New (4.8.12) Osteopathic Matriculant Profile for the 2011 class

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who cares if they accepted someone with a 14 or a 41. all that really matters is that they accept YOU. but more importantly, ME lol.

I found it interesting that the average female had a higher GPA but the males had the higher MCATs.

Originally Posted by MedicinaeDoctor

who cares if they accepted someone with a 14 or a 41. all that really matters is that they accept YOU. but more importantly, ME lol.

A colleague of mine is still waiting on couple of waitlists, only because he applied late (September). He has average stats. (3.3 & 27), years of research, and hundreds of clinical and nonclinical exposure. In addition, he has some "bedside manners".


It matters...a lot. Many well-rounded, academically above average applicants get rejected or waitlisted every year, simply because applicants overwhelmingly outnumber spots available.

Originally Posted by ParacrineAgent

I found it interesting that the average female had a higher GPA but the males had the higher MCATs.

This reflects the cramming character of most male students (me included).

I think it's interesting that the 2013 CIB is posting the stats that don't include the postbac grades: http://www.aacom.org/resources/books..._whole_web.pdf

Not that they're terribly different.

Originally Posted by dododr

So confused by those 2's in each mcat section that got accepted. Am I misreading that? That sounds just too low.

Maybe someone had a 2 in verbal, but 15's on the sciences? I know it's unlikely (and, really, still shouldn't matter because a 2 in anything is an embarrassment)...but who knows.

What does the 14 really tell you? That you never know. There may be statistics that aren't in your favor with this score, but people still play the lottery when chances are 1 in hundreds of thousands. So GOOD for the lucky winner number 14 and best of luck to him/her.

yea...that makes sense

its the lowest in the section...

doesnt bode well..
but if i had a school id take a 15b 15p 2v anyday...


add the fact that some DO schools even disregard the verbal...

Honestly if you can get a 15 in BS then you can get at least a 8 in VR.

Originally Posted by serenade

Honestly if you can get a 15 in BS then you can get at least a 8 in VR.

Exactly

Originally Posted by se20001984

yea...that makes sense

its the lowest in the section...

doesnt bode well..
but if i had a school id take a 15b 15p 2v anyday...


add the fact that some DO schools even disregard the verbal...

What schools disregard verbal?

5409 applicants
5363 matriculants? Is this correct? Meaning that only 46 applicants did not matriculate at one of the schools they applied to? Am I reading this correctly?

Originally Posted by Bisbee

5409 applicants
5363 matriculants? Is this correct? Meaning that only 46 applicants did not matriculate at one of the schools they applied to? Am I reading this correctly?

Yes, you are reading it incorrect.

'Of the 5,409 2011 osteopathic medical school matriculants, 5,363 (99 percent) submitted an application through AACOMAS. A total of 46 matriculants had never completed an AACOMAS application.'

Its just saying 46 people in the class of 2015 never filled out an aacomas application.

No you misread, 46 matriculants did NOT use AACOMAS out of the 5409 matriculants. The stat is mostly referring that the statistics presented in the rest of the article apply to almost the enitre matriculant population. Hope that clears things up.

You are reading it wrong. Of all matriculating students, 5363 applied through AACOMAS, and the other 46 applied through some internal method.

Beat to the punch. Stupid iPhone.

Originally Posted by cabinbuilder

There was a girl in my class who had an MCAT of 17. She was later tested to have sever dyslexia and has trouble with written testing. They tested her orally on her knowledge and she was admitted based on the oral exam. I don't have the second number though.

How was that not caught in the previous 20 something years of her life?

Okay...thanks guys...my stupid.

Originally Posted by Bisbee

Okay...thanks guys...my stupid.

I have a friend at an MD school who had someone with a 14 on their MCAT in a senior class. It happens.

Originally Posted by somekindof

I have a friend at an MD school who had someone with a 14 on their MCAT in a senior class. It happens.

I could see it being someone with a PhD in physiology or biochemistry or something. Why such an applicant would get a 14is the next question.

Anybody notice how 79 people applied from south carolina and 65 matriculated?? Do you think the state you reside in and apply from has anything to do with getting into the DO schools?

Heres the links for applicant pool info and matriculant entering class profile:
http://www.aacom.org/data/applicants...Applicants.pdf

http://www.aacom.org/data/applicants...antsummary.pdf

Originally Posted by circulus vitios

How was that not caught in the previous 20 something years of her life?

It's complicated.

URM AA is still a factor in the DO admission process but not so much for URM hispanics...