How to Succeed as a Georgetown Premed
How to plan your prerequisites, keep your GPA up, and build the clinical, service, and research record that gets Georgetown premeds into medical school
Is Georgetown good for premed? Georgetown offers one of the more structured premed advising systems among peer schools. In this video, Dr. Shemmassian breaks down Georgetown's core prerequisites, majors, and extracurricular opportunities, and explains what makes its premed track distinctive.
What You'll Learn
Georgetown Premed Academic Track & Majors
How pre-med advising operates across Georgetown's undergraduate schools, choosing traditional science or non-science majors, and course planning strategies.
Prerequisite Science Requirements & Sequencing
Essential biology, chemistry, physics, and math course sequences required to satisfy Georgetown degree requirements and medical school admissions standards.
Academic Benchmarks & Medical School Acceptance Rates
Competitive GPA and MCAT score expectations for Georgetown applicants, along with historical medical school acceptance outcomes that exceed national averages.
Pre-Health Recommendations Committee Process
Requirements for obtaining Georgetown's Pre-Health Committee evaluation letter, internal application deadlines, and recommendation letter coordination.
Clinical Experience & D.C. Healthcare Access
How to utilize Georgetown University Hospital, local Washington D.C. medical centers, and community clinics for clinical shadowing and patient care hours.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Strategies for finding campus lab positions across Georgetown University School of Medicine facilities, main campus departments, and research centers.
Strategic Roadmap & Early Assurance
A structured year-by-year timeline mapping course schedules, MCAT study windows, gap year considerations, and Georgetown's Early Assurance Program (EAP) pathway.
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Where to begin as a Georgetown premed
Tucked away in the historic Georgetown neighborhood of Washington D.C. and situated along the Potomac River you’ll find Georgetown University, a private and research-based institution that prides itself on its selectivity. The architecture of the university brings back feelings of Old World America while providing a rich environment that’s conducive to fostering intellectual inquiry.
What began as Georgetown College has turned into an enormous campus that is home to eleven undergraduate and graduate schools, including the College of Arts and Sciences, which was founded in 1789 as the first Catholic institute of higher learning in the United States. Today, the school continues to operate as an exceptional academy as it prepares students year after year for exploring bigger things.
According to US News, Georgetown University is currently ranked #24 among National Universities. Whether you wish to pursue med school at Georgetown University’s own School of Medicine or at another institution, there’s no doubt that the foundation laid by Georgetown is one that will prepare you for what’s to come. While Georgetown’s School of Medicine names five things it evaluates for applicants (essays, experiences, MCAT scores, science GPAs, and letters of recommendation), it stands to reason that such a top university would know how to equip its students with the skills they need in at least those specific areas. In this guide, then, we’ll introduce you to what it means to study premed at Georgetown—including a sample schedule that outlines how you might balance the premed requirements and extracurricular requirements as well as how you can meet them, and how to get into medical school as a Georgetown alumnus.
| Georgetown applicants to med school per year | Not specified in current source content — worth pulling from Georgetown's Pre-Health Studies office directly |
| Georgetown premed acceptance rate to med school | 75–88% (per Georgetown's own Pre-Health Studies office) |
| National acceptance rate | ~43% |
| Most popular premed major | Not specified in current source content |
| Premed/prehealth advising available? | Both are available through the Pre-Health Recommendation Committee (PHRC) |
| Committee letter offered? | Yes |
| Academic system | Semester system |
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Georgetown premed requirements
Getting into Georgetown University School of Medicine
Getting into Georgetown's own medical school is a separate and considerably steeper question than the undergraduate acceptance rate above. Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) receives more than 16,000 AMCAS applications each year for a class of approximately 200 students. Third-party estimates place the resulting acceptance rate in the 1.4%–2.6% range depending on the cycle and how "applicants" is defined. Georgetown does not publish a single official acceptance percentage, so treat any specific figure as an estimate rather than an exact number. Admitted students typically have a GPA in the high 3.8s to low 3.9s and a median MCAT in the low-to-mid 510s.
Georgetown's Early Assurance Program (EAP)
For a small number of especially strong students, Georgetown offers a path into its own medical school well before the usual junior- or senior-year application process: the Early Assurance Program (EAP). EAP lets eligible sophomores secure conditional admission to Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSOM) at the end of their sophomore year — years ahead of when most premeds even begin applying.
