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Your Path to Medical School or a Career in Healthcare
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Your Path to Medical School or a Career in Healthcare
The University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (UIWSOM) offers an innovative, one-year (36 credit) master's program designed to further the scientific knowledge of students who want to pursue a medical school program, a career in biomedical sciences or other healthcare professions such as dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy and optometry. The Master of Biomedical Science (MBS) program offers a challenging curriculum that integrates science, research, bioethics and medical humanities
Program Benefits
- MBS students share faculty and facilities with students enrolled in the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) program.
- The UIWSOM DO supplemental application fee is waived.
- Faculty committee letter for those with a minimum 3.4 GPA after the fall term.
- Guaranteed Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) for the DO program.
- Mock interviewing training is also provided.
- Small classes ensure consistent faculty interaction.
The MBS admissions committee recommends a minimum MCAT score of 500 to be competitive with the general pool of DO candidates. Over the last three years, approximately 60 percent of MBS graduates applying to the DO program were admitted and matriculated.
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60%
of MBS graduates applying to the DO program were admitted and matriculated.
1 year
MBS program can be completed in just one year
$0
No application fee for DO program
Be the Word in the World
Since our founding in 1881 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, we have challenged our students to think critically, explore curiously and to leverage their God-given talents to make positive impacts on their communities and the world around them.
Master of Biomedical Sciences Program Frequently Asked Questions
See below for some of the most commonly asked questions for the MBS program.
Students enrolled in the MBS program automatically receive the UIWSOM supplement application and the $50 fee is waived. In addition, they are guaranteed a multiple mini interview. MBS students share faculty and facilities with learners in the DO program.
The class size is between 45-50 students.
- Cumulative GPA: 3.40
- Science GPA: 3.19
- Average MCAT Score: 495
- Average GRE: 306
- Average DAT: 18
Over the past three years, about 60% of MBS graduates who applied were admitted to the UIWSOM Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program.
- Undergraduate GPA: 3.3
- Undergraduate Science GPA: 3.05
- MBS GPA: 3.66
- MCAT: 500