Application to Stanford Medicine must be made through the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS).
The AMCAS application deadline is October 1, 2024 (11:59 PM ET). The 2025 AMCAS Application will open for submission in late May. All sections of the primary applications must be complete by the deadline. AMCAS may take several weeks to process your entire application. Extensions are not granted.
Please do not send transcripts or letters of recommendation to our office unless we have specifically requested such information from you.
A. Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT)
All MCAT test scores taken are sent automatically by AAMC to the medical schools.
In order for your application to be considered for the 2025 admissions cycle, at least 1 MCAT result from an exam taken after January 2021 and before the end of September 2024 should be included in your application.
B. Letters of Recommendation
All letters of recommendation must be submitted through theAMCAS Letters Service. A minimum of three and a maximum of six individual letters of recommendation is required. The first six letters of recommendation submitted will be reviewed. All letters must be written on official letterhead and signed by the recommender(s) or committee members.
Stanford Medicine does not have specific letter writer requirements, but encourages letters from individuals who can attest to the following aspects of the applicant's skills and attributes: leadership, originality and creativity, innovation,research skills and independence, clinical exposures and caring experiences,cultural humility,social justice and advocacy.
Pre-medical committee evaluations/letters
Pre-medical committee evaluations/letters are not required. However, if submitted, only the individual letters contained within the pre-medical committee packet will count toward the number of letters of recommendation. If the committee evaluation/letter references or summarizes individual evaluators, each individual evaluation/letter of recommendation must be included with the committee packet.
Example:
- If one committee evaluation/letter is submitted containing four individual letters, the letters of recommendationrequirement is fulfilled. However, you may submit up to two additional letters.
- If one committee evaluation/letter contains no individual letters, the letters of recommendation requirement isNOT fulfilled. At least three and no more than six additional letters are required to meet the letters of recommendationrequirement.
An application is not complete until all letters listed on the AMCAS application are received. If more than three letters are listed, and at least three of those letters are received by the supplemental application deadline of October 15, 2024(11:59 PM PT), the letter of recommendation requirement will have been met and the application may be considered complete. If a minimum of three letters of recommendation are not received by October 15, 2024(11:59 PM PT), this application will be considered incomplete and may be withdrawn from consideration.
All letters must reach the Admissions Office from AMCAS no later than(11:59 PM PT) on October 15, 2024. Please log into AMCAS to make corrections (if needed). It may take up to 2-7 days for these changes to be reflected.
