UVM Larner

Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont Burlington, VT · Public · MD

Average MCAT: 512
Average GPA: 3.70
Class size: 124 (11,609 applicants)
Tuition: $72,527 (per year, nonresident)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Deadlines

AMCAS deadline: Nov. 2, 2026
Early Decision Program: June 15, 2026
Secondary deadline: Dec. 21, 2026

Essays

Active learning (400 words)

The Larner College of Medicine curriculum emphasizes active in-person participation and peer co-learning. This relies on individual students preparing for, and being actively involved in, participatory class sessions. Please share your thoughts on the suitability of active learning for you. Consider the points below to guide your response. The value of balancing your learning with the teaching of your classmates. Any potential challenges to this approach to learning. Personal contributions to such a learning environment and areas of growth. Examples of navigating a group learning process such as a flipped classroom experience.

Learning from difference (400 words)

The Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont recognizes that diversity extends beyond chosen and unchosen identities and encompasses an individual’s entire experiences. Diverse environments can promote growth and provide an opportunity for reflection. Reflect on a time you learned something from someone or a group of people who are unlike yourself and how that challenged your preconceptions or biases. How will this experience influence your behavior in the future?

Professionalism (300 words)

The Larner College of Medicine has core values that are reflected in our professionalism statement. How has your understanding of what professionalism means evolved over time? Reflect on a personal experience that contributed to your understanding of your own core values.

Opportunities at Larner (250 words)

What unique opportunities at Larner College of Medicine would be meaningful to you in your education and how do these align with your larger goal of becoming a physician?

Additional information (optional) (250 words)

Use this space to share any information, not presented elsewhere, that will clarify any aspect of your application. If you are a reapplicant, you may choose to share what you have done since your previous application.

Editor's notes

Read the Early Decision terms before you commit. If Larner doesn't admit you through EDP, you aren't moved to the regular pool, and you need a meeting with the associate dean of admissions between Feb. 1 and April 1 before you can apply that way. Use it only if Larner is clearly your first choice and your file is ready in spring.
The Dec. 21 deadline is late, but decisions start Oct. 15 and run on a rolling basis against 11,609 applicants for about 124 seats. The school itself advises having everything in by Sept. 1. Take that advice.
Your secondary essays and your interview test the same thing: how you work with other people. The active learning essay, the teamwork exercise and the MMI all point at Larner's flipped, peer-taught curriculum. Pick essay examples you can talk about again on interview day.
Casper is the only extra test, and without it you can't be invited to interview. Reapplicants have to retake it. Book it early in the cycle rather than near the Dec. 3 cutoff.