Your Application Is Under Review Georgetown Medical School
Guide to Awarding
Thank you for expressing your involvement in the M.D. Program at Georgetown Academy School of Medicine. The Committee on Admissions selects students on the basis of bookish achievements, grapheme, maturity, and motivation. In rendering decisions, the Committee holistically evaluates the applicant's entire academic tape, performance on the MCAT, college premedical informational committee evaluations, letters of recommendation, and a personal interview.
The Guide to Application below provides data almost the requirements, policies, and procedures for applying to the Schoolhouse of Medicine. For additional answers to unremarkably asked questions, please visit Admissions FAQ.
Deadlines for 2021-2022 Applications
Contacting the Office of Admissions
Deadlines for 2021-2022 Applications
M.D. Deadlines
- Sept. 15, 2021: Deadline to submit Petition for Delayed Review of Awarding (for participants in ane-year master's degree programs)
- Nov. 3, 2021: AMCAS Application
- Nov. 17, 2021: Transcripts received past AMCAS (non postmarked)
- Dec. 15, 2021: Secondary Application (11:59 p.m. EST – no exceptions) with $130 Application Fee, and Recommendation Letters received past AMCAS
- April thirty, 2022: $500 Eolith
Note: Deposits can be refunded upon request until Apr thirty. Whatsoever deposits made after April 30 are non-refundable.
M.D./Ph.D. Deadlines
- November. 3, 2021: AMCAS Application
- Nov. 17, 2021: Transcripts received past AMCAS (not postmarked)
- Nov. 26, 2021: Secondary Application (11:59 p.m. EST – no exceptions) with $130 Application Fee, and Recommendation Letters received by AMCAS
AMCAS Cull Your Medical Schoolhouse Deadlines
- Apr. 30: "Program to Enroll" borderline
- June 15: "Commit to Enroll" deadline
Fiscal Assist Deadlines
Technical Standards: Admission & Graduation
Guided past the Jesuit tradition of cura personalis, care of the whole person, Georgetown University Schoolof Medicine will educate a diverse student trunk, in an integrated mode, to become knowledgeable, upstanding, skillful, and compassionate physicians and biomedical scientists who are dedicated to the care of others andhealth needs of our society. An applicant for the M.D. degree, and an enrolled student seeking the M.D. degree, must see the technical standards or functional
equivalent, with or without reasonable accommodations, deemed essential functions for the intendance of patients. These abilities and skills, equally adamant by Georgetown Academy Schoolhouse of Medicine, are:
- Perception: Students enrolled in the Thou.D. caste programme must be able to observe demonstrations and experiments required by the medical curriculum established by the medical faculty, and be ableto participate in such with adequate vision and other sensory modalities, including the senses of hearing and smell. A educatee must be able to observe a patient accurately at a distance and close athand.
- Advice: Students must exist able to skillfully (in English) communicate verbally and in written class to touch on an adequate exchange of data with patients, family members, and other health professionals in society to fulfill academic requirements, and to maintain accurate clinical records on patient care.
- Motor: Students must have sufficient motor role and tactile ability to meet the competencies required for graduation, as outlined by the Georgetown Academy School of Medicine, and to: (1) Attend (and participate in) classes, groups, and activities which are part of the curriculum (2) Communicate in a written format (3) Examine patients (including ascertainment, auscultation,palpation, percussion, and other diagnostic maneuvers) (four) Perform diagnostic procedures in addition to bones laboratory procedures and tests (5) Provide general and emergency patient care inoutpatient, inpatient, and surgical venues and perform in a reasonably independent and competentway in sometimes chaotic clinical environments.
- Intellectual-Conceptual,Integrative, and Quantitative Abilities: Students must be able to demonstrate higherlevel cognitive abilities to encounter the competencies required for graduation, every bit outlined past the Georgetown Academy School of Medicine, including: an aptitude for timely problem solving, the capability to access and independently interpret medical files, evaluate concrete examinations, and formulate a logical diagnosis and effective medical handling program. Students must possess good judgment in patient assessment, and the abilities to contain new information, comprehend three-dimensional relationships, and retain and call back pertinent data in a timely fashion.
