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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 2011: 11,598

For more information, click [1]

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.

For more information, click here (page 7)

GPA

    • Minimum: 3.5 (4.0 scale)
  • Mean science GPA accepted GPA 2010: 3.69

For more information, click here (page 16) and here (page 5)

MCAT

  • Minimum scores:
    • Physical Sciences – 10
    • Biological Sciences – 10
    • Verbal Reasoning – 10
  • Mean Accepted Scores 2010:
    • Physical Sciences - 10.79
    • Biological Sciences - 11.01
    • Verbal Reasoning - 10.10

For more information, click here (page 16) and here

Supporting Documents

  • 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.)

For more information, click (pages 8 & 9)


Interview

  • Interviews are conducted at the School of Medicine and are by invitation only.

For more information, click here (page 13)


Timeline 2010-2011

  • AMCAS Application opens: Mid-May 2010
  • GU Secondary Application Opens: Early July 2010
  • Deadline to submit AMCAS Application: Monday, November 1, 2009
  • Deadline for AMCAS receipt of Official Transcripts: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
    • Deadline to submit secondary application and application fee - Wednesday, January 05, 2010 11:59PM PST
    • Deadline for receipt of Letters of Recommendation via the AMCAS Letters System - Wednesday, January 05, 2010 11:59PM PST
  • Suggested Deadline to Submit FAFSA – Accepts, Select Pool Applicants, and those without a Committee Decision: Tuesday, March 01, 2011
  • $100 Deposit Due for Accepted Applicants: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
  • All Financial Aid Documents and Applications MUST be on file – This includes all Accepts, Select Pool *Applicants, and those without a Committee Decision: Friday, April 15, 2011
  • $900 Tuition Pre-payment Due for Accepted Applicants: Wednesday, June 01, 2011
  • $900 Tuition Pre-payment is no longer refundable: Friday , July 01, 2011
  • Early August 2011: Registration/Orientation for Class of 2014

For more information, click here

Tuition 2010-2011

Budget duration: 10 months

  • Tuition: $47,203
  • Living Expenses
    • Rent and Utilities: $12,000
    • Food & Household Supplies: $2,440
    • Personal Expenses: $2,620
    • Local Transportation: $1,200
    • Holiday Travel: $700
    • Health & Disability Insurance: $2,500
    • Books & Supplies: $2,548
  • Total Expense: $71,425

For more information on tuition, click here (left panel link "Cost of Attendance")
For more information on financial aid, click here