George Washington University Medical School

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (GW Med for short) was established in 1824 due to the need for doctors in the District of Columbia (DC) but formally opened its doors a year later in 1825. It is the eleventh oldest medical school in the country and the first medical school established in the nation's capital. The school has more than 700 medical students currently enrolled in its Doctor of Medicine (MD) program. Over the past few years, GW has seen a dramatic rise in the number of applications it receives. For the past six years, it has been the most applied to medical school in the country, receiving almost 14,000 applications (13,856 applications; a 3.2 percent increase from the previous year),...