Admission Information

Application to the School of Medicine

The Committee on Admission selects students on the basis of academic achievements, character, maturity, and motivation. In rendering decisions, the Committee evaluates the applicant's entire academic record, performance on the MCAT, college premedical advisory committee evaluations, letters of recommendation, and the personal interview.

For the 2008 entering class, 11,237 applicants applied and 1,158 were interviewed. The applicants who enrolled had the following characteristics: mean science GPA, 3.66; mean MCAT, verbal 10.12, physical 10.75, biological 11.01; undergraduate major, 52 percent in the biological sciences, 16 percent in the physical sciences, 9 percent in social sciences, 23 percent in various humanities and other majors; gender, 48 percent women, 52 percent men.

Georgetown participates in the centralized application service provided through the American Medical Colleges Application Service, a division of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Information on application to medical schools, and the electronic web-based application can be found at www.aamc.org.

The Georgetown University School of Medicine publication, "A Guide to Application" contains information on admission requirements, policies, and procedures and can be found online. Applications for advanced standing (transfer) will only be accepted if places are available due to attrition.

Nondiscrimination Policy

Georgetown University admits qualified students of any age, sex, race, disability, religion, color, nation, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, marital status, family responsibility, matriculation, place of residence, personal appearance, veteran status, or irrelevant physical or mental disability in administration of its educational or admission policies, scholarship, or loan programs, and athletic or other programs administered by the School.

Georgetown University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant alien students. The University is committed to the maintenance of affirmative action programs that will ensure the continuation of equality of opportunity. Sexual harassment is an act of discrimination and, as such, will not be tolerated. Inquiries regarding this matter may be addressed to the Special Assistant to the President for Affirmative Action Programs, Georgetown University, Washington , DC 20057.