Master of Arts in Medical Sciences

Receive excellent preparation to get into med school and achieve your goal of becoming a physician through Loyola University Chicago's MA in Medical Sciences (MAMS).
Listed as one of the best special master's programs in the United States, our MAMS has a 95% matriculation rate to medical school. That means nearly all of our Master in Medical Sciences students become medical school students.
The MAMS is led by a dedicated faculty from some of the nation's best medical schools. They will be available and accessible throughout the MAMS program and help you with every aspect of creating a compelling medical school application, including writing letters of recommendation.The Master of Medical Sciences (MAMS) is a nine-month program that can only be pursued full time. Courses are held on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus, located on Chicago's North Side.
As one of the nation's first pre-med graduate programs, the MAMS program will prepare you to apply toand be accepted intomedical school so you can go on to earn your MD or DO. In fact, our graduates have been accepted at more than 75 medical schools across the U.S., including:
Baylor College of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Rush Medical College

A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better on all Undergraduate, Post-Baccalaureate or Graduate study. Applications with cumulative GPAs below the minimum will not be reviewed and exceptions will not be made.
MCAT:
Minimum score 500 in confidence bands.
GRE:
Scores must be in the 75% in Verbal Reasoning and at least 50% in Quantitative Reasoning rankings.
PA-CAT:

Scores must be at the 50% percentile or above in all four subject groups. Official Transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended Students should provide a detailed account of their extracurricular experiences. Discuss any clinical, employment, teaching, leadership and research experiences along with a brief description of what was learned from each experience. Students are required to submit a Personal Statement and a Statement of Purpose, two separate essays, onto one document. The Personal Statement is to convey the student's motivation for becoming a physician and shares experiences that have contributed to their decision, and is typically expressed in 1.5-2 double spaced pages. The Statement of Purpose explains the student's career goals and why they think they are a good fit for MAMS, and can be expressed in one paragraph. Please combine both the Personal Statement and the Statement of Purpose onto one document and submit along with your application in slate. Students must provide two letters of recommendation appropriate for medical school or the committee letter written by their undergraduate institution. An applicant for admission must ordinarily hold (or receive prior to matriculation) a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. In addition, because academic qualifications are of major importance, the applicant ordinarily must have achieved a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. If you have non-U.S. educational credentials, you are required to submit your official education credentials (e.g., transcripts, mark sheets, degree certificates, graduation diplomas) and evaluation fee directly to any NACES member companies.

For the TOEFL, a minimum score of 79 on the iBT or a 550 on the written test is required.
For the IELTS, a minimum score of 6.0 is required.