Medical School Size
There are 631 students currently enrolled at David Geffen School of Medicine, which is roughly 13% more than the average for all Medical Schools. 175 new students matriculated in the most recent first-year medical school class.
Admissions
Students admitted to David Geffen School of Medicine typically have an undergraduate GPA between 3.41 and 3.97 and have a median MCAT score of 35 out of 45 possible points.
The University of California—Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine stresses lifelong learning for its medical students. The medical school curriculum is divided into three phases: Human Biology and Disease, Core Clinical Clerkship, and 4th Year Colleges.
Medical students can also earn a combined degree, such as a M.D./Ph.D. through the Medical Scientist Training Program, an M.D./M.B.A. with the UCLA Anderson School of Management, or an M.D.-Oral Surgery Residency. There are also a few joint degree programs, offered in conjunction with other institutions, including the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science/UCLA Medical Education Program, designed for students who want to work in disadvantaged rural and urban communities.
The School of Medicine is affiliated with the top-ranked hospital Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, as well as other hospitals including the Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center.
Med students take a break from their coursework for several annual events, including a talent show, banquets for second and fourth year students, and a senior show. Graduate students can live in the UCLA-owned University Apartments or can get assistance finding housing throughout Los Angeles through the UCLA Community Housing Office.
Members of the UCLA Medical Alumni Association coordinate Books Without Borders, a project that sends medical textbooks and journals to U.S. military physicians and nurses stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Research
At UCLA, breakthroughs are translated from the laboratory bench to the patient's bedside through the teamwork of scientists and physicians, thus ensuring safety, efficiency, effectiveness, and rapid results.
Donations to a specific department, division, program, or research area underwrite pilot projects, programs, laboratories and other facilities.
Faculty
Supporting the work of outstanding faculty helps to recognize and reward extraordinary teaching and research.
Fellowships
Financial resources must be available for the graduate training of UCLA's physicians as scientists and to extend the education of Ph.D.s. Graduate students enrich the academic environment, challenge the faculty, and are crucial to the School's effort to recruit and retain the most eminent professors.
Scholarships
Approximately 85% of UCLA medical students rely on some type of financial aid. The goal is to provide sufficient funding assistance to meet each student's financial need, to keep debt at a manageable level, and to open up career paths.
The Aesculapians Fund
An unrestricted gift to The Aesculapians Fund allows the Dean to designate moneys where and when the need is greatest.
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA accepts applications for summer academic enrichment programs. These programs include the Premedical/Predental Enrichment Program (PREP), Summer Medical Dental Education Program (SMDEP), and the Re-Application Post baccalaureate Program (RAP). Application deadlines are March 1 for the PREP and SMDEP programs, while the RAP program has a deadline of May 15.
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