Georgia Regents University - Medical College of Georgia
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR ADMISSION AND MATRICULATION

 

There are certain essential functions for physicians and medical students which must be met by all applicants and students. Because the M.D. degree signifies that the holder is a physician prepared for entry into the practice of medicine within postgraduate training programs, it follows that graduates must have the knowledge and skills to function in a broad variety of clinical situations and to render a wide spectrum of patient care.

Candidates for the M.D. degree must have the use of certain sensory and motor functions to permit them to carry out the activities described in the sections that follow. They must be able consistently, quickly and accurately to integrate all information received by whatever sense(s) employed, and they must have the intellectual ability to learn, integrate, analyze and synthesize data.

A candidate for the M.D. degree must have abilities and skills of five varieties including: observation; communication; motor; conceptual, integrative and quantitative; and behavioral and social....Read more

 

Applicants must have completed:

• Biology
  • One academic year** of general biology or zoology with labs
• Chemistry
  • One academic year of general/inorganic chemistry with lab
  • One academic year of advanced chemistry, two quarters or one semester of which must be organic chemistry with lab. The other quarter or semester may be fulfilled by any advanced chemistry course (lab not necessary).
  • Biochemistry is strongly recommended.
• Physics
  • One academic year of physics with labs
• English
  • One academic year of English or whatever portion in the academic year is required for the baccalaureate degree in an accredited college or university.

  ** one academic year is equal to two semesters, three quarters, or two quarters and a semester

 

Courses recommended

• Cellular biology and statistics
• All required courses should be taken on a graduated grading scale (e.g., A, B, C, D, F) when possible. A pass/fail type system should not be used.
• Advancement Placement (AP) credits are acceptable, on the basis that the credits are accepted by a accredited college and appear on its official transcript.

MCAT Requirement

Applicants must take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) preferably in the spring before applying. The deadline is September 2012.

All applicants must have taken the MCAT no earlier than January 2010 and no later than September 2012.

Early Decision Program applicants must take the MCAT by June 21, 2012. Regular applicants must take the MCAT by September 2012.

MCAT registration packets can be requested from the MCAT Program Office, 2255 North Dubuque Rd., P.O. Box 4056, Iowa City, IA 52243 or by visiting the MCAT section on the AMCAS Web site at www.aamc.org.

Additional Requirements

Admissions Committee expects applicants to have experiences shadowing physicians and/or volunteering in a clinical setting.

Interviews

Interviews, by invitation only, are open-filed with one member of the Medical College of Georgia Admissions Committee who helps assess personality, motivation and ability to make adjustments necessary for medical school.