Aggie to Medicine

Comprehensive Requirements for A2M Early Assurance Program

• U.S. citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (preference for Texas residents)
• Current second-year or sophomore Texas A&M University College Station degree-seeking students
• Transfer students are ineligible

• Minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA at time of application
• Complete Biology I and II with lab (grade of B or better)
• Complete Chemistry I and II with lab (grade of B or better)
  *Can be enrolled in Bio OR Chem II at the time of application

• After evaluating applications, the selection committee will conduct interviews with a chosen pool of candidates
• Final selections are based on intellectual capacity, motivation for medicine, commitment to selfless service, and ethical responsibility
• Results will be announced after all interviews are completed

REQUIREMENTS FOR EARLY ASSURANCE

These requirements are for students to remain in the undergraduate early assurance program and must be completed upon matriculation into the Vashisht College of Medicine.

By the time of enrollment in medical school, EAP students must fulfill the following:

Satisfy the Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine's undergraduate prerequisite course requirements: Grade of B or higher

• 47 semester hours*
  *A maximum of 15 hours of AP credit may be applied to the 47 hours of prerequisite coursework with prior written approval
• Earn a cumulative 3.5 overall grade point average (GPA) and 3.5 BCPM
  (biological sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics) overall GPA
• Must maintain a minimum semester GPA of 3.5 or higher (excluding summer)'
• Score a minimum of an 80th percentile MCAT score with no less than a 67
  percentile in each subsection
• One retake of the MCAT is allowed if the minimum percentile is not achieved on the first attempt
• Complete a mandatory seminar course in the Spring specifically designed to uncover:
• The intricacies of the medical school application process
       -Medical school curriculum
       -Issues that describe medicine as a practice and a career
       -*Seminar course is not for credit and is by invitation only
• Participate in advising activities:
       -Advising sessions with the EAP Program Manager and Coordinator
       -MCAT preparation
       -OPSA Workshop to be eligible for their Letters of Recommendation services
• Gain clinical experience:
      -Shadowing, volunteering, or employment in a clinical/healthcare setting with
      direct patient contact
      -At least five to 10 hours per month or a minimum of 60 hours per year
• Perform community service:
     -Participate in non-healthcare community service
     -At least five to 10 hours per month or a minimum average of 60 hours per year
• Complete your degree plan as prescribed and within the standard acceptable time frame
• After admission to the A2M program, complete all coursework toward degree at Texas A&M University
• Commit solely to the Texas A&M Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine

Contact and Location

• Interview invitations will be sent out in November
• Virtual interviews will take place at the beginning of December
• Upon conclusion of the interviews, the Admissions Committee will make their selection
• Acceptance/Alternate/Denial notifications sent late December to early January
• *Dates are subject to change without notice

How to Apply

To qualify for the application process students must have expressed an interest in medicine as a career, and be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident.

• Completed freshman year with at least 24 credit hours (fall and spring semesters) and with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50; hours completed over the summer cannot be used toward the 24 credit hours.
• Completed Biology I & II, and Chemistry I & II with a B or better (AP or Dual Credit Accepted). Will be allowed to apply if Bio II OR Chem II are in progress
• Demonstrated in-person healthcare/clinical observation experiences
• Demonstrated in-person non-healthcare community service experiences
• Two letters of recommendation (at least one from a TAMU faculty member)
• U.S. citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (preference will be given to Texas residents)

Application opens September 1 and closes November 1 on any given year. 

The Application

• Important: The application must be filed online through the Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine's Admissions Management Portal (AMP).
• When creating an application account for the Early Assurance Program, please select 'Create Early Assurance Program Account.'
• Must use a @tamu.edu email address to create an EAP account
• After submission of completed application items, applicants may check the status of their items by logging into the portal and selecting the 'Status' link for review. It is incumbent upon the student to check for outstanding items and ensure they are submitted by the deadline
  
  Please contact med-eap@tamu.edu with any questions during the application process.

Letters of Recommendation

• Two individual letters of recommendation on the approved departmental letterhead is required
• One letter must be from a teaching faculty member. This is a professor, instructor, lecturer, etc., whose class you've taken
• Letters must be on official letterhead and addressed to Mr. Fernando Vasquez, Assistant Dean of Admissions. All letters must be submitted through the application portal

Transcripts

Unofficial transcripts are required to make the application complete. All transcripts must be submitted through the application portal.

Application & Selection Timeline

After applications have been evaluated, the selection committee will choose a select number of applicants to forward in the process and conduct interviews. From this pool, the final applicants will be chosen.
Students are chosen for their intellectual capacity, motivation for medicine as a career, selfless service, and ethical responsibility to self and others.

Selections will be announced after all interviews are completed.

Important: Acceptance to the A2M Early Assurance Program requires attending a mandatory seminar the Spring following the application cycle.

Contact Us

If you're interested and want to learn more, we'd love to hear from you.
We're here to help you explore your future as an Aggie doctor!

med-eap@tamu.edu

Guillermo Canedo, M.S.
Program Manager – Early Assurance Pathway Programs and Recruitment

May Vega, MA, M.Ed.
Program Coordinator – Early Assurance Pathways Programs and Recruitment