MD Doctor of Medicine at Harvard University

Entry requirements

Applicants must be current students in good standing or graduates of accredited colleges, with at least three years of college work and a baccalaureate degree before matriculation. Required prerequisites before matriculation: one year of biology with lab (cellular and molecular aspects), two years of chemistry including inorganic, organic and biochemistry with lab, one year of physics, and one year of expository writing; behavioral sciences and mathematics (calculus and statistics) are encouraged. HST applicants must show competency in upper-level mathematics, biochemistry, molecular biology and calculus-based physics. Applicants educated outside the US or Canada need at least one year of US or Canadian college training; foreign students without a US or Canadian degree are rarely accepted. Candidates are considered for a maximum of two cycles, and students who have matriculated at another medical school are ineligible. AP credits only accepted with a score of 4 or 5 and not for biology or writing.