Originally posted by Dr. Wall$treet
if your stats arent good enough to get you into dental school there is no chance of you getting into med school. it is about 10 times more comepetiive to get in.
Obviously not a true statement. It may generally apply, however. The same could also be said for med applicants -- those who don't get into med. school would not have a very good chance of getting into dental school (at least not on the first application cycle).
Of course, any debate on this subject is near pointless, since adcoms of both professions seek some similar traits in their respective applicants, coupled with some traits unique and necessary to each respective profession.
From the standpoint of pure numbers, however, there were 32,250 applicants attempting to fill the 15,100 available seats in medical schools last year. If all applicants applied to every school, then the acceptance rate would be 46% (in this hypothetical situation).
Last year, there were 12,100 applicants attempting to fill the 4,240 available seats in dental schools. Once again, if all applicants applied to every school, then the acceptance rate would be 35%.
Still, this hypothetical situation proves little in the real world. Quality of applicants must be taken into consideration, and I won't disagree that med. school applicants tend to have a higher GPA than most dental applicants.
That's fine with me. After all, nobody says you'll match with the competitive specialites, which means I'll probably have more free time than you, make as much if not more $$ than you, and won't have to pull a q4, q3, or q of any sort. Good luck with med school!
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I nearly forgot, I've taken the MCAT, and it was more difficult than the DAT.