Who Chooses WU?
The 2020 Entering Class
The group is composed of highly talented, intellectually-curious, thoughtful, creative, community-minded and diverse young professionals with outstanding academic and personal qualifications. The group of 104 includes:
- 63 women and 41 men
- Ages ranging from 20-29
- 25 individuals from groups underrepresented in medicine
- 20 enrolled in the joint MD/PhD Program, also called our Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
What Does My White Coat Mean to Me?
During Orientation week, students shared their thoughts about donning their white coats — the symbol of their future profession.
For more, visit the White Coat Ceremony website.
Academic and personal qualifications (2020 Entering Class)
- Mean grade point averages (GPA) of 3.88
- Mean MCAT total score of 520.5
- Originated from 28 states and 8 foreign countries (Canada, China, Honduras, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain and Vietnam). States most represented are California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New York and Texas.
- 60 different colleges and universities, with four or more students coming from:
- Washington University
- Duke University
- Vanderbilt University
- Yale University
- Emory University
- University of California, Berkeley
Undergraduate Institutions Represented — 2011-2020
(The table below presents only those universities and colleges contributing three or more students; the totals comprise entering WashU medical school classes, 2011 through 2020)
University/College | Total |
Baylor University | 3 |
Bowdoin University | 4 |
Brandeis University | 4 |
Brigham Young University | 11 |
Brown University | 15 |
California Institute of Technology | 7 |
Carleton College | 4 |
Case Western Reserve University | 7 |
Colby College | 3 |
Columbia University in the City of New York | 17 |
Cornell University | 18 |
Dartmouth College | 11 |
Davidson College | 3 |
Duke University | 37 |
Emory University | 14 |
Florida State University | 3 |
Fordham University | 3 |
Georgetown University | 4 |
Georgia Institute of Technology | 3 |
Harvard University | 53 |
Indiana University-Bloomington | 10 |
Johns Hopkins University | 21 |
Macalester College | 3 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 19 |
McGill University | 7 |
Michigan State University | 5 |
Middlebury College | 4 |
New York University | 5 |
Northwestern University | 16 |
Ohio State University | 11 |
Oregon State University | 3 |
Pomona College | 3 |
Princeton University | 18 |
Rice University | 23 |
Saint Louis University | 6 |
St. Olaf College | 5 |
Stanford University | 16 |
Swarthmore College | 3 |
Truman State University | 4 |
Tufts University | 5 |
Tulane University | 5 |
University of Arizona | 7 |
University of Arkansas | 4 |
University of California, Berkeley | 41 |
University of California, Davis | 4 |
University of California, Los Angeles | 30 |
University of California, San Diego | 14 |
University of Chicago | 13 |
University of Florida | 9 |
University of Georgia | 7 |
University of Illinois at Chicago | 3 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 14 |
University of Iowa | 4 |
University of Kentucky | 3 |
University of Maryland – Baltimore County | 4 |
University of Maryland – College Park | 6 |
University of Massachusetts – Amherst | 3 |
University of Miami (FL) | 3 |
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor | 27 |
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities | 8 |
University of Missouri-Columbia | 3 |
University of Nebraska – Lincoln | 5 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 12 |
University of Notre Dame | 16 |
University of Oklahoma | 3 |
University of Pennsylvania | 28 |
University of Pittsburgh | 6 |
University of Southern California | 13 |
University of Texas at Austin | 6 |
University of Toronto | 5 |
University of Tulsa | 5 |
University of Virginia | 6 |
University of Washington | 15 |
University of Western Ontario | 4 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | 9 |
Vanderbilt University | 28 |
Washington University in St. Louis | 160 |
Wellesley College | 4 |
Whitman College | 3 |
Williams College | 6 |
Yale University | 39 |
Personal qualities
Please visit the Student Life section for more about our students’ personal interests, qualities and lifestyles.