The information came from Medical School Admissions Requirements, US and Canada. Published by Association of American Medical Colleges. My data came from the 49th Edition, 1999-2000. There is a 50th Edition out. There are 2 pages for every medical school plus several chapters of general info: The Nature of Medical Education; Options for Individuals Considering a Career in Medicine; Premedical Planning; Deciding Whether and Where to Apply to Medical School; MCAT and AMCAS; The Medical School Application and Selection Process; Financial Information for Medical Students; Information for Minority Groups Students; Information on Medical Schools Offering Combined College/MD Programs for High School Students. Then the 2 page entries for each US and Canadian Medical School.
Much of the information for each school is general (as it has to be) but gives accurate information. There are are addresses, phone numbers, FAX numbers, and email addresses for amisions offices. Each school says what its application and Admission Policies are. There is a table, Information on --- Entering Class, where my data came from.
The Premedical Advisors office should have a copy because AAMC sends a free copy to advisors who are members of the National Assoc. of Advisors for the Health Professions. A college library or bookstore may have copies. And anyone can buy a copy.
There are similar publications available for dental, optometry, and podiatry schools.
A reminder: all the info is general, accurate, gives an idea what each school is looking for. But like any average, it conceals the variance. Really, only your premed advisor with knowledge of you and previous applicants from your college may be in a position, based on experience, to judge where you may be a viable candidate. If Harvard, for example, were to say that the range of GPA among admitted students was from 3.1 to 4.00, don't get too excited. There is a reason, unknown to us, why a particular student with 3.1 was accepted. Similarly, at the other end of the scale, not all 4.0 students will even be interviewed, let alone accepted. And Harvard nor any other medical school is going to tell us because there are so many factors considered in decision making. Because applicant A is accepted with, say 3.2, doesn't say whether you or anyone else with 3.2 will be accepted. Therefore, exercise prudent caution when someone you know nothing about says he/she was accepted to any particular med school.
