Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Source: MSAR Report for Applicants and Advisors: Premed Course Requirements 2027 (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13). Verify with the school.

Admission policies, in the school's words

• Letters of Evaluation: We require either 3 individual letters or a Health Professions Advisory Packet however, we do not weight one more than the other and do not stipulate whom letters come from only that they not be from family/friends, are written on letterhead, signed, and dated in the current year. • We require the MCAT for a secondary because we only utilize the MCAT to meet one of our combination thresholds. We do not fill our interview spots until all completed applications (AMCAS, secondary, letters) have been considered for an interview. Applicants must meet four requirements to receive a secondary application; there are no exceptions made to these requirements. Please read our website thoroughly for these https://medicine.wsu.edu/md/apply/requirements/ To receive a secondary application, applicants must have connections to the state. Applicants who do not meet 3 of 4 ties to the state (as defined on our website) must meet one of the legal definitions of WA resident student (verified via requested documents): 1) Applicants who are financially independent and have maintained a bona fide domicile in the state of Washington primarily for purposes other than educational for at least one year by and immediately leading into January 1 of the enrollment year. 2) Applicants who are financially dependent with at least one parent or legal guardian who has maintained a bona fide domicile in the state of Washington for at least one year by and immediately leading into January 1 of the enrollment year. 3) Applicants who are on active military duty stationed in the state of Washington or are members of the Washington national guard. 4) Applicants who (i) are members of a federally recognized tribe whose traditional and customary tribal boundaries include portions of the state of Washington, or whose tribe was granted reserved lands within the state of Washington, and (ii) have maintained a bona fide domicile in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington or a combination of these states, for one year by and immediately leading into January 1 of the enrollment year. Applicants who claim WA residency and do not meet the ties to the state will be required to submit documentation proving one of the definitions above. We also established three threshold combinations of GPA and MCAT; we utilize the AMCAS calculated GPA. There are no exceptions to these thresholds (graduate GPA may be considered if these thresholds are not met with the UGPA). Review our website for more info: https://medicine.wsu.edu/md/apply/requirements/ - If undergraduate cumulative GPA is 3.8 – 4.0, then 27th percentile rank or higher on the MCAT - If undergraduate cumulative GPA is 3.4 – 3.79, then 43rd percentile rank or higher on the MCAT - If undergraduate cumulative GPA is 2.6 – 3.39, then 61st percentile rank or higher on the MCAT Once all secondary requirements have been met, an applicant will be sent the secondary application. Upon return of the secondary, we mask MCAT and GPA from further review through the remainder of our process. From that point forward, we only consider experiences and attributes as they relate to our mission in deciding who we interview and accept. Per state and federal law, we also mask race/ethnicity in our process.

Source: MSAR Report for Applicants and Advisors: Admission Policies and Information 2027 (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13). Verify with the school.

Who can apply

Out-of-state applicants

Case-by-case Non-WA residents must meet 3 of 4 ties to WA to recieve a secondary or meet a military or tribal membership exception. Review our website: https://medicine.wsu.edu/md/apply/requirements/

Canadian applicants

No

International applicants

No

DACA applicants

No

Residency preference (school's page)

The college only admits Washington residents or applicants with strong ties to Washington (at least three of four: born in Washington, childhood address in Washington, graduated from a Washington high school, parent/guardian currently living in Washington); applicants meeting neither test are ineligible and do not receive a secondary.

Source: (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13). Verify with the school.

Interview

Format

Virtual Hybrid: 4 asynchronous interviews with a live moderator and 2 live virtual traditional structured interviews.

Invitations sent

July 2026

Typical interview day

In addition to the interviews, the virtual interview day will include a student panel and detailed information about the admissions process.

Regional interviews

All interviews are conducted virtually.

Video interviews

We conduct a virtual interview season.

School's admissions page says

Interviews take place virtually from August through February.

Tags are derived from the text above by keyword; read the text before relying on a tag.

Source: MSAR Report for Applicants and Advisors: Interview Procedures 2027 (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13). Verify with the school.

Situational-judgment tests and MCAT dates

Casper

Not on official list source

AAMC PREview

Not used "We are not using PREview scores in the admissions process" source

Latest MCAT considered

November 27, 2026

Oldest MCAT considered

August 2023

Casper status comes from the school's own admissions page where it states one, otherwise from published requirement lists; PREview from the school's page or the AAMC PREview policies report. Both change between cycles. Verify with the school.

Source: (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13).

Secondary application

Required

Yes

Fee

$50

Fee waiver available

Yes

Deadline

Dec 1, 2026 December 1, 2026, 5:00 pm PT

Who receives it

Applicants who 1) Have met a GPA/MCAT threshold combination; 2) meet a WA resident student definition or 3 of 4 ties to WA; US Citizen/Permanent Resident; all req'd letters rec'd from AMCAS

Source: (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13). Verify with the school.