- Behavioral and Social Attributes: Guided past the Jesuit tradition of cura personalis, care of the whole person, students must brandish pity, sensitivity, and concern for others, and maintainprofessional integrity at all times. In add-on, students must develop mature, sensitive, and effective relationships: non only with patients merely likewise with all members of the medical schoolhouse community and healthcare teams. Students must also be able to promptly consummate all assignmentsand responsibilities attendant to the diagnosis and care of patients(beginning with written report in the firstyear). Students must tolerate physically, emotionally, and mentally enervating workloads and function effectively under stress. A student must be able to proactively make utilize of available resources to help maintain both concrete and mental health. A educatee must display adjustability tochanging environments, flexibility, and be able to larn in the face of dubiety. All students enrolled in the Yard.D. degree program must Technical Standards for Access and Graduation – Georgetown University Schoolhouse of Medicine take responsibility for themselves and their behaviors.
Students enrolled in pursuit of an Thou.D. degree at Georgetown Academy School of Medicine are requiredto attest to the above technical standards on an annual basis. The School of Medicine is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. An bidder for the G.D. degree or an enrolled student seeking the Chiliad.D. caste with disabilities are encouraged to contact the Georgetown Academy Academic Resource Middle equally early on as possible to brainstorm a confidential conversation separate from an awarding or enrollment status, about whatreasonable accommodations they may need to meet these standards.
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Of import Statements
Mission Statement
Guided by the Jesuit tradition of"cura personalis," Georgetown University School of Medicine will educate, in an integrated way, knowledgeable, ethical, skillful and compassionate physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and the health needs of our society.
Variety Statement
The Academy was founded on the principle that serious and sustained discourse among people of unlike faiths, cultures, and beliefs promotes intellectual, upstanding, and spiritual agreement. Consistent with this principle, the Schoolhouse of Medicine strives to ensure that its students get respectful physicians who encompass all dimensions of multifariousness in a learning environment that understands and includes the varied health care needs and growing diversity of the populations nosotros serve.
Nondiscrimination Policy
Georgetown University provides educational opportunities without regard to, and does non discriminate on the basis of, age, color, disability, family responsibilities, familial status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital condition, national origin, personal appearance, political affiliation, race, faith, sex, sexual orientation, source of income, veteran'due south status or any other cistron prohibited past law in its educational programs and activities. Inquiries regarding Georgetown University's non-discrimination policy may be addressed to Institutional Diverseness, Equity & Affirmative Action, 37th and O Sts., N.W., Suite M36, Darnall Hall, Georgetown Academy, Washington, D.C. 20057.
Accreditation
Georgetown Academy School of Medicine is accredited by the Liaison Commission on Medical Education (LCME).
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Criteria for Application Review
When evaluating a file for interview, the Commission on Admissions emphasizes five major areas holistically without assigning weight to a particular section. Please review the "Application Requirements" tab below for more information.
The Committee on Admissions reads the entire awarding prior to rendering a decision; the application is reviewed only one time by committee members.
Essays – AMCAS and Georgetown Secondary Application Essays
Experiences – Clinical Experience, Leadership, Service, and Research. A highly competitive applicant will present a minimum of:
- Substantive, longitudinal clinical experiences such as: shadowing a doctor, medical mission trips, scribing, community EMS, etc. Delight notation that volunteering in clinic/waiting rooms such equally playing/reading to children, stocking shelves, and transporting patients is considered good volunteer experience, just is non hands-on clinical experience.International experiences are adequate, merely a bulk should be in the Us.
- Research in whatsoever academic discipline.
- Straight service to an underserved population
MCAT – All applicants MUST take a valid MCAT score. MCAT scores considered "valid" are those taken inside the 2 years prior to application. For example, for applicants applying for admission to the entering grade of 2022, MCATs from January 2019-September 2021 are valid. No exceptions are fabricated nether any circumstances.
- Section scores:
- <125 are considered non-competitive.
GPA –With emphasis on the undergraduate BCPM (Scientific discipline) GPA:
- A highly competitive applicant demonstrates a BCPM (Scientific discipline) GPA ≥3.vi
- A non-competitive applicant demonstrates a BCPM (Science) GPA ≤three.0
- Please note: Due to the decision of many institutions to move to an online and/or Laissez passer/Fail format for the COVID-19 crunch during Spring, Summer, and Fall 2020, GUSOM will consider Pass/Neglect and Credit/No Credit courses, as well as prerequisites completed online, holistically in the context of the total application.
Letters of Recommendation
- A minimum of i (1) commission letter/bundle (required, if bachelor) or two (2) private letters is required. There is a maximum of five (v) letters that can be submitted. Delight see the "Application Requirements" section below for more details.
- All recommendation messages should exist submitted electronically via AMCAS and assigned to the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
The Committee on Admissions takes criminal convictions (felonies/misdemeanors) and institutional actions seriously, especially those involving alcohol, drugs, or plagiarism.
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Application Prerequisites & Requirements
Bookish Degree
All applicants to the Georgetown University School of Medicine are required to be in possession of a bachelor's caste (or strange equivalent) from an accredited institution prior to matriculation. Applicants practice not need to have obtained the degree prior to application, however:
- No applicant volition be considered unless the applicant has completed xc credit hours of course work at the time of application.
- Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses will fulfill the pre-requisite requirements if the individual courses and credits awarded are detailed on the applicant's college/university transcript.
- Courses taken as Pass/Fail tin can count toward the ninety credit hour requirement.
- Merely the last vi-8 hours of pre-requisites may be taken in the year prior to matriculation and must exist completed by August 1 of the year of matriculation.
- Online degree programs and/or online pre-requisite courses volition non be considered. This includes "hybrid" style courses where a portion is completed online. (Come across note higher up regarding Spring 2020 courses affected by the COVID-19 crisis).
Pre-Requisite Courses and Course Hours
Bookish requirements for admissions to the School of Medicine include adequate preparation in physics, biology, chemistry, and mathematics. The following courses are required:
- Full general Biology: 1 year with lab (eight semester hours)
- Full general Chemical science: 1 yr with lab (viii semester hours)
- Organic Chemistry*: one yr with lab (8 semester hours).
- Physics: one twelvemonth with lab (8 semester hours)
- Mathematics (higher-level): i semester. Calculus is non required; Statistics is adequate.
*Biochemistry (lab not required) is recommended, and may replace a 2d semester of Organic Chemistry with lab.
Courses in microbiology, information science, cellular physiology, genetics, embryology, biostatistics, quantitative analysis, concrete chemical science, humanities, and social and behavioral sciences – while not required – are useful in providing some of the essential skills and noesis required for a medical education.
Substitutions for pre-requisite coursework are non permitted.
If the prerequisite coursework was completed 5 years ago or longer, applicants must have been enrolled and completed coursework in a post-baccalaureate program or completed (enrolled) in a graduate program with upper level science coursework within the past 5 years.
Medical College Admissions Exam (MCAT)
To be considered for the entering class, scores from the three years prior to the year of matriculation will exist considered. (For example, for students who matriculated in 2020, just MCAT scores from 2017, 2018, and 2019 were valid). No other scores are eligible and – regardless of reason – no exceptions will be fabricated.
- If you indicate a hereafter exam appointment on your AMCAS application, no review will exist initiated until those scores are received from AMCAS, given that they are taken past September of the application year.
- Applicants are encouraged to submit both the Secondary Application and Letters of Recommendation prior to receipt of future MCAT scores.
- A valid MCAT score is required for ALL applications. No exceptions will be made to this policy, regardless of circumstances.
Letters of Recommendation
The Committee on Admissions requires a signed appraisal of your grapheme and ability. Please note thatall recommendation letters should be submitted electronically via AMCAS and assigned to the Georgetown University School of Medicine. Of note:
- A letter packet from a pre-medical committee is required if available. If your higher/university does non offer a committee letter/bundle, delight submit a minimum of two (ii) letters, but no more than than five (five) letters. Given that committee packets/letters may contain more than five (5) letters of recommendation, this is the 1 exception to the five (v) letter of the alphabet maximum.
- You lot may use your discretion when selecting letter-writers, nonetheless, it is recommended that you submit a balance of academic, clinical, and service recommendation letters.
- Graduate students working toward a degree in the sciences are encouraged to submit a letter from your current graduate faculty. Delight see below the instructions for submitting a petition for delayed review if you are in a one-twelvemonth program below in the "Procedural Information" tab.
- Onlyapplicants who have been abroad from degree-granting institutions for greater than 3 (3) years may elect to submit entirely non-academic recommendation letters.
