{"id":227,"date":"2025-11-10T14:25:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/premed-academy\/?page_id=227"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:32:53","slug":"application-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/premed-academy\/application-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n \n   \n   \n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--scrolling-text-with-image \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--scrolling-text-with-image\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n\n          \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/premed-academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/495\/2025\/11\/your-specialized-practice-768x1024.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/premed-academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/495\/2025\/11\/your-specialized-practice-1280x1707.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/premed-academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/495\/2025\/11\/your-specialized-practice-768x1024.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Male student using a micropipette to fill test tube while wearing ppe\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n  \n        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Your Specialized Practice\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn\u2019t a one-year head start. It\u2019s a challenging four year series of academic experiences that supports your growth as a future physician. While the Academy is not a direct path to medical school, this selective program features advanced lab sections, specialized research opportunities, and deeper engagement with faculty and leaders in the field. Beyond checking off requirements, you gain expanded perspective that matters not just to medical schools but to the future of medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"chapters-container\">\n                      <div class=\"chapter\">\n                              <h3>When to Apply<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Students are able to apply to the Dornsife Pre-Med Academy after they have been\u00a0<strong>admitted<\/strong> to the University. To be eligible to apply, you must be a first-year student entering in the fall semester with a Dornsife major and a pre-medical pre-professional emphasis. Because this program that begins in the fall of freshman year, spring admit freshmen and transfer students are unfortunately not eligible to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"chapter\">\n                              <h3>Requirements<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Students in the Dornsife Pre-Medical Academy have typically done well in high school, especially in their science and math coursework. SAT\/ACT scores are not required for admission to the program. A strong background in chemistry and math is highly recommended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A physics course of any level is required for admission.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"chapter\">\n                              <h3>Deadlines<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>All admitted Dornsife students who are eligible to apply will see a link to the application in their USC admission portal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The priority application deadline is Tuesday, April 14, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Students who apply by April 14, 2026, will be notified of their status by Thursday, April 30. Students who apply after April 14 will receive notification of their status after April 30, and may be considered for the waitlist for the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":288,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-chaptered-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-227","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Application Process - Dornsife Pre-Med Academy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/premed-academy\/application-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Application Process - 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