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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.

GPA

• • Competitive Science GPA: 3.6
  • Non-Competitive Science GPA: 3.0
• Mean science GPA accepted GPA 2011: 3.71

MCAT

• • 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.

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.

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")
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