For some students, medicine has been the plan for as long as they can remember. For others, the idea arrives later either sparked by a course, a clinical experience, or a conversation that shifts everything into focus. Wherever you fall on that spectrum, The Office of Pre-Professional Mentoring and Advising is here to help you build the academic and co-curricular foundation medical school will ask you to demonstrate.
Two pathways lead to practice as a physician: allopathic medicine (MD) and osteopathic medicine (DO). Both prepare you to become a licensed, practicing doctor.
Medical schools review applicants holistically, considering a broad set of competencies that fall into three categories: Professional, Thinking and Reasoning, and Science.
Please see the University of Alabama Medical School Admissions Guide for information about medical school prerequisite courses, the MCAT, and more.
Top Medical Schools Attended by UA Grads
- UAB School of Medicine
- The University of South Alabama College of Medicine
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
- Saint Louis University School of Medicine
- University of Mississippi School of Medicine
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
- Boston University School of Medicine
- Vanderbilt University College of Medicine
- Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents