Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth)
Hanover, New Hampshire · allopathic (MD) medical school
Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) admissions statistics
- Median or average MCAT
- 516Average
- Median or average GPA
- 3.77Average
- Applications received
- 10,3302025-2026
- Entering class
- 962025-2026
- Applications per seat
- 107.62025-2026
- In-state share of applications
- 1%2025-2026
- In-state share of the class
- 4.2%2025-2026
Applications received for each seat in the entering class. Not an acceptance rate: neither source publishes the number of offers made.
Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) MCAT and GPA
Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) reports average MCAT of 516 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.77 for its entering class.
- MCAT516 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 76th percentile of those programs.
- GPA3.77 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 33rd percentile of those programs.
- Out-of-state tuition$74,868 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 76th percentile of those programs.
- Entering class size96 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 22nd percentile of those programs.
A percentile here is against the programs that report the figure, not against every medical school and not against applicants. It says where the school sits among its reporting peers and nothing else.
Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) acceptance rate
PreMD does not publish an acceptance rate for individual schools. The free national sources publish applications and matriculants, not the number of offers a school made, so an acceptance rate cannot be calculated from them without inventing the missing number.
What can be published from those figures is the ratio: Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) received 10,330 applications for 96 seats in the entering class, or about 107.6 applications per seat.
Who Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) accepts applications from
| Applicant group | Policy |
|---|---|
| Out-of-state Applicants | We accept out-of-state applicants. The review process is the same regardless of state residency. |
| Canadian Applicants | Canadian students are eligible to apply. The review process is the same regardless of citizenship. |
| International Applicants | International students are eligible to apply. The review process is the same regardless of citizenship. |
| DACA Status Applicants | DACA students are eligible to apply. The review process is the same regardless of citizenship. |
- DACA applicants
- DACA students are eligible to apply. The review process is the same regardless of citizenship.
Community college coursework: We value educational experiences from all institutions of higher learning. Our Admissions Committee understands that every applicant's path to medicine is different and unique, and that our choices are often determined by circumstance and necessity. Holistic review allows us to learn about your individual experience and takes into account distance-traveled for every applicant.
Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) tuition and cost
- In-state tuition and fees
- $74,868
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $74,868
- In-state cost of attendance
- $101,004
- Out-of-state cost of attendance
- $101,004
- In-state health insurance
- $4,556
- Out-of-state health insurance
- $4,556
- Students receiving aid
- 75%
- Average graduating debt
- $206,863
A blank figure here means the school did not report it to the source PreMD tracks, never that it costs nothing. Check the school's own financial aid page before budgeting against it.
Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) application requirements
- Secondary fee
- $130
- Secondary deadline
- November 16, 2026
- Latest MCAT accepted
- September 30, 2026
- Oldest MCAT accepted
- January 2024
- Committee letter
- Accepted
- Letter packets
- Accepted
- Individual letters
- Accepted
- AAMC PREview
- We are not using PREview scores in the admissions
Who receives a secondary: Applicants with MCAT scores of 503 and above receive the secondary application.
Prerequisite coursework
| Subject | Required or recommended | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry | Required | 3 | We require one semester (3 credit hours or equivalent) of biochemistry. If you are in a trimester or quarter system, one trimester or quarter of biochemistry is sufficient as long as you have two full years of chemistry coursework including organic chemistry and biochemistry. |
| Biology | Required | 8 | One year (8 credit hours or equivalent) of biology coursework. Any completed biology coursework from general biology to advanced biology coursework may be used to meet this requirement. We adjust our credit hour requirement to reflect how your school awards credits. Please list credit hours as they appear on your transcript. We expect completion of any lab section offered in conjunction with your biology coursework. |
| Chemistry | Required | 12 | One and a half years (12 credit hours or equivalent) of chemistry coursework. One semester (4 credit hours or equivalent) of this must be organic chemistry. For the other one year (8 credit hours or equivalent) you can use any chemistry courses you have completed from general chemistry to advanced chemistry coursework. This is in addition to the required biochemistry course. For students on a quarter or trimester system, one quarter or trimester will meet the requirement if you have 16 credit hours (or equivalent) of chemistry coursework overall. We adjust our credit hour requirement to reflect how your school awards credits. Please list credit hours as they appear on your transcript. We expect completion of any lab section offered in conjunction with your chemistry coursework. |
| Mathematics | Required | 3 | One half-year (3 credit hours or equivalent) of college-level mathematics, including either calculus or statistics. We adjust our credit hour requirement to reflect how your school awards credits. Please list credit hours as they appear on your transcript. |
| Physics | Required | 8 | One year (8 credit hours or equivalent) of physics coursework. Any completed physics coursework may be used to meet this requirement. We adjust our credit hour requirement to reflect how your school awards credits. Please list credit hours as they appear on your transcript. We expect completion of any lab section offered in conjunction with your physics coursework. |
Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) interview
Our interview season begins in late August and continues through March. Interviews take place on Thursdays by invitation only and will be conducted virtually for the 2026-2027 admissions cycle.
August 2026
The interview day is designed for us to get to know you, and for you to get to know us at Geisel. The day begins with a welcome from the Associate Dean of Admissions. This is followed by an information session with the admissions team, a brief welcome from the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement team, and a 20 minute group exercise. In the afternoon, you will have two thirty-minute one-on- one interviews conducted by members of our admissions committee. The day will end with closing remarks from our Associate Dean. Opportunities to connect with our current students will occur separately from the scheduled interview day.
- Regional interviews
- Regional interviews are not available.
- Video interview
- Interviews will be conducted virtually for the 2026-2027 admissions cycle.
Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) waitlist
- Typical positions offered
- The number of waitlist offers fluctuates each year. Our five year average is 30 waitlist offers.
- Acceptance offers made
- 40
After May 1, we contact waitlisted applicants regarding their desire to remain on the waitlist and admit candidates from the waitlist via a committee process.
Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) mission
Our Mission: -To improve the lives of the communities we serve through inclusive excellence in learning, discovery, and healing. -To foster an inclusive, diverse community that reflects our world and addresses the most challenging issues in healthcare. At Geisel, our Vision is to be the medical school that sets the standard for educating humanistic physicians, scientists, and educators to be leaders of change and to flourish in their chosen paths . We strive to build a diverse and inclusive community reflective of our world in order to enrich learning, foster innovation, and help tackle the most vexing challenges in health care. We aim to do this by cultivating character, a growth mindset and servant leadership qualities in our students so that they may best serve our communities locally and globally to live healthier and fulfilled lives.
Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) rankings
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Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) admissions contact
3 Rope Ferry RoadHanover, NH 03755 USA(603) 646-5800 · [email protected]
Where this came from
- the school's own published admissions page
- AAMC FACTS table A-1, 2025-2026 · 2025-2026
- calculated by PreMD from the published application and matriculant counts · 2025-2026
- AAMC MSAR public school report
Figures on this page were last reviewed on 2026-07-11.
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