Quota on # of accepted applicants from a particular undergrad?

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People have told me that med schools don't like having too many students representative of one particular undergraduate institution. Is this true and do schools really compare you directly with other applicants from your school when it comes down to choosing who to accept?

I know it is kind of an irrelevant question but I have many friends from my school who will be applying to a lot of the same schools as me and I was just curious if I will be in direct competition with some of them more so than applicants from the general pool.

 

[ppfizenm]

People have told me that med schools don't like having too many students representative of one particular undergraduate institution. Is this true and do schools really compare you directly with other applicants from your school when it comes down to choosing who to accept?

I know it is kind of an irrelevant question but I have many friends from my school who will be applying to a lot of the same schools as me and I was just curious if I will be in direct competition with some of them more so than applicants from the general pool.

I actually think they do try to limit the number from a single undergrad so they can say their incoming class represents a larger number of universities and states. This is only a speculation of course but it couldn't hurt you to beat out your friends by getting ur app in first.

 

[NickNaylor]

I agree with ppf above in that it makes sense why a soft or informal cap might exist, but I will say that Pritzker doesn't limit the number of acceptances it hands out to students from a particular school.

 

[sliceofbread136]

I agree with ppf above in that it makes sense why a soft or informal cap might exist, but I will say that Pritzker doesn't limit the number of acceptances it hands out to students from a particular school.

Why don't you link your MDapps anymore?

 

[whatbout2morrow]

People have told me that med schools don't like having too many students representative of one particular undergraduate institution. Is this true and do schools really compare you directly with other applicants from your school when it comes down to choosing who to accept?

I know it is kind of an irrelevant question but I have many friends from my school who will be applying to a lot of the same schools as me and I was just curious if I will be in direct competition with some of them more so than applicants from the general pool.

Quotas in admissions are illegal.

However, if there are are a large number of applicants from a single school with similar stats, ECs, etc, I think they'd be inclined to admit those who stand out, and move on to other applications.

 

[NickNaylor]

Why don't you link your MDapps anymore?

I didn't really see a need to. It's "out there" still serving it's purpose - it doesn't need to be next to my name to be useful.

 

[Thego2guy]

It is my understanding that a few schools reserve a significant (5+) amount of spots fror students from thier UG, ie: Rochester

 

[Neurosis]

It is my understanding that a few schools reserve a significant (5+) amount of spots fror students from thier UG, ie: Rochester

The admissions office blantanly lied to me then. 😡

 

[Thego2guy]

The admissions office blantanly lied to me then. 😡

Aww I'm sorry homie 🙁 but if it means anything, hopkins has like 15% of their class from their undergrad. Why? Because they consider their undergrad education to be extremely rigorous, so since they know the value of their undergrad, it just happens so that by "chance" about 15 percent of the med school class is from hopkins. They never formally say that they reserve the seats for them.

As for Rochester, I'll try to double check on that, but I think those spots are SPECIFICALLY reserved because of the undergrad. I hope you see a "difference" lol.

And btw ^^ stony brokk is still highly preferable to their UG kids. Not to mention a bunch of spots are already taken up from previous programs (such as sophie davis, and I think a few others).

Btw, typing from phone. My apologies for the typos.

 

[osprey099]

Aww I'm sorry homie 🙁 but if it means anything, hopkins has like 15% of their class from their undergrad. Why? Because they consider their undergrad education to be extremely rigorous, so since they know the value of their undergrad, it just happens so that by "chance" about 15 percent of the med school class is from hopkins. They never formally say that they reserve the seats for them.

As for Rochester, I'll try to double check on that, but I think those spots are SPECIFICALLY reserved because of the undergrad. I hope you see a "difference" lol.

And btw ^^ stony brokk is still highly preferable to their UG kids. Not to mention a bunch of spots are already taken up from previous programs (such as sophie davis, and I think a few others).

Btw, typing from phone. My apologies for the typos.

🙂

 

[capn jazz]

uchicago traditionally accepts like ONE student from their undergrad. they don't want us in their med school... 🙁

 

[Thego2guy]

🙂

Haha.. that is an intimidating smile. I suspect you currently attend Hopkins.

Btw, I checked my notes, and its not 15%, its actually around 12%. Take that with a grain of salt, as everything else that you read on the internet. But still, at this point, I kind of wish I was a Hopkins student 🙄

 

[osprey099]

Haha.. that is an intimidating smile. I suspect you currently attend Hopkins.

Btw, I checked my notes, and its not 15%, its actually around 12%. Take that with a grain of salt, as everything else that you read on the internet. But still, at this point, I kind of wish I was a Hopkins student 🙄

lol, I do attend Hopkins but to be honest, there's no way I can get into Hopkins Med. I probably won't even want to go to Hopkins med if I were given the choice between Hopkins med and my state med school. But just nice to hear Hopkins students are well represented in med schools. 🙂

 

[vayntraubinator]

Miller School of Medicine accepts ~66 of it's undergrad UMiami each year. I think most institution schools would accept their UGs because it makes more sense if the student has a love for their alma mater and is more likely to stay and accept the spot.

 

[couldabeenadoc]

What about a quota on students based on demographics? Like ivy vs. non ivy, state vs. private, or family income under $50K, over $250K? Do schools like to round out their incoming medical student population based on where they come from in society, so as not to be too "top heavy". 😕

 

[ppfizenm]

Some med schools it seems have relationships with certain unaffiliated undergrads it seems as well. They know the students coming out of there are worth interviewing/accepting because of a track record with students from that school.

 

[Thego2guy]

What about a quota on students based on demographics? Like ivy vs. non ivy, state vs. private, or family income under $50K, over $250K? Do schools like to round out their incoming medical student population based on where they come from in society, so as not to be too "top heavy". 😕

Aside from the few schools discussed above which have a prior comittment to some 7 year program, 2-8 spots in the class for their undergrad, AND the state school to give obvious preference to in-staters, I would say that all other schools have "no comittment to any undergraduate college, program, or geographic area". Money doesn't play a direct factor either.
Basically, most schools out there..are open 100%. However there are places like Sinai, where they allocate an enormous percentage to prior comittments such as the humanity MD students (around 30 per class) and something like 15 spots are reserved for MD/PhD

 

[LizzyM]

uchicago traditionally accepts like ONE student from their undergrad. they don't want us in their med school... 🙁

U Chicago undergrads drag down the average gpa wherever they go. 😉

 

[LizzyM]

Keep in mind that the students from a particular undergrad school that matriculate at a given medical school self-select to go there if they have offers from one than one school. Students do have geographic preferences, and they may choose the familiar over the unfamiliar.

When I am looking at applications, I tend to look at students from the same school together when making decisions about interviews. It helps to be able to see differences and distinctions and to read multiple letters from the same writers in the same sitting rather than weeks apart. That's not to say that there is quota on interviews -- I may recommend all for interview, or just one, or none, but it does help me become familiar with some of the feeder schools.