and leadership, with the goal of providing excellence in education, health care and research within the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond.
Curriculum
UK’s Kentucky Medical Curriculum, a national model, relates scientific principles and concepts to the prevention of disease and to the delivery of modern, compassionate medical care. Because students with diverse backgrounds and interests pursue a variety of medical careers, the curriculum provides the knowledge and skills essential for further professional development. The Kentucky Medical Curriculum emphasizes early longitudinal clinical experiences, integration of the basic and clinical sciences, teaching in ambulatory clinic settings and primary care. UK’s curriculum uses many learning methods, including standardized patients, clinical training models, computer-assisted instruction, human-patient simulators, problem-based learning, small-group tutorials, interactive lectures and laboratory exercises.
Setting its sights even higher, UK is currently embarking upon an endeavor to further enhance its medical curriculum. Realizing that medical students rotate in and out of clinical experiences, UK recognizes that students often see glimpses or“snapshots” of chronic illness and do not witness how it affects the patient and his or her family. UK groups rotations to provide the opportunity for students to follow a patient’s care over a 16-week period.
Facilities
In May 2011, UK opened the new 1.2 million-square-foot pavilion at UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital. Two patient floors with a total of 128 beds (48 intensive care and 80 acute care beds in all private rooms) were the first to open: Floor 6 for neuroscience services; Floor 7 for trauma and acute care surgery patients.
The new pavilion A incorporates the best that medicine has to offer with art, music and landscaping reflective of the spirit of Kentucky. The facility is expected to be completed in phases over the next six to 10 years, eventually replacing the original UK Chandler Hospital. The new pavilion also includes the new UK Chandler Emergency Department, home to the only Level 1 trauma center serving Central and Eastern Kentucky, and The Makenna David Pediatric Emergency Center.
SDN Insights
Our analysis of UKCOM:
Student Loan Burden: $324,007
A student taking student loans for all 4 years of medical school at UKCOM, including tuition, fees, locally adjusted cost of living expenses, incidentals, and interest, can expect to have total student loans of $324,007. Estimate repayment with the SDN School Loan Repayment Calculator.
Cost of Living: Lower than 89% Nationally
The cost of living at UKCOM is lower than 89% of all medical schools nationwide. This can significantly reduce your overall expenses during medical school, making it a more affordable option.
Environment: Urban
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