The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences believes a diverse and inclusive community of students enhances the educational experience and advances our mission of creating physicians able to improve the health and well-being of our local, national and global communities. The Committee on Admissions also seeks a diversity of varied attributes such as the rich breadth of human experiences, talents and unique traits in our class each year, as well as gender, race, ethnicity and socioeconomic background.
GW SMHS Anti-Racism Coalition (ARC)
The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) will work to make anti-racism part of the fabric of its culture through the creation of the Anti-Racism Coalition (ARC). For more details, visit the GW SMHS ARC.
Recruitment
We promote diversity by recruiting students who appreciate and learn from each other’s differences and broad range of experiences and backgrounds. GW actively seeks, through its recruitment efforts, applicants who self-identify as "underrepresented" in the medical profession. For more details, visit the SMHS Policy on Diversity and Inclusion.
- Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Annual Medical Education Conference
- National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Annual Conference
- Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
- Summer Health Professions Education Programs (SHPEP) fairs
- Variety of AAMC diversity fairs and other events throughout the year
Partnerships
The Office of Admissions has partnered with Morgan State University, a university with the HBCU designation in Baltimore, MD, to encourage interest in medicine and the health sciences through formal and informal recruiting events, advising support, and ongoing communication between university leaders.
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion serves DC high school students through the DC HAPP and Upward Bound programs.
Additional partnerships serving local high school students include Camp Cardiac, Camp Neuro, and Team KiPOW.
Programs
Early Selection program agreements with North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (HBCU), Chaminade University, a Title III Native Hawaiian Serving Institution designated by the U.S. Department of Education, and Morgan State University (HBCU) allow select undergraduate sophomores to explore other areas of interest and experiences during their undergraduate academic careers.
The METEOR Program matches select matriculating underrepresented students with mentors specializing in clinical or translational research. This is a research fellowship opportunity with a stipend to allow students to engage in research for two summers at GW and complete the Clinical and Translational Research Scholarly Concentration requirements.
The Summer Prematriculation Program for select matriculating students who identify as underrepresented-in-medicine, socioeconomically disadvantaged, first-generation college students, or others the Committee on Admissions believes will benefit, provides exposure to preclinical content to ease the transition to the M.D. Program curriculum.
