Osteopathic Application/Matriculation rate

[walla189]

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So I'm running some numbers of how many people apply and Matriculate into to Osteopathic Medical schools. Here are my numbers right now,

Number total AMCAS
Total AACOMAS application for 2005 (8258)
Plus UNTHSC/TCOM Applications (1700)

8258+1700=9958

Total Matriculations (3908)

3908/9958= 40%

Does this sound right? Of course my assumption here is that TCOM applicants apply only to TCOM and not AACOMAS, so the number is total applications is probably at least >1000.

Does this seem accurate?



Source
http://www.aacom.org/data/annualreport/slideshow/index.html

 

[Saregamapadanis]

Not that you are wrong, I just don't get this,
Doesn't seem very logical. For instance, lets take 2 schools... kcumb and nycom.

Now, applicants for kcumb are around ~3000/year. Applicants for nycom are also ~3000/year- that is six thousand applicants for just two schools. But there are 28 (?) DO schools... it is a fact that the applicant pool overlaps somewhat for each of those 28 schools... but it doesn't make sense that the entire applicant pool is only ~ 10,000. It just doesn't seem right.

 

[t-funk]

I think it might make sense. Last year, there were 26 DO schools? And I think I read somewhere there were about 11,000 applicatnts and the average applicant applied to 6 schools which means the average applicant applied to 1/4 to 1/5 of the DO schools available. If you divide 11,000 by 4-5, you get about 2 to 3,000. However, more people are going to apply to the 1st 5 (KCOM,KCUMB, PCOM, DMU, and CCOM) than the others or the public schools due to instate preferences so their numbers should be on the high side. This is just how I reasoned it, it could be wrong.

 

[Tom Brady]

well if 3000 actually matriculate,(40%) then chance of getting accepted must be near 70%. that doent make sense?

 

[scpod]

3908/9958= 40%

Does this sound right?

I don't know what your thought process is, but most people look at statistics as these statistics as a way to determine how good their acceptance chances are. But, the only thing his tells you is that 40% of the people who applied that year also matriculated into an osteopathic school. Other than that, it's a pretty useless statistic. You cannot infer any individuals chances based on it. IOW, you can't say that any individual has a 40% chance of matriculating. An individuals chances will be based on things like the number of places applied to, where they applied, etc.

 

[Saregamapadanis]

well if 3000 actually matriculate,(40%) then chance of getting accepted must be near 70%. that doent make sense?

Not really, even if you have all acceptances, you only choose to go to one school. So really, it doesn't say anything about your chance of being accepted.

the average applicant applied to 6 schools which means the average applicant applied to 1/4 to 1/5 of the DO schools available. If you divide 11,000 by 4-5, you get about 2 to 3,000

I guess that does make sense, considering the average applicant only applies to 6 schools instead of 28.

 

[walla189]

I happened to come across this on the new aacom website and I guess this is the best source.

Admission to an osteopathic medical school is competitive.
The schools are able to select their entering class
from a large number of highly qualified applicants.
Last year, there were approximately 70,000 applications
designated by more than 11,400 applicants for
approximately 3,900 seats.

So

3900/11400=34%

Pretty slim, however that would seem to make sense with the feeling on the forums.







http://www.aacom.org/resources/bookstore/cib/Documents/cib2008.pdf

The stat is on page 19

 

[lacesoutdan]

3900/11400=34%

Pretty slim, however that would seem to make sense with the feeling on the forums.

34% of people who applied matriculated to an osteopathic school. But many of those 11400 applicants also applied to allopathic schools and then matriculated at one of them. So the percentage of applicants accepted at one or more osteopathic schools would be much higher than 34%. Maybe you already thought of that...the way you worded things it seemed like you thought 34% was an acceptance rate.

 

[SugarNaCl]

Totally out of curiosity, how many countries can osteopathic physicians practice in? It is much more limited than their MD counterparts, no?

 

[lacesoutdan]

Totally out of curiosity, how many countries can osteopathic physicians practice in? It is much more limited than their MD counterparts, no?

Sticked thread - not sure how current or accurate it is:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=107627

Thread currently on the front page of the forum on this:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=472512

 

[walla189]

34% of people who applied matriculated to an osteopathic school. But many of those 11400 applicants also applied to allopathic schools and then matriculated at one of them. So the percentage of applicants accepted at one or more osteopathic schools would be much higher than 34%. Maybe you already thought of that...the way you worded things it seemed like you thought 34% was an acceptance rate.

No I hadn't thought of that, very good observation.