Acceptance Rate

[bpatient]

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I am thinking about applying next cycle and was wondering if you guys could help me figure out all this acceptance rate and stuff since the # of applicants is quite daunting.

http://www.aacom.org/data/studentenr...by_COM.pdf.pdf

Looking at that, it seems for Touro-NY, I have about a 5% chance of acceptance. Is that correct, since acceptance rate is usually higher than matriculating and assuming I have stats close to their matriculate average? 5% chance is pretty low 🙁 even when looking at other schools it ranges from 5-10%.

http://www.aacom.org/data/applicantsmatriculants/Documents/2011-Applicants.pdf

http://www.aacom.org/data/applicantsmatriculants/Documents/2011Matriculantsummary.pdf

But when I look at the # of applicants compared to matriculants, about 40% get accepted somewhere. How should I make sense of all this data provided my grades/mcat are within one SD of accepted matriculants?

 

[WorldChanger36]

I am thinking about applying next cycle and was wondering if you guys could help me figure out all this acceptance rate and stuff since the # of applicants is quite daunting.

http://www.aacom.org/data/studentenr...by_COM.pdf.pdf

Looking at that, it seems for Touro-NY, I have about a 5% chance of acceptance. Is that correct, since acceptance rate is usually higher than matriculating and assuming I have stats close to their matriculate average? 5% chance is pretty low 🙁 even when looking at other schools it ranges from 5-10%.

http://www.aacom.org/data/applicantsmatriculants/Documents/2011-Applicants.pdf

http://www.aacom.org/data/applicantsmatriculants/Documents/2011Matriculantsummary.pdf

But when I look at the # of applicants compared to matriculants, about 40% get accepted somewhere. How should I make sense of all this data provided my grades/mcat are within one SD of accepted matriculants?

Here is how it works. Most applicants have been between a (Raw) 5% to 10% change to get into any medical school DO or MD. You increase these chances (Raw again) up to for most 56% if you apply to 15 to 20 different school. Other factors that increase the chances of acceptance (non-Raw stats) are Grades and scores, ECs, LORs, outside UG academics ( SMPs, Summer research, ect), inside deals ( they know somebody), in state status in a state with more then three in state preferences, and aggressive tactics ( using LOI Updates, in the area emails,ect)

Take for example myself ( feel free to look at my MDapps whenever that comes back) I am applying to 10 DO schools and 10 MD school (7 ISS MD school and 2 ISS DO school, 6 with IS preference) so I am any where from 42% to 56% (raw). My GPA is give or take about a 3.4 ( a little more for DO due to Grade forgiveness and a little less for MD) for most schools I am a little below their average so I lose about 10% of my chance. ( Down to 46%) My MCAT is average ( 32), a little above DO though so I add 5%.(51%) My ECs are very good in all categories good research, leadership, volunteer, shadowing and clinical so I add 5% (56%).My LORs are standard so I add nothing. I am about to start an SMP at Mississippi college and depending on my GPA and shelf scores I can add anywhere from -25% ( if I have less then 3.2 GPA) up to 20%. ( Will leave this open), I have no inside deals and I do have great in state preference so I add 7% (63%) and I will play this app year very aggressive so I add 2% ( 65%). So depending on my SMP performance my chances are 40% to 85% that I will be accepted into some school I have applied to.

This is how I look at it.

 

[dntke1518]

I'm going to reference something I heard in "money ball"... Stats can represent a player's whole season, except for the time that he is up to bat with 2 outs and three men on, then those stats go right out the window. I don't know if I paraphrased that right on but the point is, you can look at stats for applicant vs matriculant data all you want, it really comes down to if you are ready and confident in yourself to apply. There will always be a great number of applicants, if you want to be a physician then do what you have to and get it done.

 

[Chamahk]

Here is how it works. Most applicants have been between a (Raw) 5% to 10% change to get into any medical school DO or MD. You increase these chances (Raw again) up to for most 56% if you apply to 15 to 20 different school. Other factors that increase the chances of acceptance (non-Raw stats) are Grades and scores, ECs, LORs, outside UG academics ( SMPs, Summer research, ect), inside deals ( they know somebody), in state status in a state with more then three in state preferences, and aggressive tactics ( using LOI Updates, in the area emails,ect)

Take for example myself ( feel free to look at my MDapps whenever that comes back) I am applying to 10 DO schools and 10 MD school (7 ISS MD school and 2 ISS DO school, 6 with IS preference) so I am any where from 42% to 56% (raw). My GPA is give or take about a 3.4 ( a little more for DO due to Grade forgiveness and a little less for MD) for most schools I am a little below their average so I lose about 10% of my chance. ( Down to 46%) My MCAT is average ( 32), a little above DO though so I add 5%.(51%) My ECs are very good in all categories good research, leadership, volunteer, shadowing and clinical so I add 5% (56%).My LORs are standard so I add nothing. I am about to start an SMP at Mississippi college and depending on my GPA and shelf scores I can add anywhere from -25% ( if I have less then 3.2 GPA) up to 20%. ( Will leave this open), I have no inside deals and I do have great in state preference so I add 7% (63%) and I will play this app year very aggressive so I add 2% ( 65%). So depending on my SMP performance my chances are 40% to 85% that I will be accepted into some school I have applied to.

This is how I look at it.

hey, if you don't mind me asking, i wanted to know why you are doing a SMP? aren't your stats good enough for a D.O. school?

I'm asking because I have roughly 2 years of undergrad left and I'm going D.O. but my gpa needs a bit of a repair. if I'm able to get a 3.2 cum, 32 mcat (your stats) would I still need a smp program for a D.O. school?

thanks

 

[MedPR]

if I'm able to get a 3.2 cum, 32 mcat (your stats) would I still need a smp program for a D.O. school?

thanks

No.