Fact Sheet for the 2012 Entering Class Applications Received Total applications received Entering students enrolled Ratio of applicants to enrollees
2,384 230 9.6 to 1
Class Academic Qualifications Overall grade point average Science grade point average Mean MCAT score
3.7 3.64 30.47
Educational Background The 230 students in the 2012 entering class, 190 at Augusta Campus and 40 at GHSU/UGA Medical Partnership, have diverse educational backgrounds. 87 biology 17 chemistry 9 microbiology 15 biochemistry 12 psychology/biology 2 cellular biology
2 engineering 6 genetics 2 mathematics 11 biomedical engineering 2 english 13 neuroscience
4 exercise and sport science 4 biological sciences 7 economics 1 pre-medical 3 molecular biology 6 foreign language
Other majors include: double-major science, philosophy, ecology, health science, political science, religion, music and others. • One member has a doctor of physical therapy degree. • Another member has a doctor of philosophy degree. • One member of the class has a PharmD degree, 18 members have Master’s degrees, 4 have triple degrees, 46 have double degrees. • There are 87 females and 143 males in the class. 223 are Georgia residents and 7 are non-residents. • Four students are enrolled in the MD/PhD program.
OUR STUDENTS Students in the 2012 entering class came from a wide variety of colleges and universities, including: Amherst College Augusta State University Belhaven University Berry College Brigham Young University Brown University Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Clemson University College of William & Mary Columbia International University Columbia University in City of New York Columbus State University Covenant College Dartmouth College Duke University Emory University Franciscan U Steubenville Furman University Georgia College & State University Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Southern University Georgia State University Howard University Johns Hopkins University Kennesaw State University Lee University Mercer University North Carolina State University North Georgia College & St University Northwestern University-Evanston Pomona College Rice University
Saint Louis University-Main Campus Smith College Stanford University Toccoa Falls College University of Georgia University of Illinois at Urbana University of Louisville University of Miami University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill University of Richmond University of Tennessee-Knoxville University of Virginia Main Campus University of Wisconsin-La Crosse University of South Carolina-Aiken University of West Georgia Valdosta State University Vanderbilt University Wake Forest University Washington and Lee University Washington University in St. Louis Wesleyan University Yale University
For additional information, contact: Associate Dean for Admissions Medical College of Georgia, AA-2040 • Augusta, GA 30912-4760 706-721-3186 • stdadmin@georgiahealth.edu 8/27/12