The Newark College of Arts and Sciences (NCAS) and the New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) offer a seven-year B.A./M.D. degree for outstanding high school graduates. Admission requirements include SAT scores of 1400 or above, a strong record of high school academic achievement, recommendations, and a final admissions interview. In order to matriculate at NJMS, students are required to maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.4 during each semester at NCAS.
NCAS and NJMS also offer outstanding high school graduates a joint eight-year B.A./M.D. program. This program seeks to recruit to the medical profession minority students who are underrepresented in the medical sciences. Admission requirements include SAT scores of 1150-1200 or above, a strong record of high school achievement, recommendations, and a final admissions interview. To matriculate at NJMS, students are required to maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.4 during each semester at NCAS. No new applicants for the eight-year B.A./M.D. program will be accepted beyond the fall 2007 semester.
Further information and applications are available at the Rutgers-Newark admissions office.
