During this week's meeting representative Abby O'Farrell came in to talk about the Georgetown School of Medicine, a Jesuit medical school located in Washington DC.
The school values individualized care; the curriculum trains students to learn more about their patients and to advocate for them.
In the first 18 months the curriculum consists of core content. The classes are designed so that they reinforce one another. In addition, students also take a class related to social justice. Ambulatory care clinical training begins in the first week of school so students get early-on exposure to the clinical setting. Optional Longitudinal Tracks are also available: Health Justice Scholar, Healthcare Leadership, Literature and Medicine, Medical Education and Research Research Scholar, Population Health Scholar.
After the second half of the second year, education consists of the core clinical phase. These can occur in affiliate institutions and allow students to explore sub-specialties. The Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship allows students to study internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology together. This opportunity provides housing as well.
In their fourth year, students also complete two 4-week acting internships and a four-week emergency medical rotation.
International opportunities are also available, with a wide range of locations around the world.
All students are required to complete a science-related research project within their four years.
70% of students in the recent class took a gap year. A gap year is considered to be okay, as long as it is effective: find a job, finish pre-requisites, do research, do service, study for MCAT.
The core of the application consists of the AMCAS essay and secondary essay (" Why Georgetown?"). A minimum of 2, maximum of 5, letters of recommendation are required; HPEC is preferred but not required. It is preferred that one letter is from a science related mentor.
A science GPA of 3.6+ is highly competitive, less than 3.0 is non-competitive.
MCAT section scores less than 125 are non-competitive; the school does not superscore. 512 was the recent class average.
They want to see students with research experience outside of class in any discipline, though quantitative research is preferred. Community service directly for under-served populations is also important. Clinical experience must be hands-on and under the direct supervision of a physician; sciribing, shadowing, EMT, missions trips, etc.
Find more information at: https://som.georgetown.edu/
For any questions, reach out to medicaladmissions@georgetown.edu
