Rank of Undergraduate Institutions Supplying Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools

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This information is not necessarily indicative of how successful a pre-med program is at certain schools. A lot of the applicants are attributed to size of the institution(however there are exceptions - consult a list of largest universities to compare and contrast). Still, those of you considering going to medical school should take a look at this information. It may be worth while to note how many students successfully complete a degree and apply to medical school. The average GPA needed for medical school ia 3.73 more or less. A school's pre-med program usually weeds out those who do not at meet the MCAT or GPA requirement for medical school. Remember, that pre-dental, pre-pharmacy, pre-optometry and some Physician Assistant programs also require pre-req coursework in biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, math and biochemistry.

This information is also not indicative of ACCEPTANCES by medical schools. This data is difficult to come by due to most students not being accepted. It's a privacy violation, but some schools do publish this information. When you're doing your college searches be sure to look into that.

Undergraduate Institutions Supplying Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools by Applicant Race and Ethnicity, 2011:

https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/86042/table2.html

Here is other data compiled by the AAMC:
https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/

Happy hunting class of 2017! Good luck!
 
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dichloromethane said:
This information is not necessarily indicative of how successful a pre-med program is at certain schools. A lot of the applicants are attributed to size of the institution(however there are exceptions - consult a list of largest universities to compare and contrast). Still, those of you considering going to medical school should take a look at this information. It may be worth while to note how many students successfully complete a degree and apply to medical school. The average GPA needed for medical school ia 3.73 more or less. A school's pre-med program usually weeds out those who do not at meet the MCAT or GPA requirement for medical school. Remember, that pre-dental, pre-pharmacy, pre-optometry and some Physician Assistant programs also require pre-req coursework in biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, math and biochemistry.

This information is also not indicative of ACCEPTANCES by medical schools. This data is difficult to come by due to most students not being accepted. It's a privacy violation, but some schools do publish this information. When you're doing your college searches be sure to look into that.

Undergraduate Institutions Supplying Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools by Applicant Race and Ethnicity, 2011:

https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/86042/table2.html

Here is other data compiled by the AAMC:
https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/

Happy hunting class of 2017! Good luck!
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Do some work and normalize it by size plz.
 
chronicidal said:
Do some work and normalize it by size plz.
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What do you mean by normalize by size?

You can find the numbers for whatever school you're interested. Go find out the percentage of..biology majors for 2011? Or maybe the number of graduates for that year and find out how many applied to medical school as opposed to dental, pharm, PA, opto etc? I don't know what you mean by normalize.

This is just crude information to serve as food for thought for students looking for "pre-med programs".

I thought it was interesting and wanted to share.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_colleges_and_universities_by_enrollment
 
It's interesting but smaller schools with high percentages don't stand a chance to make the list
 
A Nony Mouse said:
It's interesting but smaller schools with high percentages don't stand a chance to make the list
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Power in numbers? Local adcom might start to take note of how many applicants they get from a certain school. The school may pour more money into the programs with most pre-med students.

Plus, just knowing that there's a wider pre-med community may help in terms of ECs, research, LoRs etc...or maybe you'll be pooled with 2000 gunners.

Might help some students/parents applying/transferring to schools this year. Personally, I think it gives big flagship schools due credit. Just because Playboy names it a "party" school doesn't mean you can't do well there as a studious pre-med (note Florida, UGA, Ohio State, UT-Austin, UCLA dominating the top white applicants...used because they have the highest no of applicants)

Especially if it saves you money. Small schools usually = private schools. $$$
 
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dichloromethane said:
What do you mean by normalize by size?

You can find the numbers for whatever school you're interested. Go find out the percentage of..biology majors for 2011? Or maybe the number of graduates for that year and find out how many applied to medical school as opposed to dental, pharm, PA, opto etc? I don't know what you mean by normalize.

This is just crude information to serve as food for thought for students looking for "pre-med programs".

I thought it was interesting and wanted to share.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_colleges_and_universities_by_enrollment
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He means that not all schools have the same number of students and that would skew the results.
 
Instatewaiter said:
He means that not all schools have the same number of students and that would skew the results.
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I said that. You can look at the number of graduates for 2011 and figure all that out if you really wanted to(percent pre-med, percent class size, etc).

Like I said, this is just data. Up to you how you interpret it. It's from a credible source though.
 
I'm a senior at USC and they really seem to be stepping up their game.

They just opened a Medical Sciences Minor that's actually legit. I'm currently taking anatomy with a cadaver lab and a class taught by an MD (former dean of one of the residency programs) who tells us what he wishes he knew in college/med school/residency.

Next semester I'm taking a surgery course (apparently with a lab portion 😀) and a class where they get a new subspecialist each week to discuss interesting cases.

Oh also and they started this thing where if you sign up for the Directed Research in the MEDS dept. USC puts its own resources into ensuring you match with a PI (well granted you have the stats).
 
dichloromethane said:
I said that. You can look at the number of graduates for 2011 and figure all that out if you really wanted to(percent pre-med, percent class size, etc).

Like I said, this is just data. Up to you how you interpret it. It's from a credible source though.
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I know. What I meant was that you should do that.
 
supafly0 said:
I'm a senior at USC and they really seem to be stepping up their game.

They just opened a Medical Sciences Minor that's actually legit. I'm currently taking anatomy with a cadaver lab and a class taught by an MD (former dean of one of the residency programs) who tells us what he wishes he knew in college/med school/residency.

Next semester I'm taking a surgery course (apparently with a lab portion 😀) and a class where they get a new subspecialist each week to discuss interesting cases.

Oh also and they started this thing where if you sign up for the Directed Research in the MEDS dept. USC puts its own resources into ensuring you match with a PI (well granted you have the stats).
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U Southern California or U South Carolina? That sounds awesome. :idea:
 
Praefectus said:
Trojans. If you ever look at BCS rankings, they're referred to as USC and South Carolina.
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I am looking for USC in the BCS rankings but I can't seem to find them 😉
 
USC as in Trojans and sunny California 🙂





....**** the bcs 😛
 
I'm pretty sure USC is the most narcissistic school of all time.

Wait didn't I apply to their med... what I meant to say was:

USC is so awesome!!!
 
Venom5 said:
I hate dichloromethane... accidentally threw away the MeCl2 organic layer containing my product in one ochem lab. brings back bad memories man



and why is the asian category dominated by UCs?
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:laugh: I could say the same thing about gram staining in biology lab.

I sat on this site the entire time..
http://www.quickmeme.com/Chemistry-Cat/

Well because there is a huge representation of Asians at the UCs. I mean.. it's California. Asian values are the most interesting if you're a first or second generation Asian and you grew up only around Asians. Remember the US is only 5% Asian...yet 24% Asian.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzpqpoU7UL1qgrb7go1_500.png
 
Bumping because I want to argue about USC.

Who has cool curriculum from their school that they would like to share to the pre-meds?
 
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