Premedical
Information
Announcements
Have you seen the new College
of Science and Mathematics premed page?
MCAT 2021
Again the details have changed from previous years, so pay
attention
The testing
calendar has been published. They
will be returning to the usual 8 hour format of the exam. Nevertheless, there are morning and late
afternoon times to be able to accommodate more test takers and social
distancing.
Registration
for Jan – Mar testing dates opens November 10. You can preregister now.
Registration for Apr – Jun
dates opens Feb 17
Registration for Jul – Sept
dates will open in May
Applications for entry to medical school in Fall
2022
Application season for this class
is in the Summer of 2021. The applications normally open in May with submission
to medical schools starting in June.
There is a reason they give you a whole month—it takes that long! It’s a complex process. If you want to start
thinking about and gathering materials that you will need for this application,
I have developed a checklist. I did this a few years ago, so there may be a
few subtle changes, but the basics are there.
General Advising
Information
Premedical Education at Augusta
University (general)
Handouts for: Chemistry Majors
Most Medical School’s
requirements are very similar to those for the Medical College of Georgia at
Augusta University
Current
MCG admissions requirements (updated Jan 2018):
1 year of English
(English-based composition, Writing,
Literature or Communication also acceptable.)
1 year of physics, including
lab
1 year College* Biology,
including lab
2 years college* Chemistry
with at least 2 semesters of lab
Must include at least one semester of organic
1 semester biochemistry (May
be part of the two years of chemistry)
1 semester of probability or
statistics
*Note: AP credits do NOT count as “college” courses; Thus they can still
be used in English, math and Physics but not in Chemistry or biology.
1 year
= 2 semesters or three quarters or two quarters and one semester.
Online coursework will not be accepted for science classes (BIOL,
CHEM, PHYS)—although they are making exceptions for covid
right now
You know you will also have to take and do well on the MCAT but
have you heard about the CASPer exam?
MCG and
many other medical schools are now requiring
it as part of your admission package. It is a computer-based assessment of
personal characteristics. You can visit takecasper.com for more details and to
register for the test. Like other tests, it will cost you some money and there
is a processing time. Be sure to check
due dates.
If you are from South
Carolina, you might want to look at MUSC
Fact
Sheet for the 2022 Medical School Class at MCG.
(These students started fall 2018! These results are typical. How are your grades and MCAT scores? Note: the MCG admissions website says,
“Given the highly
competitive nature of the applicant pool, applicants with GPAs less than 3.0,
or MCAT scores less than 496, are not considered competitive for interview.”)
PreMed Advisors and their office numbers (updated September
2019)
You are encouraged to consult with your
premed advisor even while you are being officially advised through the advising
center. These people have extra insights
and will be organizing your recommendation letter so get to know them!
Biology majors ...assigned
alphabetically by last name
A – B: Dr. Bates……………..SCI C2004
C – F: Dr. Abdulovic-Cui.....SCI W2007
G – I: Dr. Bradford………...SCI W2020
J – L: Dr. Sabbatini………..SCI C2014
M – P: Dr. Cannon……….....SCI C2016
Q – S: Dr. Davis……….…...SCI C2018
T - Z Dr. Fischer……...….SCI E2011
Professional Scholars
Mr. Vericella…….SCI W2015B
Psychology Majors
Dr. Patton……SCI
E1009
Chemistry majors
Dr. Spencer……..SCI
C3002
Most post-bacs, everyone who
does not fit into another category
Dr. Myers……..SCI
C3008
MCAT Links
AAMC has opened an MCAT
prep portal .
This is not a direct link to the
portal (it requires registration) but it will get you there, as well as to
other MCAT information, including registration.
This
will open in powerpoint. This information about the new test is still
mostly relevant.
Which AU courses cover the concepts
that will be tested on the MCAT?
This
is an Excel spreadsheet.
Pre-health
Collection within MedEdPORTAL’s iCollaborative
Confused about names?
Join the club! This is the scoop:
GRU = Georgia Regents
University
This is
the not so recently departed name of the entire University including the
Medical School and the undergraduate programs
but now they have changed it to:
AU = Augusta University (Although there are a lot
of old GRU logos still out there!)
Still current is
MCG = Medical College of Georgia
This is the name of the college
within Augusta University that houses the medical school.
It is confusing
because MCG used to be the name of the entire university (that included the
medical school) before it was changed to Georgia Health Sciences University
(about 2010?) and changed again when GHSU was consolidated with Augusta State
University (ASU) and the entire consolidated thing was renamed Georgia Regents
University (1/2013) then in September 2015 they said it would be renamed
Augusta University and that name officially took effect on December 1, 2015.
See there is no reason to be
confused…. 