How many MD interviews does the average med school applicant get?

[deleted1135735]

Thanks.

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[LizzyM]

Given that more than 50% of all applicants get no offers of admission, how many interviews they or any other applicants get is a moot point. If you are the "average" applicant, you will be empty-handed at the end of the cycle.

 

[deleted1135735]

Given that more than 50% of all applicants get no offers of admission, how many interviews they or any other applicants get is a moot point. If you are the "average" applicant, you will be empty-handed at the end of the cycle.

What is an "average applicant"?

 

[LizzyM]

The average applicant is the applicant who is at the 50th percentile within the pool of ~50,000 applicants. So someone ranked around number 25,000 out of 50,000. Problem is, we have room for only ~21,000 applicants across all the schools in the US. So average isn't good enough to get in.

 

[deleted1135735]

The average applicant is the applicant who is at the 50th percentile within the pool of ~50,000 applicants. So someone ranked around number 25,000 out of 50,000. Problem is, we have room for only ~21,000 applicants across all the schools in the US. So average isn't good enough to get in.

Do you know what the stats are of an average applicant?

 

[LizzyM]

Do you know what the stats are of an average applicant?

You might find this grid to be more helpful in answering the question you are trying to ask:

https://www.aamc.org/media/6091/download

Note that the table aggregates three cycles of data.

 

[PuzzlesMD]

The average of a matriculant is 3. Common sense would imply that the average of an applicant to be less. Common sense could be wrong. Imagine it being 6+ 🤣 (it being 3 would be an similarly scary yet more realistic stat)

 

[chssoccer7]

I'm not sure that this question even implies any useful correlating data. Some med school applicants get 5-10 interviews and don't get accepted anywhere. Some applicants get 1 interview and get an acceptance there. The # of interviews doesn't really imply correlation to getting in.

It's like asking how many people does the average person have to ask to the prom before they find a date. Some have one that really wants them. Some shop around and can't find a date. There are far too many other factors at play to narrow it down to just getting an interview or not.

 

[chicandtoughness]

The only few statistics I find valuable (mostly as a bucket of cold water thrown on potential applicants and their parents) are:

These are some sobering statistics. I'm not questioning the validity, but am curious where the data is from :O

 

[chicandtoughness]

Every step every applicant makes can be tracked from MCAT attempts and application starts through submission, interviews, matriculation, step exams, into residency and beyond. AAMC/AMCAS, AACOM/AACOMAS, ACGME, and all the other organizations make this most of data publicly available of at least estimable from sources

https://www.aamc.org/media/5976/download shows 990,790 applications submitted with 22,712 matriculants enrolled for 2022-2023 matriculation year. Other AAMC FACTS tables report 55,188 applicants


https://www.aamc.org/media/50081/download Question #15 shows about 52% matriculants had more than one acceptance of 47% how to single acceptance.

The aggregate number of interviews is an estimate from the applications received and interviews offered as reported on each school in the MSAR.

The number of acceptances is from end-of-the-year report, compiled by AAMC That isn’t publicly available. The number of alternates is purely an estimate on my experience.

Thank you for this! Going to delve into some of these stats for funsies haha.