List of Medical Schools That Require CASPer

How does the CASPer test work?

The Computer Based Sampling of Personal Characteristics, known as CASPer, is an online situational judgment test used to assess an applicant's soft skills including empathy, motivation, communication, and ethics. Although the test claims to assess these personal attributes, studies suggest otherwise and have shown that situational judgment tests cause bias. The test is often used as a screening method to help determine which applicant's should be invited to an in-person interview, so it's essential that students review CASPer test questions and know how to prepare for CASPer correctly. This should be followed by using realistic simulations followed by expert feedback. For example, BeMo's CASPer prep programs have been proven to increase applicants' practice CASPer score by 23%. Here is BeMo CASPer prep review. 

The CASPer test is not taken at test centers, instead, students can participate in the test from any location they choose, as long as they are alone and have access to a reliable internet connection. The test costs $10, plus another $10 to send the scores to each school. Students will be recorded for the duration of the test and will be presented with 15 different hypothetical ethical scenarios, divided into 2 sections: typed-based and video-recorded. These scenarios may be video-based or written and with each scenario, students will be asked three open-ended questions. For the typed-response section, students will have 5 minutes per scenario to type their responses. For the video-record section of CASPer, you will have 1 minute to video-record your responses to each of the 3 questions. The test takes roughly 100-120 minutes to complete with 2 optional test breaks. Each scenario of the test is scored by a different trained evaluator and scores will be sent automatically to selected programs approximately three weeks after completing the test. CASPer scores are not released to students.

When can I take the CASPer test?

While there are many CASPer test dates available throughout the year, students should check each program's requirements closely. Some programs, such as undergraduate nursing, only have December– March test dates while most MD vs. DO programs have dates ranging from July – May of the following year.

List of Medical Schools that require CASPer in the US

***Note: unless otherwise indicated, all the schools listed below require only the completion of the CASPer test. We put a small note next to each of the schools that require the other Altus Suite components, the Snapshot and Duet.

Allopathic Medical Schools

1. American University of The Caribbean School of Medicine
2. Baylor College of Medicine
3. Boston University School of Medicine
4. Central Michigan University College of Medicine
5. Central Michigan University, College of Medicine
6. Drexel University College of Medicine
7. East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine
8. Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine
9. Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
10. Howard University College of Medicine
11. Indiana University School of Medicine
12. Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
13. McGovern Medical School, UT Health Science Center Houston
14. Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
15. Medical College of Wisconsin
16. Meharry Medical College
17. Mercer University School of Medicine
18. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (Duet is also recommended)
19. New York Medical College
20. Northeast Ohio Medical University Medicine
21. Oregon Health & Science University
22. Penn State College of Medicine
23. Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
24. San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
25. State University of New York Upstate Medical University
26. Stony Brook University School of Medicine
27. Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine (Duet is also required)
28. Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine (Duet is also required)
29. Foster School of Medicine TTUHSC El Paso
30. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine
31. Tulane University School of Medicine (Duet is also recommended)
32. University of Colorado Denver Medical School (CASPer, Snapshot, and Duet required)
33. University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine (CASPer, Snapshot, and Duet required)
34. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
35. University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
36. University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center Houston
37. University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Long School of Medicine
38. John Sealy School of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch
39. University of Texas Southwestern
40. University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
41. University of Washington School of Medicine
42. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
43. Wake Forest School of Medicine
44. West Virginia University School of Medicine

Osteopathic Medical Schools:

1. Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
2. Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
3. California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine
4. Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
5. Kansas Health Science Center – Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
6. Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
7. Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (requires CASPer, Snapshot, and Duet)
8. Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine NY
9. Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine– Nevada
10. Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
11. William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine

BS/MD Programs:

1. Albany Medical College
2. Hofstra University 
3. Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
4. Texas Tech University Health Science Center

List of Medical Schools that require CASPer in Canada

1. Dalhousie University
2. McGill University
3. McMaster University
4. Memorial University Faculty of Medicine
5. Queen's University
6. University of Ottawa
7. Université de Montréal
8. Université de Sherbrooke 
9. Université Laval
10. University of Alberta
11. University of Manitoba
12. University of Saskatchewan

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Your friends at BeMo

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Disclaimer: CASPer stands for computer-based assessment for sampling personal characteristics and is claimed to be a trademark of McMaster & Altus. BeMo does not recommend, endorse nor affiliate with CASPer, Altus or McMaster and vice versa. BeMo only provides preparation services and practice tests. To take CASPer, contact Altus directly.