Students accepted through EAP are not required to take the MCAT. Combined with skipping the traditional junior/senior-year application cycle entirely, EAP is designed to free up your remaining undergraduate years for research, coursework, or other academic pursuits tied to medicine, rather than application prep and interview season.
Who's eligible for Georgetown’s EAP?
EAP is only open to current Georgetown sophomores (specifically, students in their fourth semester) who have completed four of the five premed course sequences by the end of May of sophomore year — biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, calculus and statistics, and physics — with organic chemistry required as one of the four. Georgetown also allows students to substitute a semester of biochemistry for the second semester of organic chemistry, provided it's completed by the end of sophomore year. Transfer students are not eligible.
Beyond coursework, Georgetown holds EAP applicants to a meaningfully higher bar than the standard GUSOM applicant pool:
Minimum 3.6 GPA, both overall and in BCPM (science) coursework
No grade of C or below in any class
No withdrawals from a major course
No Pass/Fail grading in a major course
Any changes to your academic proposal must be pre-approved by the medical school
How does Georgetown’s EAP work?
EAP runs on its own tight, sophomore-year-specific timeline, coordinated through the same Pre-Health Recommendation Committee (PHRC) that reviews standard applications (see the PHRC section above). In broad strokes:
Fall of sophomore year: attend a general EAP information session, then meet individually with Georgetown's Assistant Director for Pre-Health Advising to gauge fit and start shaping your academic proposal.
Early spring: attend a mandatory EAP application workshop and a GUSOM-run information session, get assigned a PHRC mentor, and begin drafting your formal academic proposal — a statement of the academic and healthcare-related pursuits you plan to focus on in place of a traditional application cycle.
Application window: submit your full application (proposal, activities and experiences, personal statement, a two-year academic plan, and letters of recommendation) through Georgetown's GU360 portal.
PHRC and SOM review: the PHRC reviews every proposal and forwards its recommendations to GUSOM, which selects candidates to interview based on academic credentials, the strength and seriousness of the proposal, interview performance, and overall readiness for medical study.
Interviews and decision: selected students interview directly with GUSOM in early May, with final decisions released in June.
Is Georgetown good for premed?
Georgetown is a strong choice for premed students, for a somewhat different reason than schools like Duke or Cornell. Rather than relying on students to navigate the process alone, Georgetown runs a structured Pre-Health Recommendation Committee (PHRC) that reviews every applicant's coursework, extracurriculars, and readiness before they apply, and produces a committee letter that many medical schools weight heavily. Combined with having its own medical school on the same campus (offering direct exposure to Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Health for shadowing and clinical work), Georgetown gives premed students an unusually hands-on advising relationship compared to larger research universities.
You probably already know that there are classes you’ll be required to take as a premed at Georgetown. The question then becomes, which classes do you have to take? We’re here to help you navigate through the premed requirements! The best way to do so is to compare med school requirements with what is offered at Georgetown as this helps outline how those courses enable you to meet med school requirements.
| Biology: Two semesters with lab | BIOL 1203/1213 Foundations of Biology I and lab BIOL 1204/1214 Foundations of Biology II and lab |
From Georgetown: Students typically enroll in Foundations of Biology I and a second biology course with a lab. Students can choose from courses such as Foundations of Biology II, Genetics, Mammalian Physiology, or Microbiology. (Some upper level biology electives have required prerequisites). Students in the School of Health meet this requirement with HSCI 1030 Human Biology I (lab included) and HSCI 1040 Human Biology II (lab included) Common Advanced Electives: BIOL 1520 Genetics (lab included) BIOL 1750/1760 Mammalian Physiology and lab BIOL 3500 Microbiology and lab (Biochemistry is prerequisite) BIOL 3701 Cell Biology Note: If you are not a biology major, it is recommended that you take one of the Common Advanced Electives with lab as your second biology course instead of BIOL1204. |
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| Chemistry:
1. General chemistry: Two semesters with lab 2. Organic chemistry: Two semesters with lab 3. Biochemistry: One semester |
Choose from among the following:
CHEM 1100/1105 General Chemistry I and lab CHEM 1200/1205 General Chemistry II and lab CHEM 2100/2105 Organic Chemistry I and lab CHEM 2200/2205 Organic Chemistry II and lab CHEM 4100 Biochemistry I |
