Student Profile

The Committee on Admissions seeks to build a diverse class to meet the broad and disparate needs of the local, national, and international community. Our new class is not only varied by educational experience, geography, age, race, and ethnicity, but also by experience and talent.

Students from our entering class participated in medical missions across the globe, tutoring, mentoring, and coaching, all with the intent to serve others. Several have served in AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps. Students in the entering class have been involved in the health and patient care fields as licensed emergency medical technicians, nurses, translators, nursing assistants, pharmacists, researchers, public health educators, and scribes, to name a few. Some have pursued careers in the military and teaching, as well as founded organizations and non-profits. They also excel in non-academic areas including a variety of talents in athletics, music, art, and dance.

How will you contribute to this diversity in the future?

Fall 2020 Entering Class Snapshot

• 53% Female, 47% Male
• Average age of 26 years, ranging from 19 to 40 years of age
• Representing 30 states, DC, China, Saudi Arabia, and Canada
• Varied ethnic backgrounds including self-description of, but certainly not limited to: African, African-American, Asian Indian, Burmese, Colombian, Cuban, Filipino, Iranian, Korean, Pakistani, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Senegalese, Venezeuelan, and Vietnamese
• 55% of the class self described as non-caucasian 
• Average total MCAT score: 512
• Average Undergraduate Overall GPA: 3.74
• 87 colleges represented
• Majors/Areas of Study: approximately 69% of students were undergraduate science majors
• Top majors: Biological Sciences, Psychology, and Public Health

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