I think the TOTAL number of apps is higher and the number you gave is TOTAL interviews.
Just do it man. I would not have gone to that interview if I had found out that there were that many interviews...but I ended up just doing it without knowing and finding out later (cursing myself)...But then I GOT IN! Really wild. I would definitely just apply and go to your interview if I were you. Who knows?!
That could be a correct out-of-state number. For the entering class of 2001, only 2,537 applied of which 22 percent were in-state (according to <a href="http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/famg32001.htm" target="_blank">the AAMC</a>).
For 2002, the numbers might have been lower. The AAMC will publish the official 2002 numbers in November.
this is what usnews has for fall 2001:
Applied Interviewed Accepted Enrolled
Total: 2,552 1,191 306 150
Instate: 557 245 48 24
Out of st:1,995 946 258 126
Scooby, why wouldnt you have gone if you had known haow many they interview? I think its great that they give so many interviews!