Eligibility
To be eligible for the program, you must have completed (or will complete before the program begins) an undergraduate degree from UC Riverside. In addition, you must also:
- Be both a resident of California and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident;
- Be considered an educationally and/or socio-economically disadvantaged* student, and/or show evidence of a commitment to practice in a medically underserved community;
- Have completed all or most (minus one or two courses) of the prerequisite coursework for medical school;
- Have a minimum undergraduate science GPA of 2.7;
- If you have taken the MCAT, have a minimum MCAT composite score of 18.
Please note: The UCR postbaccalaureate program is committed to serving students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Typically you are considered to be from a disadvantaged background, "if from an early age, you resided in a low-income community or experienced enduring family and/or societal hardship that significantly compromised your educational opportunities."