One-hundred twenty new UCF medical students received their white lab coats at a traditional ceremony held by UCF.
The UCF College of Medicine welcomed its first class at full enrollment at a White Coat Ceremony — a tradition where a medical school recognizes first-year students at colleagues dedicated to patient care.
The medical school now has a total enrollment of 360 students. By 2016-2017, UCF will be educating 480 physicians-in-training a year, according to UCF.
“Just six years ago, we had yet to break ground on the medical college that made possible this morning’s White Coat Ceremony. And it was just three years ago that we moved into a facility that anchors a thriving Medical City,” UCF President John C. Hitt said at the ceremony. “The remarkable rise of the College of Medicine underscores how landmark community achievements can evolve when people work together for the greater good.”
The incoming Class of 2017 was selected from a pool of 3,843 applicants based on their academic excellence and passion for medicine, UCF said. They averaged an MCAT score of 31 and a grade point average of 3.75 on a 4-point scale. They are graduates of institutions including Duke, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Brigham Young, Vanderbilt, University of Florida, Florida State and UCF.