For Chemistry or Biochemistry majors only: CHEM-1300/CHEM-1305 General Chemistry I and lab CHEM-1400/CHEM-1405 General Chemistry II and lab CHEM 4100 Biochemistry I |
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| Calculus: One semester | Choose one of the following: MATH 1350 Calculus I MATH 1360 Calculus II MATH 2370 Multivariable Calculus |
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| Statistics: One semester | Choose one of the following:
MATH 1040 Probability and Statistics MATH 2140 Intro Math Statistics MATH 2540 Regression Analysis MATH 3250 Biostatistical Methods ECON 1210 Economic Statistics |
School of Business students only: OPIM 1730 Statistics |
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| Physics:Two semesters with lab | PHYS 2051 Principles of Physics I (lab included) PHYS 2052 Principles of Physics II (lab included) If you’re a Physics major: PHYS 2101 Mechanics (lab included) PHYS 2102 Electromagnetic Phenomena (lab included) |
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| College-level English/writing: Six credit hours |
WRIT-1150 and the University Integrated Writing requirement are built into each major. This is in addition to the one-semester requirement that students complete a course in the Humanities. By the time they graduate, all Georgetown students will have met this requirement and will have completed six other courses covering history, philosophy, and theology that also require proficiency in spoken and written English. | |||||
| Psychology: One semester | PSYC 1000 | |||||
| Sociology: One semester | SOCI 1001 | |||||
Considerations for AP courses
At some point during your high school years, you may have taken AP courses. Chances are very good that you did so in hopes of lessening your college workload. While this is a typical benefit of AP courses, for premed students, it works a bit differently.
For instance, if your major requires that you take one semester of biology with a lab component but you managed to score a four or five on the AP Biology exam, then you wouldn’t typically need to take Foundations of Biology I (or any other biology course) for your degree. As a premed student, however, you’re doing more than just working toward an undergraduate degree; you’re also trying to get into medical school, which means you will need to complete the requirements they have. Med schools will want to see that you can handle college-level work. There’s only one way to show them that you can do so: by successfully completing college-level work.
Using biology as an example: you’ll need to take two semesters of biology either way, so if you scored a four or a five on the AP Bio exam, then you have a choice—you can either take two introductory-level biology courses (such as Foundations of Biology I and Foundations of Biology II) or you can start with Foundations of Biology II and then take Genetics or Mammalian Physiology (both of which have a lab component) as your second biology course.
It works similarly for other courses for which you may have earned AP credit. If you already have your sights set on a specific medical school, you can also see how they view AP credit when it comes to the premed requirements. In most cases, medical schools will want to see that you’re able to handle college-level coursework.
Sample Georgetown premed three-year course plan
As you can see, there are many possible ways to fulfill the premed requirements. You can take the courses as outlined in the table above, or you may incorporate some AP credits to take more advanced courses while still earning the requisite number of credits. In any case, as a premed student, you’ll need to have a plan for how you will accomplish your goals and complete the requirements. Regardless of how you end up meeting the requirements, there are some things you will want to keep in mind as you plan out your schedule each semester:
General education requirements
Extracurricular activities
Courses that are more challenging or difficult for you (balancing them)
Your plans for when you’ll take the MCAT
Whether you intend to take a gap year
To help you, we’ve included a sample three-year course plan in the table below. Georgetown also provides some sample schedules on its website that can work for different situations, though it doesn’t include all of the premed requirements:
| Sample Georgetown University Three-Year Course Plan | |
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| Semester | Courses |
| Freshman Fall | BIOL 1203/1213 CHEM 1100/1105 MATH 1350 |
| Freshman Spring | BIOL 1204/1214 CHEM 1200/1205 MATH 1040 |
| Sophomore Fall | CHEM 2100/2105 WRIT 1150 |
| Sophomore Spring | CHEM 2200/2205 CHEM 4100 |
| Junior Fall | PSYC 1000 PHYS 2051 |
| Junior Spring | SOCI 1001 PHYS 2052 |
How to maintain a high GPA as a Georgetown premed
If you expect to move into med school after your undergraduate studies at Georgetown, you’ll need to earn—and maintain—a high GPA. Of course, that’s not all you’ll need, but it all begins with earning high marks in your coursework. Without that, the rest doesn’t really matter!
It’s worth discussing exactly how you can successfully go about doing that since it bears so much weight to your overall future in medicine.
