Admissions Information

Application Timeline

  • Our GEMS Application opens January 2, 2020, and closes March 31, 2020.
  • We recommend learning about GEMS from the student, alum, and administrator perspective by reviewing student spotlights and alumni success features on our website.

Eligibility Checklist

  • United States Citizenship
  • A certified 2020 AMCAS Application
  • One medical school selected for application submissions (does NOT need to be Georgetown University Medical School)
  • One MCAT between January 1, 2018, and November 30, 2019
  • Successful completion of one (1) year of each: English, Biology I & II, General Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I & II and Physics I & II
  • Successful completion of one (1) semester of each: College Mathematics, Biochemistry 

Recommendation Letters

  • Two recommendations from a university professor are required for your GEMS Application
  • Professors must
    • Be Math and/or Science Faculty who have taught you in a “lecture” based course 
    • Complete an electronic GEMS Recommendation Form and 
    • Upload a Letter of Recommendation on University Letterhead

Application Submission

  • Once your application is submitted, it is brought to the admissions committee for review. 
  • The committee votes on who will advance forward to our GEMS Admissions Day.
  • If advanced to the next stage of our admission process, you will be scheduled to interview during either one of the following admissions days: April 20, 2020 & May 4, 2020