However many applications received

[xiaoyi666]

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One thing I've always wondered is - when a school says we've already received 2500 applications or we received nearly 10,000 applications last year, do the schools mean completed applications or just AMCAS listing the school? If the former, then that is a lot of applications for a committee to go through. If the latter, how many completed applications do they actually receive and go through? Just something that was on my mind.

 

[RafaTech]

One thing I've always wondered is - when a school says we've already received 2500 applications or we received nearly 10,000 applications last year, do the schools mean completed applications or just AMCAS listing the school? If the former, then that is a lot of applications for a committee to go through. If the latter, how many completed applications do they actually receive and go through? Just something that was on my mind.

I'm pretty sure its just the number of people that applied to it through AMCAS. Less people actually finish the secondary. Anyone know otherwise?

 

[AMEHigh]

I've always wondered the same thing, but I kind of assumed the number they quote is the number of applicants that apply through AMCAS. I would like a definite answer though!

 

[xiaoyi666]

Yea I wish schools would tell us how many completed applications they have received or receive in a given year.

 

[heronumber1one1]

Its definitely the number of primaries sent via AMCAS (at least how it is reported on MSAR). AAMC provides all that data to all the schools that subscribe to the AMCAS service.

 

[DocWalken]

I think what's mostly quoted is the number of applications received through AMCAS (for example in the MSAR). However, some schools do give the number of completed secondaries they receive. They make a distinction like: "Last year, we received 5000 applications through amcas and 4000 completed secondaries." Hope this satisfies your curiosity.

 

[student1799]

This topic came up in a discussion about GW. I had noticed from MSAR (and posted in a thread here) that they get more than 13,000 apps per year, the most of any med school in America (and by a large margin). But another person replied to my post, saying that a GW interviewer had told him that the number was inflated because about half of the AMCAS applicants never completed their secondaries.

 

[yogreen]

I agree, I believe it's how many primaries are sent to the school. I think it would be much more helpful if they told us how many applicants actually completed the secondary, so we know the likelihood of getting an interview. The only school that I know reports this is Tulane:

"Tulane has received nearly 7,000 applications; approximately 65% of these are completed and, therefore, considered for admission."

Don't you think 65% is sort of low? This means almost 1500 lazy pre-meds don't 🙄

 

[JackInTheBox]

I agree, I believe it's how many primaries are sent to the school. I think it would be much more helpful if they told us how many applicants actually completed the secondary, so we know the likelihood of getting an interview. The only school that I know reports this is Tulane:

"Tulane has received nearly 7,000 applications; approximately 65% of these are completed and, therefore, considered for admission."

Don't you think 65% is sort of low? This means almost 1500 lazy pre-meds don't 🙄

How in the world did you get 35% of 7000 to equal 1500? 😕

 

[mbe36]

How in the world did you get 35% of 7000 to equal 1500? 😕

I LOL'd

 

[JDOC13]

2007 Application Figures:

• AMCAS Applications Received - 9.487
• Completed Applications - 5,434
• Applicants Interviewed - 528
• Acceptances Offered - 269

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/admissions/factsheet.htm

 

[shraf]

i remember reading in georgetown's application that about 60% of people completed the application last year.....i thought it was probably because of their really high secondary fee but i guess this might just be typical of most schools given what has been said in this thread.

 

[student1799]

i remember reading in georgetown's application that about 60% of people completed the application last year.....i thought it was probably because of their really high secondary fee but i guess this might just be typical of most schools given what has been said in this thread.

This may well be typical of schools which require essays on their secondaries. (There are a number that don't, such as NYMC, Einstein, Drexel, UMDNJ-RWJ and NJMS [if you're from NJ; otherwise you must write an essay about your ties to the state].) There are some schools whose secondaries are so onerous that many people don't complete them. (I've heard that comment frequently about Duke, which supposedly has 8 essays on theirs.)

On the other hand, if the secondary has no essays, I think you should assume that almost all the applications get completed.