# applicants 2026-2027

[Toxstxr]

anyone have any data on this
i think it's becoming undeniable there's been a surge in the number of applicants this cycle:
1. Primary verification was absolutely cooked this cycle
2. Most MDs im looking at have had a massive surge in the number of applicants (Wayne, Oakland, RFU, etc.) and are sending less II than usual

Could this be attributed to shotgunning applications or is it genuinely over

 

[wysdoc]

The deadline for submitting a primary AMCAS app varies from school to school, so overall total number of applicants for 2026-2027 will lag a bit before being published.
There are only a few schools with a deadline past December 2026 so we might hear some preliminary numbers from AMCAS in early 2027.

My sense of it this year is not that there were necessarily more AMCAS applicants, but that the bottleneck for verification was caused by more applicants submitting in the first 1-2 weeks.
The TMDSAS app system closed on October 1, 2026 and the number of TMDSAS applicants remained steady (total 7159 this cycle, total 7182 last cycle).

 

[LizzyM]

In general, when AAMC meets in early November, it publicizes the figures from the cycle that ended with matriculations this calendar year. So, you won't know how many applicants there were in 2026-2027 until November 2027.

 

[Goro]

anyone have any data on this
i think it's becoming undeniable there's been a surge in the number of applicants this cycle:
1. Primary verification was absolutely cooked this cycle
2. Most MDs im looking at have had a massive surge in the number of applicants (Wayne, Oakland, RFU, etc.) and are sending less II than usual

Could this be attributed to shotgunning applications or is it genuinely over

My school is seeing a surge.

In general, when the economy goes south, applications increase.

 

[WildWing]

My school is seeing a surge.

In general, when the economy goes south, applications increase.

Based on SDN's history, we definitely see increased interest and applications when the economy tanks.

Not sure what happened with verifications this year. AMCAS Tracker data didn't indicate a huge surge in first day/first week submissions. It did show a surge in overall submissions on AMCAS Tracker, but we have no way of knowing if that means more applicants. I posted this in another thread:

Post in: 'Late July primary submitters NOT VERIFIED YET??? Labor Day incoming?!'

Sep 18, 2026

I was curious if the long delays this year is due to the number of people who submit on the first day. Specifically, if AMCAS got overwhelmed by first day/first week submissions because everyone tries to get stuff in early, which slowed processing down for everyone. So we did some querying of our AMCAS Tracker data and found that the percentage of people who submit first day/first week is pretty consistent year over year, without a huge jump this year:

Metric	2026-27	2025-26	Change
First day submissions	49	40	+22.5%

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