Frequently Asked Questions 1. No, your major is not important as long as you have completed the premedical course requirements. This will allow you the opportunity to retake the exam in August if your April scores don't meet your expectations and have these new scores considered by the committee during the current cycle. Advanced standing opportunities are based on the availability of open seats. Strong preference is given to residents of North Carolina.
Strong preference is given to residents of North Carolina.
In fact, no non-residents have been admitted to our program for over eight years. The usual route is to gain admission to the M.D. program first, and then to the Ph.D. program. There are Ph.D. programs available in all the basic sciences. No, because notifications must be made by October 1 and MCAT scores from the August exam will not be received until mid-October.