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Milwaukee www.mcw.edu Admission contact: Medical School: 414.955.8246 medschool@mcw.edu Graduate School: 414.955.8218 gradschool@mcw.edu President: John R. Raymond, Sr., MD General contact: 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509 Enrollment: 811 medical students; more than 400 graduate students; no undergraduates. Student/faculty ratio: Medical School: approximately 2:1; Graduate school: 1:1 Admission requirements: Medical School: Candidates for admission to the Medical College of Wisconsin must apply to the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) through the AAMC website. All applicants must take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). The MCAT must be taken within three years prior to matriculation. Applicants are required to have earned a minimum of 90 undergraduate graded credits, including the prerequisites, at an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada. However, applicants are strongly encouraged to have a bachelor's degree. Graduate School: Baccalaureate degree required. Holistic application review is conducted, including application, reference letters, transcripts, and GRE scores. Degrees offered: MD, PhD, MS, MPH and MA. Certificates in Clinical Bioethics, Public Health, and Research Ethics. Tuition and Fees: Medical School: Tuition for the 2014-15 academic year is $49,837 for first-year and second-year students, and $47,154 for third-year and fourth- year students. Wisconsin residents receive a State Capitation Credit to their tuition; the amount of the credit varies by year based on Wisconsin resident enrollment. Graduate School: Tuition for full- time PhD students is $30,000. Tuition for master degree students is $765 per credit for the 2014-15 academic year. Student activity fee is $75 per semester for full-time students. Financial aid: Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid: Medical School, 90.2% Percentage of all full-time students receiving financial aid: Medical School: 89.5%; Graduate school: 1% FAFSA Code: 015611 The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is the state's only private medical and health sciences graduate school, providing education and training to more than 1,200 medical students and graduate students (but no undergraduate students) in Milwaukee. MCW is developing a community-based medical education program to meet Wisconsin's critical need for more physicians. The first two new campuses will be based in the Green Bay and Central Wisconsin regions. Target start dates for the first class of medical students are summer 2015 for the Green Bay campus and summer 2016 for the Central Wisconsin campus. MCW has more than 16,000 alumni. 17 WisconsinsPrivateColleges.org 0HGLFDO&ROOHJHRI:LVFRQVLQ