Student Immunization Requirements (new window) (required prior to matriculation, if accepted)
Background Check Policy (new window)(required prior to matriculation, if conditionally accepted)
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Procedural Information
Applicants are encouraged to go familiar with and discover the application procedures of Georgetown Academy Schoolhouse of Medicine in detail. All documents submitted become the property of the School of Medicine and are non returned or forwarded to third parties. Application materials for applicants who are not accustomed are not retained for future applications. Applicants who applied in previous years and who wish to employ the same credentials must resubmit them.
Georgetown Academy School of Medicine reserves the right to pursue whatever questions regarding academic records and/or transcripts, or problems of concern raised during application review.
AMCAS Application
Georgetown University School of Medicine receives verified applications from the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) for applicants applying to our school.
Secondary Application
Our Secondary Application is emailed to all applicants,beginning in July. We do not pre-screen applicants. Applicants with AMCAS applications verified earlier July will receive their Secondary Application invitation inside the start 5-7 business organization days of July and applicants with AMCAS applications verified on or after July ane will receive their invitation within 5-7 business days of the date of verification. The email is sent from medicaladmissions@georgetown.edu with the subject field line: Secondary Application Invitation. If y'all do not receive the invitation email please check your spam, junk or bulk post folders earlier contacting the Part of Admissions.
Special Note for Hotmail users: To ensure receipt of communications from our office, please add the following electronic mail addresses to your "Safe Senders" list: medicaladmissions@georgetown.edu; medicalinterviews@georgetown.edu.
If you exercise not receive a Secondary Application invitation email within the timeframe outlined in a higher place, please contact the Office of Admissions for assistance. Extensionswill not be granted beyond the Secondary Application deadline(December 15) for applicants who did not receive their invitation and who did non contact the Office of Admissions inside a reasonable amount of time from the date of verification of their AMCAS application.
Updates to the Secondary Application
To ensure timely application review, post-submission updates will be limited to text updates submitted via the online Secondary Application portal. Emails – and any associated attachments – sent to the Office of Admissions will be overlooked and not be uploaded to your awarding.
Bookish Record and Transcripts
The Commission on Admissions volition review your coursework as verified by AMCAS in the Academic Record section of the AMCAS application. AMCAS requires you to listing all attempted and futurity coursework.
For purposes of review, the Committee on Admissions requests that transcripts be submitted straight to AMCAS. Due to the volume of requests received — and to ensure fairness in the awarding process — transcripts received exterior of AMCASwill not be added to your application file (unless y'all are an international applicant or are granted a delayed review). Please do non send transcripts to our office unless specifically requested, every bit they will be discarded.
Applicant Contact Information
Any changes to your e-mail and/or mailing accost must be fabricated directly with AMCAS through your online portal. This information will be automatically updated in your Secondary Application, typically within 24 hours.
The completed Secondary Application, essays, application fee, and uploaded Messages of Recommendation (via the AMCAS system) must exist submitted no subsequently than 11:59 p.1000., EST, on December xv. The Committee on Admissionsvolition not consider required documents received after the deadline and will discard the application of whatever candidate who fails to submit these required credentials by the deadline.The School of Medicine has no obligation to inform the bidder regarding erroneous or incomplete applications.
Please notation: Our deadline falls during the Wintertime Break and holiday period during which many offices are airtight. Deadlines are submission/receipt deadlines, not postmarked-by dates.
Application Fee and Waivers
Forth with the Secondary Awarding, anon-refundable awarding fee of $130 is required. Fee waivers are only granted to AMCAS FAP-approved applicants and the fee waiver must appear on the verified AMCAS application. Nosotroswill not issue fee waivers without this verification.
Completed Applications
When your application is complete (all of the required credentials take been received), you will exist notified by e-mail. Due to the volume of applications received, nosotros are unable to notify applicants of missing credentials. If you believe that more than iii weeks have passed since credentials were submitted to complete your application, and you have not received notification from the Role of Admissions, email medicaladmissions@georgetown.edu to inquire about the status of your application. Only completed applications are forwarded to the Committee on Admissions for review and interview consideration and are reviewed merely once.
Special Policy for Students in 1-Year Graduate Degree Programs
Whatsoever bidder pursuing a one (ane) yr graduate degree during the year of application may petition the Commission on Admissions not to review his or her file until completion of the first semester.
- But applicants who are/will be enrolled in a degree-granting graduate programme who have completed all of the prerequisite courses are eligible to utilize.
- Students enrolled in post-bac programsare noneligible.
- Students enrolled in a graduate certificate programmayapply.
