Entering Class Profile
Research Experience
Members of the new class enter with extensive research experience: 89 percent engaged in research on the undergraduate or graduate level. Twenty-one percent are authors on a research publication or presentation. As undergraduates, new students were awarded prestigious research awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation and The Presidential Scholars Foundation. Among the Class of 2015, 68 percent were also awarded academic honors and 22 percent awarded scholarships as undergraduate students.
Global Health Opportunities
First-year students have participated in medical missions all over the world. In fact, more than 50 percent of students have traveled overseas to work as tutors, mentors, and teachers.
Medical students can engage in global clinical experiences at one of 18 affiliated universities, health clinics, and INGOs around the world.
Volunteer Experience
All incoming students entered with volunteer experience. Service ranged from volunteering with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to participating in alternative spring break missions.
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Average Total GPA: 3.76 |
Average Science GPA 3.71 |
Average Total MCAT: 35 |
Approximately one of every eight applicants to United States medical schools for the 2011-12 academic year applied to Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The 176 members of the Class of 2015 include 93 men and 83 women. Students list more than 90 undergraduate majors — from biology and chemistry to nursing, economics, and religious studies. Collectively, incoming students speak 29 different languages, including Chinese, French, and Russian. Ten members of the 2015 class have earned advanced degrees, including one Doctor of Philosophy, one Juris Doctor, three Master of Science, three Master of Arts, and two Master of Health.
Class of 2015 students are part of one the medical school's most diverse groups to date. Thirty-five students self-identified as part of underrepresented minority groups. Among the 176 matriculates, represented racial and ethnic groups include 10 (6 percent) African and African American; 47 (27 percent) Asian; 22 (13 percent) Hispanic; 2 (1 percent) Native American or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; and 85 (48 percent) white. Ten new students chose not to self-describe. There are 15 nontraditional students — those who have taken two or more years between their undergraduate studies and medical school — in the class.
Joint Degree Programs
| No. of Students | joint Degree program |
|---|---|
| 13 | Medical Scientist Training Program MSTP |
| 15 | MD/Master of Public Health MD/MPH |
| 2 | MD/Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics MD/MA |
| 24 | Honors Program in Medical Education HPME |
| 6 | Northwestern Undergraduate Premedical Scholars Program NUPSP |
This page last updated Dec 21, 2011