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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 2008: 10,797
• Anticipated Entering Class Size 2011: 196
  • Undergraduate Majors Accepted:
  • 39% Biological Sciences
    • 11% Chemistry
    • 2% Natural/Physical Sciences
    • 7% Health Sciences
    • 10% Humanities
    • 16% Social Sciences
    • 4% Math/Computer Science
    • 4% Engineering
    • 4% Interdisciplinary
    • 3% Other
  • Gender:
    • 50% Female
    • 50 % Male

For more information, click here (page 5)

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

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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