Morehouse University, School of Medicine Admission
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The Facts

Morehouse University is a rather small, private institution located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 10,000 students. The university's School of Medicine, however, is significantly smaller, and is home to about 182 graduate medical students. The average age of enrollment is around 23, and it is fairly rare for any of the students to enter the school directly from their undergraduate education. The school is perhaps best known for its large population of African American students, as well as for its emphasis on public health. Aside from the basic MD degree, the school offers joint degrees in the MD/MPH, or the MD/PhD in various areas of the medical field.

Admission to Morehouse University's School of Medicine is extremely competitive among the many students who apply; last year, over 2,047 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 116 of those students were accepted. Eventually however, only about 52 of the admitted students actually enrolled for the coming semester. The admitted students had average MCAT scores of about 10.4 in Biology, 11.0 in Physics, and 10.2 in Verbal, as well as an average undergraduate GPA of about a 3.7. Students are notified of their admissions status on a rolling basis, and are able to take advantage of the school's early application program if they so choose.

The School of Medicine has about 260 faculty members, all of whom come from very diverse academic and medical backgrounds. The school also boasts a very manageable student to faculty ratio of about 1:1, and the small classes allow for plenty of discussion and interaction between students and their professors.

Graduates of the university's School of Medicine often go on to be accepted to some of the most prestigious residency programs in the nation, and most frequently go on to specialize in primary care fields, often working with typically under served populations in both inner cities and rural areas.

Clinical Programs

Students are required to complete extensive clinical clerkships including 2 months of internal medicine, 2 months of pediatrics, 2 months of ob/gyn, 7 weeks of psychiatry, 1 week of radiology, 2 months of surgery, 1 month of family medicine, 1 month of ambulatory medicine, 1 month of maternal child health, as well as 1 month of rural primary care. Students complete their training at affiliated hospitals including Grady Memorial Hospital, Tuskegee Veteran's Hospital, Georgia Regional Hospital, Ridgeview Institute, West Fulton Community Mental Health Center, Brawner Psychiatric Institute, Southwest Hospital and Medical Center as well as HCA West Paces Ferry Hospital.

What's Good

"Students are very encouraging of one another, and you know that your peers are there to back you up."

"I really love my professors; they obviously have a passion for sharing what they've learned."

"The clinical programs allow you to experience every facet of the medical fields. It's a wonderful experience."

What's Bad

"Sometimes the administration gets too hung up on the undergraduate students, and they seem to forget about us."

"If you are an out of state student, expect to pay a very steep tuition."

"Sometimes you can be looked down on if you aren't interested in Community Health."

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