How To Apply

Submit the on-line application (new window). The application form should be completed in one sitting.

If you are not ready to submit your supporting documentation (essay, short answer, and resume) at the time you complete the form, you will have the opportunity to submit it on your application portal at a later date. Please note your application will not be considered complete until these materials are submitted.

Please send your transcripts and letters AFTER you submit your application.

Log back into your application at: https://uapply.georgetown.edu/portal/PB_status (new window)

Why are you a good match for the program? Why Georgetown? (250 word limit) PDF Format, submitted to the online application.

A one-page single spaced essay describing your interest in pursuing a career in medicine and relevant information about your undergraduate education and work experience. PDF Format, submitted to the online application.

A one-page resume. PDF Format, submitted to the online application.

Please provide your letter writer information in the portal:

To do so, after you submit the application, please log into your account using the instructions sent to your email inbox. In the portal, scroll down to the “Manage Recommendations” section. Follow the link to create a recommendation letter request.

An email with submission information will be generated for the letter writer automatically. Your letter writer can email us at postbacapp@georgetown.edu with any questions.

More than one letter is allowed.

If you would like to use a letter service such as Interfolio, you may also send the letter to postbacapp@georgetown.edu and we will upload the letter to your file.

Letter writer(s) can address the letter to ‘Georgetown Pre-Health Postbac Admissions’.

Please type in your SAT and/or ACT results in the online application. We do not require official score reports to be sent.
-If you do not have an SAT or ACT score, you can leave this question blank.
-Please report your GRE score, if you have one already. You do not need the GRE to apply to our program however.
-Please report your SAT/ACT score(s) if they are older than five or ten years old. There is no preference for when the exam was taken.

The current application fee is $75. The fee can be paid via credit card or checking account in the application system. Please click the payment button only once and wait to process the payment. If you click the payment button more than once you will be charged multiple times.

If you would like to pay by a physical check or money order, please send your payment to the address below. Please address the check to Georgetown University.

*If you cannot afford to pay the application fee, you may request a fee waiver. Please provide an explanation for your request and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Please submit official transcripts from all universities and colleges attended. Electronic Transcripts are preferred. Please have your university send the eTranscript to our email: postbacapp@georgetown.edu. We accept transcripts from Parchment, the National Student Clearinghouse, TranscriptsNetwork, Credentials Solutions, other transcript delivery services and official PDFs sent by universities.

Please send your transcript(s) AFTER you submit your application.
Please do not send your highschool transcript(s), they are not needed.

*If you have attended Georgetown University, you do not need to send the GU transcript, as our office will be able to retrieve it from MyAccess.

*For those schools that use Parchment, if our email address is unavailable, please contact your university registrar for instructions on how to send the transcript to postbacapp@georgetown.edu.

*For those schools that use National Student Clearinghouse, in the address area please select “Other” under “Departments within the University” and type in our email address postbacapp@georgetown.edu.