Letters of evaluation

Committee letter

Accepted

Letter packet

Accepted

Individual letters

Accepted

Source: (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13). Verify with the school.

Waitlist and deposit

Typical waitlist positions

The number of positions varies each year.

Offers made from the waitlist

—

Procedure

Applicants will be notified if they are on the waitlist after their Admissions Committee meeting. The official rank list is formed in mid-March at which time applicants can request their rank.

Deposit required

No

Source: (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13).

Cost of attendance and debt

83% of students receive aid. Average indebtedness of indebted graduates: $217,037.

Source: (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13).

Official AAMC counts, 2025-2026

Applications

1,574 (51.3% in-state)

Matriculants

80 (100% in-state, 0% out-of-state; 60% women)

Applications per seat

20

Source: AAMC FACTS Table A-1: Applications and Matriculants by School, State of Legal Residence, and Gender, 2025-2026 (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13).

Entering class 2026

Applicants

1,669

Interviewed

350

Matriculated

80

MCAT (mean)

508.8 (range 496–524)

GPA (mean)

3.72 · science 3.62

In-state

96%

Women

61%

First generation

16%

Source: the school's published class profile (page), retrieved 2026-10-13. Statistics describe one entering class and are not cutoffs.

Transfer applications

No

Source: (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13).

Mission statement

To serve Washington and beyond through collaboration and problem-solving in education, research, and health care with a focus on rural communities, Tribal Nations, and people who have been historically marginalized. Our Mission in Action: We seek to enroll candidates who most align with our mission and have similar goals to serve all WA communities, especially rural, Tribal nations, and those who have been historically marginalized. Below are some examples of how we enact our mission. Admissions: • Holistic Review: Our admissions process truly balances an applicant’s experiences and attributes with their metrics in alignment with our mission. Once a threshold combination of GPA and MCAT have been met for a secondary, we blind these metrics – no one ever sees MCAT and GPAs! . • Focus on WA: We consider only those who have ties to/residency in WA. We ultimately hope our graduates will choose to practice in and care for WA communities. • Experiences with rural and/or underserved communities: one of the key experiences we are looking for are those who come from or have experience with these communities. Student Affairs: • Financial education: Between 40-50% of our student body comes from low socioeconomically backgrounds. It is important that we have resources to support them. On our Student Affairs team, we have a Director for Financial Education who meets with students each year to build a plan for debt management. This provides our students with the insights to select a career specialty choice based on their passion rather than their debt. • Our student interest groups include those focused on the broad diversity including Student National Medical Student Association, Latino Medical Student Association, Women in Medicine, Military medicine, Non-Traditional Students, and LGBTQI+ Interest Group. • We partner with the WSU Spokane Office of Native American Health Sciences who helps support our American Indian and Alaska Native students. They also have a Center for Native American Health: https://nativehealth.wsu.edu/center-for-native-american-health/ Curriculum, Assessment, and Learning Support: • Rural/Urban Underserved Rotation: In Year 4, all students are required to complete a rural underserved or urban underserved 4-week rotation as a graduation requirement. • Community-based medical school within a Land Grant institution: As a community-based medical school, we train our students across Washington and within diverse communities including rural, underserved, tribal clinics, and urban clinic/hospitals. This provides our students with broad exposure to diverse populations in WA to help inform them of the challenging health care problems that exist. https://medicine.wsu.edu/community/ • Coaching: Every student will be assigned a faculty academic coach who will be with them all four years. This serves to further support our students toward self-learning and improvement. We also provide students with a USMLE Step 1 Coach. More info about our Student Learning Center: https://medicine.wsu.edu/about/departments-units/studentlearning-center/ Graduates: • Our alumni have begun practicing in Washington and serving the communities we hoped they'd serve. Learn more here: https://medicine.wsu.edu/alumni/md/

Source: (AAMC, retrieved 2026-10-13).

Notes

Class of 2030 (entering 2026): 1,669 AMCAS applications, 723 completed applications, 350 interviewed, 80 matriculants, 18.4% acceptance rate (offers / completed applications); mean overall GPA 3.72 (range 2.53-4.00), mean BCPM GPA 3.62 (range 2.58-4.00), mean MCAT 508.8 (range 496-524); 96.3% Washington residents, 61.3% women, 16.3% first-generation, 12.5% underrepresented in medicine, 18.8% rural, average age 25 (range 21-38). Secondary screening pairs undergraduate GPA with MCAT percentile: 3.8-4.0 needs 27th percentile+, 3.4-3.79 needs 43rd+, 2.6-3.39 needs 61st+ (graduate GPA considered case by case). U.S. citizens and permanent residents only; charges in-state tuition only. $50 secondary fee (waived for AAMC FAP).

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