Augusta, GA
🩺 School Overview
Tuition (In State): $31,671
Tuition (Out of State): $60,595
Accreditation Status: Full
Acceptance Rate: N/A
Total Enrollment: N/A
Degrees: MD
Founding Year: 1828
Accreditation Year: 1942
Website: https://www.augusta.edu/mcg/
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📄 Application Information
Applications Received: N/A
Interviews Granted: N/A
Admitted: N/A
Average MCAT: 514
Average GPA: 3.68
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Female: N/A
Underrepresented:N/A
Interview Feedback Summary
Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 26% of interviews, indicating it is moderately regarded. They found the interview mixed with a low stress level, and felt they did well.
School Review Summary
Overall, students rated the program a 9 out of 10 for satisfaction. The student body is described as highly cooperative. The environment is considered supportive for underrepresented minorities, LGBTQ+ students, married students, students with disabilities, non-traditional students. Graduates feel very well-prepared for board exams. Faculty members are seen as highly approachable.
5 Most Common Secondary Essay Questions for MCG
- 1. Career Goals and Future Aspirations – Please discuss your primary interest in attending the Medical College of Georgia and how medical education at MCG will help you achieve your future career goals and desired specialty.
- 2. Motivation and Fit – At the core of MCG’s mission is community engagement and providing care to underserved communities. Please describe your engagement or personal experience with underserved communities.
- 3. Understanding and Commitment to Medicine – Please describe your motivation for becoming a physician. Provide an example of an impactful clinical experience or patient encounter that reinforced your desire to enter medicine.
- 4. Understanding and Commitment to Medicine – The art of medicine requires resilience. Please describe a time when you were part of something that failed and what you learned from that experience.
- 5. Community, Diversity, and Equity – How would you contribute to MCG’s community and the healthcare needs of Georgians?
About the School
The impact of the state of Georgia's only public medical school spans from its founding in 1828 as one of the nation's first medical schools to its current role optimizing health care in Georgia and beyond through education, discovery and service. The Medical College of Georgia, among the nine colleges of Augusta University, offers clinical training in approximately 135 sites across the state providing students experience in the full spectrum of medicine, from tertiary/quaternary care hospitals to small-town solo practices. The experience is anchored by MCG's main campus in Augusta as well as regional clinical campuses for third- and fourth-year students and a second four-year campus in Athens in partnership with the University of Georgia. roundsResearch initiatives focus on illnesses that affect most Georgians and Americans, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and obesity/diabetes. The sustained growth and productivity of the past decade is helping transform health in areas as diverse as childhood obesity, sickle cell disease and surgical recovery. MCG's clinical service zeroes in on the diverse needs of the state and nation as well, offering everything from frontline wellness care to complex care for the sickest adults and children. MCG faculty share their expertise with physicians and patients at about 80 clinics and hospitals statewide and utilize technology, developed at MCG, to virtually travel to the bedside of stroke patients.
Curriculum
Medical College of Georgia's curriculum integrates basic science and clinical experience with in-depth study and independent research throughout the years of medical school. MCG has affiliation agreements with major community hospitals within the state of Georgia that permit students to take some core clinical courses at these hospitals.
Facilities
The educational home of MCG is the J. Harold Harrison, MD, Education Commons, which opened in 2014. The Education Commons contains two, 300-seat auditoriums for medical students which are fully-integrated AV and IT for distance learning. The building also contains 13 small group rooms and 13 Learning Communities which contain study room for quiet collaboration or quick study, lockers for students, and a kitchenette for food/snack storage/preparation. The top floor of the education commons also contains a high fidelity simulation center with two, 8-bed open bay labs to simulate a hospital ward as well as a Standardized Patient Simulation Center with 30 exam rooms.
Augusta University and MCG are based in Augusta, Ga., a beautiful city on the banks of the Savannah River, which offers an eclectic blend of big-city amenities with small-town ambiance. The Augusta area, which has a population of about a half million, is an established health care destination in the Southeast, with facilities that include the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center and Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Augusta is also home to the internationally renowned Masters® Golf Tournament.
SDN Insights
Our analysis of MCG:
Student Loan Burden: $279,414
A student taking student loans for all 4 years of medical school at MCG, including tuition, fees, locally adjusted cost of living expenses, incidentals, and interest, can expect to have total student loans of $279,414. Estimate repayment with the SDN School Loan Repayment Calculator.
Cost of Living: Lower than 86% Nationally
The cost of living at MCG is lower than 86% of all medical schools nationwide. This can significantly reduce your overall expenses during medical school, making it a more affordable option.
Environment: Urban
There is currently insufficient information to assess the neighborhood around MCG.
School Address: AA-2040, Augusta, GA 30912
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