How to Apply to Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

In order to apply to the Cleveland Clinic program, you have to list Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine on your primary (you will NOT find Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine as a separate entry on the AMCAS application since it is part of CaseMed). Once your AMCAS is submitted, you will start receiving secondary applications from the schools you listed on the AMCAS (you can add more schools at anytime before the Fall deadline). You will then receive an online secondary application from Case which will have a section to apply to the Cleveland Clinic program (College Program). You will have to pay only one secondary application fee so it is to your advantage to go ahead and apply to both programs at no extra cost.

Since they're separate admissions committees with separate criteria, here are the possible scenarios for candidates once they submit the Case Western secondary, assuming applicants applied to both programs:

• Rejected either pre-interview or post-interview by Cleveland Clinic (College Program) but accepted by Case Western (University Program)
  
• Rejected either pre-interview or post-interview by Case Western (University Program) but accepted to Cleveland Clinic (College Program)
  
• Accepted at both programs
  
• Rejected either pre-interview or post-interview from both programs
  

You can read more about each program at their respective websites:

• Cleveland Clinic (College Program): http://www.clevelandclinic.org/cclcm/
• Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (University Program): http://casemed.case.edu/