GW (GWU)

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Washington, DC · Private · MD

Average MCAT: 515
Average GPA: 3.88
Tuition: $75,551 (per year)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Deadlines

AMCAS deadline: Nov. 2, 2026
Secondary deadline: Dec. 2, 2026

Essays

Why GW (1,750 characters)

What is your specific interest in the MD Program at GW? What opportunities would you take advantage of as a student here? Why?

Unique individual and challenges (750 characters)

What makes you a unique individual? What challenges have you faced? What have you learned from your experiences?

Clinical Public Health (350 characters)

The MD Program includes substantial content in Clinical Public Health (population health, health systems science, health policy, and community health) to prepare GW graduates for an expanded scope of practice required to be successful 21st century physicians. What are your specific interests and experiences related to that aspect of the MD Program?

Activities through matriculation (750 characters)

Please provide the Admissions Committee with a brief summary of your activities, academics, employment, or other occupations to account for full-time activity (approx. 30-40 hours/week) from the point of application through matriculation in 2027.

Regional campus interest (1,750 characters)

If you selected regional medical campus preferred or regional medical campus only in question 6, please explain in detail your interest in regional medical campus and how it will be a good fit for your clinical education.

Prior contact with admissions (250 characters)

Have you previously interacted directly with the MD Admissions Office through events, tours, fairs, webinars, or interviews? If yes, please explain.

Editor's notes

Everyone who applies gets the GW secondary, so receiving it tells you nothing. More than 15,000 people applied for the Class of 2030 and 679 were interviewed. With rolling admissions and interviews starting in late August, a secondary turned in during July or August is competing for more open slots than one sent the week of Dec. 2.
PREview is required this cycle, and it had to be taken by August 2026. GW says it can still decide without a score, but it uses PREview as one part of review for interviewed applicants, so a missing score is a missing piece. Check your AMCAS to confirm the score is attached.
Your interviewer won't have read your file. That changes how you prepare. You'll need to tell your own story from scratch in about 25 minutes, so practice a clear two-minute version of why medicine, why GW and what you've done, and don't assume anything in your essays is known.
The campus choice on the secondary matters. Picking the Regional Medical Campus means your clinical years are at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, and 'preferred' or 'only' triggers a 1,750-character essay. Choose it because Baltimore training fits you, and be ready to explain that.