*RUSM has a first-time residency attainment rate of 96%, calculated as the percent of students attaining a 2025-26 residency position out of graduates or expected graduates in 2024-25 who were active applicants in the 2025 NRMP match or who attained a residency position outside the NRMP match. AUC’s first-time residency attainment rate for 2024-2025 graduates and expected graduates is 95%. SABA’s four-year residency placement rate of 97% is calculated as the percent of students attaining a residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 who were active applicants in the NRMP match or attained a residency outside the NRMP match. As of July 17, 2025, they have not published their 2025 rates. SGU’s US residency placement rate of 94% pertains to graduates over five years from 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 with the rate calculated as the total number of students/graduates who obtained a US residency divided by the total number of students/graduates who applied to a US residency program in a given year as of April 2025.
RUSM MedOrigin Award
MedOrigin is designed to seamlessly integrate core medical school concepts with targeted study strategies, offering students an opportunity to enhance their academic skills in the context of foundational medical education. Offered prior to the first semester and on island, the course emphasizes both cognitive and non-cognitive factors critical to the successful completion of medical school.
Scholarships Accordion
Initial Award Eligibility
- Any RUSM applicant who has been selected for the MedOrigin course as a condition of their progression into the semester 1 MD curriculum. The bridge program may be subject to enrollment limitations.
- Students who are accepted into the MedOrigin program and have met all requirements to secure enrollment through deposit or exemption (e.g., ) for their place will be automatically considered for this award; students need not apply for this scholarship.
- This award cannot be combined with other scholarships/grants, unless otherwise allowed by other scholarship/grant criteria. If a higher award is available for this program, the higher award will be applied.
- Students meeting these criteria will be reviewed for the scholarship and will qualify as follows:
- Students with a US country of residence will receive a 30% scholarship of MedOrigin course tuition and administrative fees
- Students with a country of residence outside of the US will receive a 50% scholarship of MedOrigin course tuition and administrative fees