Built for UB Jacobs SOM applicants — a Public MD (allopathic) school in Buffalo, New York, founded 1846. Its graduates most often match into Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry. Personal statement, experiences, and signal strategy — reviewed by editors who've sat on selection committees.
Opened its new $375M downtown Buffalo campus in 2024; strong Western NY regional primary care and underserved urban medicine mission; largest medical school by class size in western New York.
MD (allopathic) — LCME-accredited
Located in Buffalo, New York · Public institution
Founded in 1846
The specialties UB Jacobs SOM students most commonly enter, based on the school's published match lists.
Areas of academic and clinical strength frequently highlighted in residency applications.
Three concrete moves we'll work through with you — calibrated to the specialties UB Jacobs SOM students target.
Personal statement: anchor your story in the MD (allopathic) training model and patient mix that defines UB Jacobs SOM — the same qualities that make the school distinctive. Reviewers can tell when a school's culture is reflected in the writing, and when it's not.
Experiences section: prioritise the rotations, research, and service that signal fit for the specialties UB Jacobs SOM graduates most often enter — Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry — and for whatever you're targeting beyond them.
Signal & program list strategy: balance reach, target, and safety programs based on where MD candidates from New York historically interview and match.
Competitiveness and match data for the fields you're targeting.
View all →GuideStructure, openings, and AAMC rules for the ERAS PS.
Read more →GuideSignals, geography, and reach/target/safety tiers.
Read more →All schoolsMatch data and application help for 165 US MD and DO schools.
View all →We'll pair you with a reviewer who's served on residency selection committees in your target specialty. Personal statement, experiences, and signal strategy — line-edited against the bar that program directors actually use.
School data sourced from UB Jacobs SOM official site.