Georgetown Medicine
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Contacts
Website: http://som.georgetown.edu/prospectivestudents/degrees/md/
Phone: 202-687-1154
Admissions e-mail: medicaladmissions@georgetown.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- 4 years in length
- Number of applications in 2016 entering class:
- Total Applications: 14,377
- Applicants Interviewed: 1,011
- Incoming Class Size: 196
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Minimum of 90 credit hours completed in any major.
- Required Courses
- Inorganic Chemistry (with lab) (1 full year; 2 semesters)
- Organic Chemistry (with lab) (2 semesters)
- Biology (with lab) (2 semesters)
- Physics (with lab) (2 semesters)
- Math (1 semester)
- English (1 semester)
- Note that calculus is not required and statistics is accepted to fulfill the math requirement.
- Writing Intensive Courses in any subject may substitute for the English Courses.
- Advanced placement (AP) courses may fulfill the course requirements if the credits appear on the applicant’s college or university transcript.
GPA
- Competitive Science GPA: 3.6
- Non-Competitive Science GPA: 3.0
- Mean science GPA accepted GPA 2016: 3.57
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MCAT
- MCAT (before 2015):
- A highly competitive applicant has at least a 10 in each section
- A non-competitive applicant has less than an 8 in either the biological or physical sciences or less than a 7 in the verbal reasoning section.
- MCAT:
- Section scores <125 are considered non-competitive.
- Mean (Old) MCAT Scores:
- Verbal Reasoning: 9.49
- Physical Sciences: 10.53
- Biological Sciences: 10.84
- Mean (New) MCAT Scores:
- Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems: 127.98
- Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills: 127.31
- Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems: 127.84
- Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior: 128.38
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Supporting Documents
- AMCAS Application
- Academic Record and Transcripts
- Applicant Contact Information
- Secondary Application and Essay
- Letters of Recommendation (All letters of recommendation MUST come through the AMCAS letters system. All paper letters received in the Admissions Office will be discarded.)
- $130 Application Fee
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Interview
- Interviews are conducted at the School of Medicine and are by invitation only.
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Timeline 2012-2013
- Mid-May 2012: AMCAS Application opens
- Early July 2012: GU Secondary Application Opens
- October 31, 2012: Deadline to submit AMCAS Application
- November 14, 2012: Deadline for AMCAS receipt of Official Transcripts
- December 18, 2012: Deadline to submit secondary application and application fee. Deadline for receipt of Letters of Recommendation via the AMCAS Letters System
- March 1, 2013: Suggested Deadline to Submit FAFSA – Accepts, Select Pool Applicants, and those without a Committee Decision
- April 15, 2012: All Financial Aid Documents and Applications MUST be on file – This includes all Accepts, Select Pool *Applicants, and those without a Committee Decision
- June 1, 2013: $500 Deposit Due for Accepted Applicants
- Early August 2011: Registration/Orientation for Class of 2017
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Tuition 2013-2014
Budget duration: 10 months
- Tuition: $46 787
- Total Expense: $80 250
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