Acceptance of medical school

[cystapharm]

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What would be the approximate ratio of application:acceptance for pharmacy school in comparison to medical school?

if pharmacy is, say, 1 in 4 get accepted, then what is it for medical school?

 

[DrBowtie]

You'd have to define your chances in terms of getting into a particular school vs. overall.

Overall its ~45k applicants for ~20K spots.

 

[cystapharm]

Overall, generally speaking.

 

[evilolive]

Different applicant pools, different processes. You can't compare them; they're apples and oranges.

 

[sdn1977]

You can find this information, but its a bit tedious. First, realize there are two paths into medicine - allopathic & osteopathic. I know allopathic only because thats the path my daughter took. Go to the AMCAS website. You can link to MCAT. It will give you statistics for any given year broken down into a gazillion ways (this is where those people who majored in math & loved statistics went to work😀).

But, if you look there, at the 2006 class, there were about 39,000 applicants & about 19,000 matriculants.

But - remember...this is only allopathic. You'd have to go to the osteopathic application site to find that. Also, there are some schools (Texas) who all don't partipate in AMCAS.

I"d say that for a determined candidate in both areas - pharmacy & medicine - you're likely to get in if you want to get in badly enough & if you are qualified. But, you may not get into your school of choice or even a school in the state of your choice. I think people who go into medicine are generally more willing to move than in pharmacy.....but, that is just my very small personal n & has no significance outside of my own circle.

But...those are the places to get your actual statistics - AMCAS, the equivalent osteo place & PHARMCAS.

Now.....finishing is another story😉

 

[cystapharm]

But, if you look there, at the 2006 class, there were about 39,000 applicants & about 19,000 matriculants.

wow thats 48.7% acceptance...almost 1 in 2 get accepted! thats easier than I thought medical school acceptance would be. I thought it was like 20% or something or even less.

I checked out the aacp website, particularly this one:
http://www.aacp.org/Docs/MainNavigation/ForDeans/7735_Offers0506.pdf

and for 2006, it's only 33.6% that matriculated. I don't know if my math is correct or not though. I took 4932 and divided it by the total, 14650.

so if i'm correct does this mean it's harder to get into pharmacy school?

 

[sdn1977]

wow thats 48.7% acceptance...almost 1 in 2 get accepted! thats easier than I thought medical school acceptance would be. I thought it was like 20% or something or even less.

I checked out the aacp website, particularly this one:
http://www.aacp.org/Docs/MainNavigation/ForDeans/7735_Offers0506.pdf

and for 2006, it's only 33.6% that matriculated. I don't know if my math is correct or not though. I took 4932 and divided it by the total, 14650.

so if i'm correct does this mean it's harder to get into pharmacy school?

Could be....but, I'd have to go into the numbers deeper. But - they have to get accepted to a residency which is more difficult than pharmacy. Without a residency, they really cannot practice which is diffeent than pharmacy.

 

[konkan]

What would be the approximate ratio of application:acceptance for pharmacy school in comparison to medical school?

if pharmacy is, say, 1 in 4 get accepted, then what is it for medical school?

I know two things:
1. 2005 Wayne State University pharmacy program available spots - 85 applied 900
2. A guy who was applying to WSU med school told me that this year (2007) it was roughly 40 applicants per spot.

 

[Madnezz]

It's 7:1 ratio between applicant and acceptances for the 99 (100?) accredited schools of pharmacy.