"record year of applications"

[pewpew95]

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everywhere - whether on sdn, in emails from schools, or at interviews - i keep seeing that this cycle was a "record year of applications" to a particular school. it seems like most schools have gotten more applications than usual this year. i know the number of medical school applications has been steadily increasing over the years, but i'm getting the impression that this cycle there was a considerable spike.

is this phrase something schools say every cycle, or is it actually unique to this cycle?

 

[MCATISEZ]

I think more and more students are applying every year. Similarly, more schools (DO and MD) are opening up every year. That being said, I don’t think it is one to one and the “acceptance rate” is steadily dropping.

I could be totally wrong, that is just the pattern I’ve been noticing.


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[MasterOfTheSelfie]

Might also have to do with students applying more broadly this year compared to previous years, increasing the total number of applications schools receive. I have no data to support this though.

 

[21Rush12]

Just like how every time I call customer service their “menu options have changed, so listen carefully” and “we are experiencing unusually high call volumes”

 

[efle]

There are big up and down swings in the popularity of medical school. See below:

That said, I think we are currently at an all time high (in terms of absolute number of applicants) and still appear to be climbing: See below plotted a while back by Lawper

 

[pewpew95]

There are big up and down swings in the popularity of medical school. See below:

That said, I think we are currently at an all time high (in terms of absolute number of applicants) and still appear to be climbing: See below plotted a while back by Lawper

Efle always hitting us with the stats lol, thanks for the data!

I can see why the number of total applicants across all schools is increasing because of new MD/DO schools opening, but I was wondering more for individual schools that have gotten more apps than usual. For example, at WVU they said they usually get <5,000 apps per year, but this year they had at least 6,000 (if I remember correctly).

Might also have to do with students applying more broadly this year compared to previous years, increasing the total number of applications schools receive. I have no data to support this though.

Maybe this would explain the school-by-school increase? Especially for the mid/low-ranked schools that are OOS friendly and have been recommended to pretty much every applicant

 

[Planes2Doc]

It will be a record year every year as long as US (read US, and read it again, US), MD and DO residents are nearly guaranteed a residency. Unlike other expensive journeys such as law school, you will be guaranteed a good job with good pay as long as you complete residency. It doesn't matter whether you're at Harvard or the weakest school, you'll make a living. With law school, it's top 14 or bust, and if you drop $50k a year for a fourth tier school, you may end up with a minimum wage job. Once US medical students start getting squeezed out of the match, then you'll maybe start seeing a downward shift.

 

[Lucca]

popularity of med school is fairly well correlated with economic downturns.

 

[Moose A Moose]

Dude every year is a record year, every year there's more applicants. It's nothing special or different from other cycles.

This.