To maintain a high GPA, you’ll want to:
Study hard! Expect to spend a lot of time pouring over textbooks, memorizing formulas and definitions, learning new strategies and skills, and exploring unfamiliar topics at length. Once you’ve accomplished all of those things, expect to do it again—and again and again, for years!
Balance your course load. When planning your courses, try to avoid taking more than one challenging subject in the same semester. If possible, offset the difficult coursework with lighter subjects or those that come easier to you.
Use the resources at your disposal. As a Georgetown premed, you’ll have many people cheering you on and who want to see you succeed. From the Pre-Health Advisors who will be there to help you navigate your entire journey to Pre-Health Peer Mentors who know exactly what you’re going through, plenty of people are in your corner. [In addition, Georgetown holds many workshops each semester covering topics like applying to medical school, the early assurance program (EAP) at Georgetown University School of Medicine, how to write a personal statement, letters of recommendation, taking the Casper or PREview exam, and more.]
Stay organized. As a college student, one of the most frustrating things is being familiar with certain concepts but still finding yourself caught off guard because you didn’t realize those things were going to be on an exam. With organized notes and supplies (and the aid of a student planner), this doesn’t have to be your fate!
Manage your time wisely. Procrastination is not only unnecessary but is also damaging. There’s no reason to put off for later what you can accomplish right now, and that goes for studying and doing school assignments, too. By organizing your time properly, you are able to see precisely how you will manage to “get it all done.” What’s more, you’ll also be able to budget time for breaks in your schedule and even account for some wiggle room for periods when you need extra time to get things done.
Health and wellness as a Georgetown premed
Maintaining a high GPA is also about maintaining your health. As a Georgetown premed, managing stress and mental health is just as important as managing your workload and at times you'll likely feel as though the obstacles you encounter are insurmountable.
However, Georgetown has a variety of resources to assist students when you're feeling overwhelmed. We’ve listed a few of these below.
Counseling and Psychiatric Service (CAPS) Students can access individual counseling, group therapy, and workshops focused on stress management, anxiety reduction, and coping strategies. These services are designed to help students navigate the challenges of premed coursework and maintain a healthy mindset.
Resident Assistant Support Resident assistants are available to help if you have housing concerns, conflicts with roommates, or any general issues with well-being
Georgetown Registered Dietitian Remember the old saying, “You are what you eat.” Maintaining a healthy diet can go a long way to supporting your academic efforts and mental health. If you need help developing healthy eating habits, Georgetown’s on-site registered dietician can help guide you toward a better you.
John Main Meditation Center Practicing mindfulness is a great way to deal with stress and ground yourself in the present. The John Main Meditation Center at Georgetown is where you can go for both private and group meditation open to everyone.
Yates Field House For physical health needs, students can visit Yates Field House which offers services like personal training and health coaching.
When should you take the MCAT?
There are at least two key considerations to bear in mind as you decide when you’ll take the MCAT:
Which premed courses have you taken?
When are you planning to apply to med school?
Depending on whether you’ve taken classes in the necessary content areas, you may not have much of a choice in waiting to take the MCAT—even if you’re eager to get it out of the way. While some content areas only require minimal exposure (e.g., psychology and sociology), other areas require several semesters in multiple courses (e.g., general chemistry and organic chemistry, each of which require two semesters plus a lab component). Similarly, you’ll need to take biochemistry. While you only need one biochemistry course to sit for the MCAT, keep in mind that roughly one-quarter of the C/P and B/B sections contain biochem content.
Some students opt to take a gap year, whereas other students move straight from undergraduate school into med school. It’s important to remember that your plans will impact when you take the MCAT—especially if you want to have room in your schedule to retake it if desired.
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PGeorgetown premed extracurriculars
In addition to doing well in your courses, taking the required premed courses, maintaining a high GPA, and doing well on the MCAT, premed students also need to gain valuable experiences through involvement in extracurricular activities. Specifically, you’ll be expected to focus on community service opportunities, research opportunities, and patient care or clinically-focused opportunities (which often includes shadowing a physician).
Georgetown premed community volunteering
Below, you’ll find a list of organizations, student groups, and opportunities that are community service-oriented.
DC STEM - This is an opportunity for Georgetown students to work in collaboration with a public elementary school in DC and provide STEM-based tutoring for upper elementary students. GU students are expected to commit to tutoring twice a week for about three hours. Transportation is provided. Throughout the semester, GU students will also attend workshops designed to help them become better tutors. In an effort to establish a mentoring relationship between tutors and students, GU students must commit to one full semester with DC STEM.
