<p>Hey, I've been accepted to the NHS school at Georgetown. I haven't decided on Georgetown yet, because I have other great options!</p>
<p>I'm concerned that getting a top GPA at Georgetown will be a lot harder because I'd only be an average student, whereas I could go to a different school and be a top student. How competitive is Georgetown? What are the grading policies like? What does it take to get the early assurance to Georgetown med? It's also a lot of money, since I'm full pay. </p>
<p>Just trying to get some input to help me make my decision. It's a great school!</p>
<p>This link may help:</p>
<p><a href=“http://nhs.georgetown.edu/students/premed/early”>http://nhs.georgetown.edu/students/premed/early</a></p>
<p>The biggest advantage in terms of the early assurance program is that you do not have to take the MCATs. I think the statistic is that some 40% (just what I have heard) of Georgetown Med students were Georgetown undergrads. Don’t know the GPA cutoff, but by way of an example, the early assurance law GPA cutoff is something like 3.8.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. I got some information from an NHS prof, cross-posting from another thread:</p>
<p>•students who do the work will get As and Bs…very little in between, it’s either an A or a B or an F
•profs are world class, will help you
•students who do the work and graduate from the school of health go to medical school
•students who do the work, fill out the applications, will get GT early assurance
•About half of NHS students want to go to medical school, roughly 95% who do the work get accepted to at least one MD school.</p>
<p>On early assurance, Georgetown does like to put Georgetown students in the Georgetown SOM. By using early assurance, they automatically get spots filled. students who get into Georgetown SOM likely get offers from other medical schools and may decide against Georgetown, which could leave empty spots. Prof also spoke highly of my other choices.</p>
<p>It seems like going to GTown won’t disadvantage me in terms of med school acceptance as long as I do the work, which I plan to. It’s going to come down to whether I want to spend $200k+ on undergrad and if I feel comfortable and like the school.</p>
<p>Good info, thanks for sharing. And just for the benefit of others out there, getting into any US based medical school is a feat in and of itself. It’s not like law or business schools where you have the T14 or M7 system.</p>