Anatomy Certification Program
(a post-baccalaureate program to enhance medical school admission credentials)
What is the Anatomy Certification Program? |
The Department of Structural & Cellular Biology conducts a course of study for qualified applicants to strengthen their credentials for admission to medical school. While completion of the course will not guarantee admission to medical school, students will be able to demonstrate academic proficiency in direct relationship to current first year medical students at Tulane. The Anatomy Certification Program is a non-degree granting program. Students will receive a certificate upon completion of the program. |
What is the purpose of ACP? |
The purpose of this program is to identify excellent candidates for medical school from the applicant pool who have been wait-listed but did not gain admission to medical school. The program gives wait-listed students an opportunity to prove that they can do well in medical school by essentially taking the first semester’s curriculum with our first year medical students. Upon the request of the ACP students we will send letters, comparing the ACP student’s grades to the medical student class average. By sending letters, students can prove without doubt their ability to perform in medical school academics. |
What course work is included in the program? |
The ACP students will take the Anatomical Courses (Human Gross & Developmental Anatomy and Human Histology) with the entering first year medical students. In the Spring semester, students may elect to take the medical student course in Neuroscience at no additional charge. |
How are ACP students evaluated? |
ACP students are treated identically to the medical students: they will take classes, laboratories, and exams with them. They are in no way segregated. They are integrated into the student body. Grades are issued numerically and compared to the numerical average of the first year class. In this way, admissions committees of the medical schools can make direct comparisons of the ACP student’s performance to that of Tulane’s first year medical student class. |
What are the qualifications for the program? |
The sole criterion for applying to the program is that the applicant MUST be wait-listed to an accredited U.S. medical school. NO EXCEPTIONS!!! |
How is the admissions process conducted? |
All applications must be received by the deadline. All applications are reviewed by the ACP admissions committee and placed into one of the following categories: Accepted, Wait-list, or Non-acceptance. |
What is the success rate of the program? |
To date, over 90% of the students have completed the program have been accepted to an accredited U.S. medical school. The great majority of these will join the next year’s class at Tulane School of Medicine. Within the last five years approximately 94% of the ACP students were accepted to Tulane. |
How long has this program been in existence? |
The program will be entering its 14th year. |
What is the cost of the program? |
The tuition for the program is $12,500 for the 2009-2010 academic year. There is also a $75 application fee. |
When does the program begin? |
Classes commence early August, starting with Human Gross & Developmental Anatomy and the spring concludes in mid-March or April taking Medical Histology. If the ACP students elect to take the Neuroscience course during the Spring semester, the course will begin in the first part of April, and will conclude in mid-May. |
| What is the application deadline? |
The application deadline is May 29, 2009. |
| How do I obtain information and/or apply for the program? |
Contact: Shannon Dawsey, Senior Program Coordinator |