Average number of times applying = 3?

[justin984]

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[blee]

That doesn't sound right to me.

As of last year, the nationwide medical school acceptance rate was roughly 40-50%. If you assume a totally random process, then maybe you could say that acceptance is definite by the third try. But we know (or hope) that the process is not quite so random. This tells me that truly inadequate candidates would never get in, regardless of how many times they try; furthermore, truly qualified candidates will get in at first crack.

I don't see how it could ever take an average of three tries to get in. It's probably more realistic to say that a person who can't get in after three tries is not likely to be a good candidate without some extraordinary work.

 

[efex101]

No that is not correct

 

[1Path]

I don't see how it could ever take an average of three tries to get in. It's probably more realistic to say that a person who can't get in after three tries is not likely to be a good candidate without some extraordinary work.

I heard of people taking as many as 6 tries to get in. But I think you're right, with every reapplication, something definitely needs to be improved upon.

 

[Law2Doc]

Is it true that on average it takes 3 tries for students to get into medschool? I heard this on disc health sometime back. Any truth to this?

That cannot be right. Many people get in the first time or not at all. The average is going to likely be something with a decimal point - between 1 and 2.