Is it that true 1 out of 2 applicants get in US med schools on average?

[Smooth Operater]

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I was talking to my co-worker who plans to attend med schools. He told me that 1 out of 2 applicants get in US med school on average. That's including Canadian applicants without US citizenshp/visa. I was like mmmm.. 🙄 Then It's pretty easier to get in med schools in US than Canada, cuz I know 1 out of 7 applicants actually get in med school here due to VERY limited spots. So, I don't know if my co-worker's statment is true. It would be nice if someone can provide official statistic on this. I can see 1 out of 2 applicants with US citizenship/visa get in US med schools, but if you factor in the Canadians without US citzenship/visam, I don't think the chance is that high... Would Canadians be considered as foregin students ?? 🙄

 

[calstudent]

Sorry I don't know about Canadian residents

but, it is in fact somewhere around 1 in 2 applicants gets into A medical school, and that number will be dropping with the increase in applications that began last year.

 

[stoic]

I've heard that as well. Remember that not ever "premed" ends up apply to med school.

 

[Stroganoff]

I read stats that about 35k applicants apply for 16k American Allopathic spots. So about 1 out of 2.

But you have to consider that some people apply "just in case I get in" who have super low MCAT or GPA.

Just play the numbers game and get the ECs.

 

[calstudent]

But you have to consider that some people apply "just in case I get in" who have super low MCAT or GPA.

I'm not so sure about that...it is a long and grueling and expensive process. Do you really know people like that?
The people who I know that didn't get in have, however, sometimes understood that they didn't have a great chance for some reason (MCAT, volunteering, etc.) and then reapplied after fixing that problem.

 

[Blake]

It's pretty wild in Canada. My province has an extremely high cut off point ( we don't use the MCAT, to give you an idea, it's like you can't even have interviews unless you have something like, let's say, 35 on the MCAT ). So basically, 95 % of people who have interviews are accepted, since there are really few people with that kind of scores. It seems to work fine so far 🙂

 

[thegenius]

I'm not so sure about that...it is a long and grueling and expensive process. Do you really know people like that?
The people who I know that didn't get in have, however, sometimes understood that they didn't have a great chance for some reason (MCAT, volunteering, etc.) and then reapplied after fixing that problem.

It is what the statistics show. If you go to aamc.org, you can search somewhere on the total number of applicants vs. the number matriculated. And the previous poster had it right, it's 35K applied vs. 16K get in. So about 45% of those who apply get in.

 

[45408]

I've heard that as well. Remember that not ever "premed" ends up apply to med school.

NO KIDDING. I remember a junior pre-med telling me and two other frosh premeds that in one of my first classes. I remember thinking that I would make it, and now, of the four, I'm the only one left. The junior's grades had always been rather weak, and the girl switched to nursing and the guy switched to English after bombing out of organic.

 

[Smooth Operater]

cool, thank for all the quick replys.

Do US med schools treat Canadians without US citzenship/visa foregin students?

 

[lattimer13]

check out the AMCAS Med school admission requirements book...it has all that info you are seeking. your school or local library should have it. when i applied for the entering class in fall 2003 it was about 1 in 2 that got accepted, but i've heard the 50% acceptance rate is dropping due to increasing # of applications. check it out.

 

[Code Brown]

cool, thank for all the quick replys.

Do US med schools treat Canadians without US citzenship/visa foregin students?

It depends on the school. Some schools specifically state that they will only take US citizens or pemanent residents (who are supposedly treated as equals to US citizens).

 

[mdsh00]

I've heard that as well. Remember that not ever "premed" ends up apply to med school.

SO true. In freshman year of college, I remember almost every science major being pre-med. It's interesting how many of them actually end up applying

 

[45408]

Remember also though - a lot of applicants are repeat applicants, and they might try two or three times to get into med school when they weren't qualified to get in from the start. I wonder how what percentage of first-time applicants get in.

 

[Fed Meat]

Do Canada's undergrad science pre-req classes go through the weed-out process that American schools do?

At my school we started out with maybe 4 sections of 140 people in gen chem and ended up with 3 sections of 60 for physics. Given, this was known as a pre-med feeder school, but I think a lot of US applicants get hammered before they even get to process of applying.

 

[j0ker918]

Remember also though - a lot of applicants are repeat applicants, and they might try two or three times to get into med school when they weren't qualified to get in from the start. I wonder how what percentage of first-time applicants get in.

I agree with Prowler, out of my five closest friends freshman year, I'm the only one who is still pre-med, so the weeding process starts before applications even begin. For the survivors who are continuing with the process, I have a feeling that we are going to apply and apply and apply until we get in somewhere. Therefore, 1 out of 2 applicants isn't surprising.

 

[ONSLAUGHT]

i want to cry 🙁

 

[dave613]

i want to cry 🙁

why?