Does Georgetown favor applicants from Jesuit undergraduates?

[fxryker]

I go to Saint Joe's, and have been told by my premed advisor that my Jesuit, "liberal arts" education will make me a more well-rounded applicant. It seems like a half-truth to me, because I do in fact appreciate SJU's pedagogy, but does every undergraduate not have their own gen eds?

And are their purpose not to make every applicant more well-rounded?

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[ontiquicuo]

The Jesuit med schools are known for favoring service. Are you participating in the service opportunities at your Jesuit undergrad?

 

[fxryker]

The Jesuit med schools are known for favoring service. Are you participating in the service opportunities at your Jesuit undergrad?

Yeah, through them I volunteer at my local level-two trauma center. They also have a center for autism education and support, in which I worked as a direct care worker.

Outside of them, I'm a volunteer 911 EMT, a volunteer firefighter, and an ER tech for a level-one trauma center in an underserved community.

 

[Princeton Medical Student]

Yeah, through them I volunteer at my local level-two trauma center. They also have a center for autism education and support, in which I worked as a direct care worker.

Outside of them, I'm a volunteer 911 EMT, a volunteer firefighter, and an ER tech for a level-one trauma center in an underserved community.

All of that together speaks for your Jesuit virtues far more then your choice of undergraduate education.

 

[_goose]

FWIW, I went to a Jesuit school for literally all my education (elementary, HS, and undergrad) and was still rejected by Gtown lol.

 

[fxryker]

FWIW, I went to a Jesuit school for literally all my education (elementary, HS, and undergrad) and was still rejected by Gtown lol.

That sucks, I'm sorry to hear. Any idea why?

 

[voxveritatisetlucis]

Less than 40% of Georgetown’s undergrad population is Catholic compared to about 75% for Notre Dame and BC, so I don’t think it’s a huge factor unless the medical school operates differently:

 

[voxveritatisetlucis]

That sucks, I'm sorry to hear. Any idea why?

In almost all cases, med school admissions are too random to identify causal factors. Most schools are forced to reject thousands of qualified students applicants. That’s why for medical school,some people apply to 30+ schools vs 10 for undergrad.