USMLE & COMLEX Tutor in Vermont

Vermont has one medical school, the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine in Burlington, a public MD school founded in 1822 (school list). LCME has accredited it since before 1942, and its next full survey is due in 2028-29 (LCME).

In 2025-26 the college had 10,377 applications for 122 first-year places, and 26.2% of its entering class came from Vermont (AAMC FACTS). Only two teaching hospitals are on the CMS list: University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington (CMS teaching hospital list).

Medical schools in Vermont

Several of these schools teach students at more than one site: University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine also lists Danbury, Connecticut, Norwalk, Connecticut.

School list: LCME and COCA accreditation lists, via the list of medical schools in the United States, checked October 2026.

Teaching hospitals in Vermont by city

• Burlington: University of Vermont Medical Center
• Bennington: Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

Facts about Vermont

Accreditation: LCME directory; applications, places and in-state share: AAMC FACTS, Table A-1.

ABIM internal medicine certification exam by residency program: ABIM residency program pass rates.

• The Larner College of Medicine's Vermont Integrated Curriculum has three levels, Foundations, Clerkship and Advanced Integration; its diagram puts USMLE Step 1 preparation and completion at the end of Foundations, before the clerkships, and Step 2 preparation and completion in Advanced Integration. (Larner College of Medicine)
• The Larner Class of 2029 calendar (as of 2025-10-15, subject to revision) sets USMLE Step 1 review and testing from January 28 to March 7, 2027, with the clerkship year beginning March 15. (Larner College of Medicine)
• Larner's clerkship level is eight departmental clerkships and a four-week longitudinal Bridge Clerkship, 49 weeks of required clerkships and 3 weeks of vacation, at UVM Health Network sites including UVM Medical Center in Burlington and at Norwalk Hospital and Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. (Larner College of Medicine)
• In Larner's family medicine clerkship, students spend five weeks in a continuity practice site, mostly in rural New England. (Larner College of Medicine)
• Larner students must pass USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 before graduation. (Larner College of Medicine)
• Larner's graduation requirements let students include 4 weeks of USMLE study time to prepare for Step 2. (Larner College of Medicine)
• In the 2025 Main Residency Match, programs in Vermont offered 84 residency positions in 15 specialties, the most in internal medicine (18), surgery (8), and family medicine (7). (NRMP)

Sources: LCME, directory of accredited U.S. programs (checked October 29, 2026); AAMC FACTS, Table A-1, 2025-2026 (checked October 29, 2026); Larner College of Medicine, Vermont Integrated Curriculum (checked November 1, 2026); Larner College of Medicine, Class of 2029 Academic Calendar (checked November 1, 2026); Larner College of Medicine, VIC Level Summary (checked November 1, 2026); Larner College of Medicine, Graduation Requirements (checked November 1, 2026); NRMP, 2025 Main Residency Match by state and specialty (checked October 29, 2026); ABIM, residency program pass rates 2023-2025 (checked October 29, 2026).

When Larner students sit the Steps

Larner places Step 1 before the clerkships. The Vermont Integrated Curriculum diagram puts Step 1 preparation and completion at the end of Foundations and Step 2 in Advanced Integration (VIC diagram). For the Class of 2029, the calendar, marked subject to revision, sets Step 1 review and testing from January 28 to March 7, 2027 and starts the clerkship year on March 15 (Class of 2029 calendar).

That is about five and a half weeks of dedicated time, with roughly a week between the last test day in the window and the first clerkship. Five and a half weeks is short if content review starts only then. A Larner student aiming for a first-attempt pass should finish one pass of high-yield material during the organ-system courses and keep the dedicated weeks for timed question blocks and NBME practice exams; our Step 1 study schedule shows how to lay those weeks out.

Step 2 comes in the last year. The graduation requirements let students count 4 weeks of USMLE study time toward Step 2, and the college requires a pass on both Step 1 and Step 2 before graduation (graduation requirements, VIC Level Summary).

Clerkships in Burlington and Connecticut

The clerkship level is 49 weeks of required clerkships and 3 weeks of vacation: eight departmental clerkships with a four-week Bridge Clerkship of professional development threaded between them (VIC Level Summary). Students train at UVM Health Network sites, including UVM Medical Center in Burlington, and at Norwalk Hospital and Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, so one Larner class sits the same NBME shelf exams from two states.

Family medicine sends each student to a continuity practice for five weeks, mostly in rural New England (VIC Level Summary). Away from Burlington and from classmates, a fixed weekly tutoring slot by live video (Zoom or Google Meet) keeps the family medicine shelf on schedule.

Vermont programs offered 84 positions in the 2025 Main Residency Match (NRMP), fewer than the 122 first-year places at Larner (AAMC FACTS). Many graduates will therefore train, and license, in another state, so check the rules of the state where you expect residency, not only Vermont's.

Which board exams Vermont students take

The Larner College of Medicine, which LCME lists as the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, grants the MD, so its path is the USMLE: Step 1, Step 2 CK and Step 3 (LCME, USMLE). The college also teaches at its Connecticut sites, and those students sit the same exams as Burlington's.

Vermont's list has no DO school, so the osteopathic students who train here come from schools in other states (school list). They take COMLEX-USA (NBOME): Level 1, Level 2-CE and Level 3. Vermont licenses osteopathic physicians through its own board, which FSMB lists apart from the medical board (FSMB).

Burlington also trains internists. In 2023-2025, 88% of 43 first-time takers from the University of Vermont Medical Center's program passed ABIM's internal medicine exam (ABIM).

Vermont licensing rules that affect your exam plan

Vermont has separate medical and osteopathic boards, and FSMB lists them apart. The medical board asks for two years of training before a first license, three attempts at USMLE Step 3 and seven years to complete the USMLE (FSMB). The osteopathic board asks for a one-year rotating internship or a three-year residency; its attempt and time limits read “No information available at this time” (FSMB).

Vermont Medical board

Vermont Osteopathic board

Source: FSMB state licensure requirements, checked October 2026; confirm with the board before relying on them.

What Vermont's rules mean for how you study

• Vermont's medical board caps only Step 3, at three attempts (FSMB). Steps 1 and 2 CK fall back on the USMLE program's four attempts per Step (USMLE eligibility rules).
• Seven years to complete the USMLE is the medical board's clock, and the entry names no starting point (FSMB). Confirm one with the board before a research year or leave of absence.
• For osteopathic licensure, FSMB shows “No information available at this time” for attempts and time (FSMB). Read that as unknown, not unlimited, and ask Vermont's osteopathic board before you plan retakes.
• The two boards want different training before a first license: two years for the medical board, a one-year rotating internship or a three-year residency for the osteopathic board (FSMB).

Many Vermont students rotate, interview or match next door. Vermont's neighbors on our list: Massachusetts (4 MD, 0 DO), New Hampshire (1 MD, 0 DO), New York (15 MD, 3 DO).

How much Vermont searches for board prep

Vermont's search pattern is lopsided. It ranks 12th of 51 (the 50 states plus DC) for “USMLE Step 1”, 16th for “Shelf exam”, 25th for “USMLE Step 2” and 26th for “USMLE”, but last, 51st, for “COMLEX” (Google Trends, United States, October 2021 to October 2026). That fits a state whose one medical school grants the MD. Step 1, the shelf exam and Step 2 all land in the top half of the states; COMLEX is the only low mark.

Source: Google Trends, United States, past 5 years, retrieved October 2026; ranks show relative interest, not student numbers.