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The modern world is complex, and physicians care for people from a wide range of social, economic, and cultural backgrounds. The Indiana University School of Medicine requires applicants to include in their undergraduate study a minimal number of required science courses. It is also expected that successful applicants will have included in their undergraduate experience a significant number of courses in the humanities and social and behavioral sciences. In this fashion students gain a better understanding of contemporary society and human experience, and greater insight into their patients' backgrounds, problems, and illnesses. Applicants are expected to be competent in speaking and writing the English language.

NEW INFO FOR APPLICANTS. Indiana University School of Medicine now participates in the AMCAS Letters of Evaluation/Recommendation program. Please see AMCAS for details.

Letters of Evaluation/Recommendation requirements:

Personal Evaluation.To be completed by a person who has known you for several years and who can evaluate your personality, character, and general fitness for the study and practice of medicine.

Academic Evaluation. To be completed by faculty members who can assess your academic promise for professional study based on their observation of your work in class.  One form should be filled out by a biology, chemistry, or physics professor, and the other by a non-science professor.

Graduate Students. In addition to the above, if you are formally enrolled in a program which leads to a graduate degree, the Admissions Committee strongly suggests that you ask your faculty advisor to write a letter of evaluation.

Dean of Students Evaluation. To be completed by the Dean of Students, or by the office which maintains student disciplinary records on your undergraduate campus. Please do not refer the form to an academic dean unless he or she meets the above criterion. The Dean of Students Evaluation form is not part of the AMCAS Letters of Evaluation/Recommendation program. The IU School of Medicine Admissions Office will provide the Dean of Students Evaluation form to applicants the Admissions Committee selects to interview.

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