D. Program office for inclusion in the application file. We begin to mail acceptance notices approximately February 15 and continue until about May 1. At that time, applicants who have not been accepted into the Program will be notified either that their application has been rejected or that they have been placed on an alternative list. If candidates who have been accepted decline admission, we offer positions to applicants on the alternative list, in the ranking assigned by the admissions committee. We ask that candidates who have been accepted to our Program not hold more than one acceptance for more than one or two weeks and that they be prepared to make a final decision by May 15.
All students receive a stipend, plus tuition and fees.
Other sources of support are available to support the remaining students. D. students generally begin their training in July rather than on the September starting date for their Medical School classmates. During this time, they are enrolled in an intensive summer gross anatomy course and undertake their first research laboratory rotation. This frees a significant amount of time during fall quarter for additional laboratory rotations. D. preceptors give presentations detailing the various research projects in their laboratories.