- Students enrolled in the Special Principal's Program in Physiology at Georgetown Universityare not covered under this policy and must follow the policies of the SMP Program.
Eligible applicants must submit a petition asking via eastward-post to medicaladmissions@georgetown.edu by September 15th of the application year. Please include your full (legal) name, AMCAS ID, the graduate programme, and a contact (advisor or dean) at the graduate program.
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International & DACA Applicants
International Applicants
All applications are considered without regard to residency, citizenship, or visa status, and all applicants must run across the same criteria. Delight note:
- Applicants are required to agree a bachelor's caste – or strange equivalent – by the time of matriculation.
- Forth with the Secondary Application, please submit an official transcript evaluation – demonstrating degree equivalency – from an organization such equally Globe Education Service (WES) if y'all studied outside of the Usa or Canada. This should be submittedlater onyou receive a Secondary Application invitation.
- Course work may be completed entirely outside of the U.s.a. as long equally information technology is deemed equivalent in the transcript evaluation.
- No additional requirements are necessary for awarding. If admitted, additional financial and immigration paperwork will be required.
DACA Applicants
All applications are considered without regard to residency, citizenship, or visa status, and all applicants must run across the aforementioned criteria. For Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) applicants requiring financial aid, we encourage y'all to inquiry funding options well in advance, as eligibility for traditional funding programs may be limited.
Review of Applications
Notification and Decisions
The Committee on Admissions will notify applicants when a determination has been made via email to the e-mail address provided in the AMCAS application. To ensure receipt of communications from our office, please add the following email addresses to your "Prophylactic Senders" list: medicaladmissions@georgetown.edu; medicalinterviews@georgetown.edu. The Role of Admissions will non share decisions over the phone. All applicants completing an awarding will be notified as to whether or non they will be invited to interview.
Extensionswill not exist granted and applications volition be withdrawn for applicants who received an interview invitation and did non schedule their interview inside the required 2 calendar week time period of notification of the invitation.
Interviews
Usually, interviews are conducted in-person at the Schoolhouse of Medicine and are by invitation only.Due to the covid-19 pandemic, all interviews during the 2021 awarding cycle will exist conducted near. Applicants invited to interview will be notified approximately iv-6 weeks in advance.
Application Withdrawal Requests
Applicants who wish to withdraw from the awarding process must notify the Role of Admissions in writing to medicaladmissions@georgetown.edu. Please include your AMCAS ID number and legal proper noun.
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Disclaimers
Guide to Application Disclaimer
This Guide is published for prospective students of Georgetown University School of Medicine. The School of Medicine reserves the right to alter the contents of this Guide and any policies described herein. Any such alterations apply to new and current students at the time the alteration is put into event. The "Guide to Application" is not a contract, or an offer to contract.
While making every endeavor to incorporate costs, the School of Medicine specifically reserves the right to increase tuition or other fees without prior discover. Georgetown University and the School of Medicine further reserve the right to modify the requirements regarding admission, to change the arrangement of courses, the requirements for graduation or degrees, and to alter all other policies applicative to its students. Such changes could affect current and new students, and would go effective whenever adamant by the School of Medicine or some other appropriate University component.
Students are responsible for staying informed about, and complying with the policies, regulations, and requirements set forth in this Guide, besides as those in the School of Medicine'due south "Student Handbook," the "Prospectus," the "Financial Help Guide," and any other Academy policies or rules that may apply.
Student Right-to-Know Act and Campus Security Act
In compliance with the Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act, it is the policy of Georgetown University to make readily available information concerning the completion or graduation rate of all certificate or caste-seeking, full-fourth dimension undergraduate students entering the University, also every bit the average completion or graduation rate of students who accept received athletically-related student aid. This information is available upon request from the Director, Department of Athletics, McDonough Gym, Georgetown Academy, Box 571121, Washington, D.C. 20057, (202) 687-2435.
The Crime Sensation and Campus Security Deed of 1992, requires that the University fix information on current campus law enforcement policies, criminal offense prevention programs and campus security statistics. This data is available upon request from the Director, Department of Public Condom, 116 Village C, Georgetown Academy, Box 571120, Washington, D.C. 20057, (202) 687-4343.
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Before contacting the Office of Admissions, please review the Guide to Application and the 1000.D. FAQ in their entirety.
Email: medicaladmissions@georgetown.edu
Twitter: @GUMedAdmissions
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