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Science Spotlight: Students Combine Science and Humanities Majors

Science Spotlight: Students Combine Science and Humanities Majors

By Olivia Ibietatorremendia February 22, 2023

When one thinks of the pre-med track, the first majors that come to mind are likely biology, chemistry or any other branch of science. Yet nearly 1,738 of the students who applied to medical school in...

MARCINKOWSKI: Prevent Inequity for Premed Students

MARCINKOWSKI: Prevent Inequity for Premed Students

By Elizabeth Marcinkowski June 14, 2020

Let’s set the scene: A first-generation premed student is sitting in her family’s trailer home in Texas with two younger siblings, trying to study for an organic chemistry final. Her parents have...

ROSENSTEEL: Cherish Discoveries on the Hilltop

By Grant Rosensteel May 15, 2019

My time at Georgetown University has been one of discovery. I have discovered the meaning of friendship, the importance of community, the perks of city life, my passions and, most importantly, myself....

Do You Love Medicine?

By Samuel Kareff December 8, 2015

To all pre-med “Josh” Hoyas, I write this as I sit in the depths of another university’s library, preparing myself for yet another physiology test in less than 36 hours. I was privileged, unlike...

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When Pre-Med Gets Personal

By Andrew Meshnick April 10, 2014

The overambitious pre-medical student is a staple on the Georgetown campus. If you are not one yourself, you certainly know one. Pre-meds, as we are affectionately called, spend long nights laboring...

A Degree in Mini-Medicine

By Kit Clemente October 29, 2013

At the Georgetown University Medical Center, a group of students study medicine and health without the goal of becoming doctors. The Mini-Medical School was born out of an effort to relieve student-neighbor...

For Some Pre-Meds, an Alternative Future

By Kylie Mohr February 23, 2013

While most pre-medical students at Georgetown continue on to medical school, others consider alternative paths such as research, nursing, consulting and education. According to Edward Meyertholen, assistant...

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