After School Kids (ASK) - ASK is another opportunity for GU students to work alongside other students. As an ASK mentor, you’d be uniquely positioned to work with older teens by providing one-on-one homework help, GED, SAT, or ACT preparation, and leading workshops at Georgetown that are designed to further assist the teens in the program.
DC Reads - DC Reads is an organization that provides tutoring and reading assistance for students who are at least one year behind grade level. By working with students at area schools, GU students provide morning in-class assistance, after-school tutoring, or Saturday tutoring to elementary-aged students. In addition to helping those students become better readers, this option has the added benefit of providing young children with lifelong skills that will carry them through the remainder of their educational journey.
Georgetown Jumpstart - Through Georgetown Jumpstart, you’d have the chance to work with preschool-aged children. By committing just 8 to 12 hours a week, you’ll focus on building literacy and socio-emotional skills young children need as they transition into kindergarten.
Student Academic Assistants (SAA) - Spending time as an SAA is a bit like working as a teacher’s assistant (TA), so if you’re comfortable with those duties, this might be familiar to you. As an SAA, you’ll support the professor for your assigned course by helping to enter and organize class data, provide students with email and text reminders, and work with community partners to ensure that community social justice initiatives are interwoven into the course.
HOME Program - Working with the HOME program, you’ll have the opportunity to provide Homelessness Outreach, Meals, and Education (HOME) to DC locals who have fallen on hard times.
Georgetown premed clinical experience
Getting real clinical experience is essential at Georgetown, and the good news is that MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH) sits directly on campus, giving students far more direct access than most schools can offer. Georgetown's own Pre-Health Studies office maintains a dedicated clinical experience resource covering the range of options available, and a few stand out:
GERMS (Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service) — an all-volunteer, undergraduate student-run emergency ambulance service. Students can train and certify as an EMT, respond to real calls, and take on leadership roles within the organization — one of the most hands-on clinical opportunities available to any undergraduate premed nationally.
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital's Year-Round Volunteer Program — offers roles across inpatient and outpatient areas, as a Surgical Liaison, within the Arts and Humanities program, with Project Knitwell, or at the Capital Breast Care Center. Some students also gain exposure to clinical trial research through MGUH. Applicants must be at least 17, and anyone under 18 needs parental consent; the program asks for a minimum commitment of 4 hours per week and 100 hours per year.
Whitman-Walker Health — a community health center with particular expertise in LGBTQ and HIV care; student volunteers assist with free STI testing and health education for the D.C. community.
Arlington Free Clinic (AFC) — provides free healthcare to low-income, uninsured adults in Arlington County, with both clinical and non-clinical volunteer roles available to students.
As with most clinical volunteering, expect competition for the most patient-facing roles, and be prepared to start in a more administrative capacity before earning access to higher-touch positions.
Georgetown premed shadowing
Shadowing opportunities at Georgetown work a little differently than at some peer schools — there isn't one single, formal, university-wide shadowing program open to every premed from day one. Instead, most students build shadowing experience in one of a few ways:
Through MedStar Georgetown University Hospital's volunteer program. MGUH has historically offered shadowing opportunities to volunteers who have already completed their initial service commitment — another reason to start with the Year-Round Volunteer Program above rather than treating shadowing as a separate, first step.
Through a new, limited physician shadowing pilot. As of spring 2026, Georgetown's School of Health launched an eight-week pilot shadowing program pairing a small cohort of students with MedStar Health residents and fellows across specialties like pulmonary critical care and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Worth knowing upfront: this pilot is specific to School of Health "Human Science" majors and currently serves a small cohort (11 students in its first run) — not yet a guaranteed pathway for College of Arts & Sciences premeds, but worth watching as the program potentially expands.
Independently, through cold-calling or family connections. Given how selective the formal on-campus routes above can be, many Georgetown premeds still find shadowing the traditional way — reaching out directly to private practices in the D.C. area or through personal and family connections to physicians.
All premed students should aim for at least 150–200 hours of shadowing experience across their undergraduate years, ideally spread across a few different specialties to build a realistic picture of clinical medicine.
