Apply for Admission to UT Tyler School of Medicine

Admissions Overview

Thank you for your interest in attending the UT Tyler School of Medicine!

We are here for a mission: to embed the medical school within the community of East Texas, recruit students from the community to serve the community, develop research endeavors that address the specific health issues of our East Texas family and expand access to the highest level of healthcare available. We are here for a vision: to grow our medical school to continue to reduce the health disparities in our region and improve the quality of life for everyone.

UT Tyler School of Medicine is dedicated to the recruitment and retention of students who represent a broad spectrum of identities, perspectives, and experiences. In recognizing the unique contributions of our constituents, the School not only fosters an environment of mutual respect and understanding, but cultivates a culture of belonging for all of the members of our community.

See below to learn more about our admissions requirements and application timeline for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Admission Requirements

Completed TMDSAS application
- Application
  - Deadline: October 1, 2025
College transcript(s)
- Minimum of 3.0 in last 30 hours of BCPM (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math) courses.
- TMDSAS will request official transcript(s) once admission has been offered.
MCAT
- Minimum score of 492 using the confidence cut-off.
- MCAT scores can be no more than five years old from your planned start date.
  - Deadline to submit scores: October 1, 2025
Essays
Letters of recommendation
- Minimum of 3 letters or 1 Health Professions Committee Letter/Packet with the option to submit one additional letter. Letters should come from individuals who know you academically or professionally (i.e. faculty member, advisor, mentor, supervisor, etc).
- Personal letters will not be accepted.
- Deadline: November 10, 2025
Supplemental applications (as requested)
- Prerequisite Verification
- Essay Questions
- Deadline: November 10, 2025
Completion of the Casper Situational Judgment Test (SJT) through Acuity
- Deadline: Last test date accepted October 28, 2025
Completion of a Duet profile through Acuity
- Deadline to submit results: November 10, 2025
Prerequisite courses (TMDSAS Prescribed Course Listing based on school)
- Prerequisites must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.
- All prerequisite courses must be completed at an accredited U.S. or Canadian community college or university.
- AP and online credit and/or coursework for prerequisite courses is accepted. We encourage students to take traditional coursework.
  - AP credit will be accepted only if the school granting the credit lists the specific course(s) and number of credit hours granted per course on an official transcript.
  - Online coursework must be from an accredited institution.
- Prerequisites must be completed prior to matriculation.
- Pass/Fail Coursework will be accepted for prerequisites courses taken during Spring 2020 to Fall 2021 semesters.

Biology	11 semester hours are required, 2 of which must be labs
Physics	8 semester hours are required, 2 of which must be labs
Chemistry	12 semester hours to include one of the following course combinations: Two semesters of Organic Chemistry and one semester of General Chemistry (for a total of 9 semester hours of lecture with 3 semester hours of lab). Two semesters of General Chemistry and one semester of Organic Chemistry (for a total of 9 semester hours of lecture with 3 semester hours of lab).
Biochemistry	3 semester hours of Biochemistry
English	3 semester hours of composition-based English
Math	3 semester hours of Statistics

Application Timeline

UT Tyler School of Medicine accepts applications from May 1 to November 1 through the Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS). Below is a month-by-month timeline on what candidates can expect while working through the application process.

Please contact the UT Tyler School of Medicine Office of Admissions if you have any additional questions: Email: SOMadmissions@uttyler.edu or Ph: 903.877.7566.

Milestones by Month

2024 - 2025

April 2025

April 30: Applicants with multiple offers must decide which program to attend and withdraw from other schools.

May 2025

May 15: Last day an applicant can be called from a waitlist of a higher-ranked Texas medical school.
May 16: Spring Preview (Invitation Only Event for matched/accepted applicants).
2025-2026 Application Opens via TMDSAS

June 2025

June 23: Applicants may be selected from the waitlist up until the beginning of Welcome Day

2025 - 2026

May 2025

May 1: 2025-2026 Application opens via TMDSAS
May 15: Application submissions open on TMDSAS.

June 2025

UT Tyler SOM will begin inviting applicants to complete the secondary application.
Completed applications are reviewed in a timely and ongoing fashion.

July 2025

Completed applications are reviewed in a timely and ongoing fashion.

August 2025

Interviews season begins.
Aug. 12: In-person interviews (by invitation only).
Aug. 20: In-person interviews (by invitation only).
Completed applications are reviewed in a timely and ongoing fashion.

September 2025

Sept. 9: In-person interviews (by invitation only).
Sept. 23: In-person interviews (by invitation only).
Completed applications are reviewed in a timely and ongoing fashion.

October 2025

Oct 1: Deadline to complete the primary application in TMDSAS.
- Deadline to submit MCAT scores
Oct. 7: In-person interviews (by invitation only).
Oct 15: Letters of Evaluation should be uploaded or post-marked
Oct. 21: In-person interviews (by invitation only).
Oct 24: First round of Pre-Match admissions offers announced.
Oct 28: Deadline to complete CASPer and Duet from Acuity Insights
Completed applications are reviewed in a timely and ongoing fashion.

November 2025

Nov. 10: Deadline to submit Secondary Application
Nov. 11: In-person interviews (by invitation only).
Nov. 20: In-person interviews (by invitation only).
Completed applications are reviewed in a timely and ongoing fashion.

December 2024

Dec. 3: In-person interviews (by invitation only).
Dec. 17: In-person interviews (by invitation only).
Completed applications are reviewed in a timely and ongoing fashion.

January 2026

Jan. 7: Second round of Pre-Match admissions offered made.
Jan. 16: Second Look Day (by invitation only).
Jan. 23: Second Look Day (by invitation only).
Jan. 30: Submission deadline for student ranking of school preference list.

February 2026

Feb. 13: TMDSAS Match Day.
- Rolling Admissions period begins.
- Accepted Applicants receive pre-matriculation information.

March 2026

Accepted applicants receive pre-matriculation information.

April 2026

April 30: Applicants with multiple offers must decide which program to attend and withdraw from other schools.

May 2026

May 15: Last day an applicant can be called from a waitlist of a higher-ranked Texas medical school.
TBD: Spring Preview (Invitation Only Event for matched/accepted applicants).
2026-2027 Application Opens via TMDSAS.

June 2026

TBD: Applicants may be selected from the waitlist up until the beginning of Welcome Week