Advanced Standing (Transfer)

Students are occasionally admitted to Alpert Medical School with advanced standing in the third year of clinical training. In addition to meeting the admission requirements described in Selection Factors, applicants for advanced standing also must fulfill the following criteria:

• currently enrolled in an accredited school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine located in the United States or Canada; OR
• a Rhode Island resident* who is currently enrolled in a W.H.O.-accredited medical school outside the United States or Canada.

Transfers are made at the beginning of the third year. Applicants must have completed the basic science phase of their medical education prior to matriculation at Alpert Medical School. Individuals who have graduated from medical school are not eligible for advanced standing admission.

Generally, advanced standing applicants must demonstrate compelling and unforeseen circumstances that would justify the transfer. Applicants are also expected to have demonstrated a record of superior academic accomplishment and a high level of professionalism in medical school. In addition, consideration is given to the degree to which the applicant's previous medical education matches that of Alpert Medical School and prepares the applicant for continued medical study.

* An individual is considered a Rhode Island resident if he/she graduated from a Rhode Island high school AND if the individual's parent(s)** have lived in Rhode Island for the previous two calendar years (as documented by federal tax returns).
**Custodial parent(s) if the student is a dependent i.e., living with the parent(s) when not in school and claimed as a dependent on prior two years' federal tax returns. Students who are independent i.e., not living with parents and filing individual tax returns for the previous two years, must have at least one parent residing in RI for the previous two years (as documented by federal tax returns).

The decision to accept advanced standing applications for the Fall 2009 third-year class will be announced on the AMS website in November 2008.