Georgetown premed research
If you’re looking to gain research experience, you may find indirect opportunities within some of the organizations listed above. For more direct research opportunities—especially in biomedical and health sciences—consider one of the following:
Cancer research. If cancer research interests you, you’d likely enjoy working with the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. As the only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is guided by the principle of “cura personalis” to link the understanding and treatment of cancer with scientific discovery for an improved community. The center’s primary focus areas include racially diverse populations, aging research, and immunology treatment.
Population health. In an effort to create a stronger and healthier community, population health focuses on working with the following initiatives:
Global health. If global health is your area of interest, you may be interested in working with one of the following:
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Getting into medical school as a Georgetown premed
Georgetown's own Office of Pre-Health Advising cites an overall acceptance rate for Georgetown students applying to medical school in the 75–88% range — well above the roughly 43% national average for first-time applicants. That's a real, sourced number worth feeling good about, and it reflects the strength of Georgetown's structured pre-health advising and Pre-Health Recommendation Committee (PHRC) process, which requires students to complete a defined set of prerequisites and go through committee review before applying.
After spending four years immersed in premed courses, going the extra mile to uphold a high GPA, taking time out of your schedule to study for the MCAT (followed by actually taking it!), pouring yourself into extracurricular activities, and overall doing all the right things, you’ll be ready for the next step in your plan: medical school. But, what are the odds of gaining acceptance into med school after completing undergrad at Georgetown?
What do you need to apply to medical school?
Here’s a quick breakdown of how Georgetown helps prepare students for applying to medical school. This is a basic list of the things you’ll need and how Georgetown helps you meet those needs.
High GPA: While you’ll need a high cumulative GPA, many medical schools will make a distinction between your overall GPA and your science GPA (also known as your BCPM GPA). For Georgetown, a GPA of 3.68 or higher is equivalent to an “A” which is the highest letter grade the school assigns.
High MCAT score: The MCAT is probably one of the most grueling exams you will ever take. The highest score you can earn on it is 528. Of course, the higher your MCAT score, the more competitive of an applicant you will make yourself.
Personal statement: As part of the primary application process, you’ll need to submit a personal statement that identifies who you are, your background, why you’re the perfect applicant, and why you intend to pursue medicine.
Letters of recommendation: Each medical school has its own requirements for the number of letters you’ll need and who should write them. At Georgetown, the Pre-Health Recommendation Committee also provides a committee letter you have the opportunity to use.
Secondary application: Most medical schools require a secondary application which means you’ll be expected to write secondary essays.
Extracurricular activities: You’ll need the most common extracurricular activities we mentioned above (e.g., community service, shadowing, patient care, and research), but how you accomplish each of those is up to you.
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Frequently asked questions about Georgetown premed
Does Georgetown have a good premed program?
Georgetown doesn't offer a formal "premed major," but it has one of the more structured pre-health advising systems among peer schools, including the Pre-Health Recommendation Committee (PHRC), which reviews and writes a composite letter for applicants.
What is Georgetown's premed acceptance rate?
Georgetown's own Pre-Health Studies office cites a range of 75–88% for students applying to medical school.
What is the acceptance rate for Georgetown University School of Medicine?
Estimated between 1.4% and 2.6% depending on the cycle, based on roughly 16,000+ annual applicants for about 200 seats. Georgetown doesn't publish one official figure.
What GPA and MCAT do you need to get into Georgetown Medical School?
Admitted students typically have a GPA in the high 3.8s to low 3.9s and a median MCAT in the low-to-mid 510s.
Does attending Georgetown as an undergrad help you get into Georgetown's medical school?
There's no confirmed formal advantage, though Georgetown does run an Early Assurance Program (EAP) allowing select undergrads to secure conditional acceptance to GUSOM earlier in their college career — worth a mention for students specifically interested in that pathway.
Final thoughts
Georgetown University provides its students with a strong foundation in preparation for medical school. Whether you decide to attend Georgetown University’s School of Medicine or somewhere else afterward, you’ll have the tools you need to do well. Armed with excellent grades, high test scores, a resume of extracurricular accomplishments, and the other required assets, a premed education provided by Georgetown will lay the groundwork for you to take yourself into the future as a qualified physician.
About the Author
Dr. Shirag Shemmassian is the Founder of Shemmassian Academic Consulting and one of the world's foremost experts on medical school admissions. For over 20 years, he and his team have helped thousands of students get into medical school using his exclusive approach.
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