What are my chances of acceptance after I've gotten an interview?? The answer:

[LAman10]

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I've seen this question asked so many times in secondary threads and I'm wondering why no one has referenced this site yet. maybe it's not trustworthy? idk, but it seems pretty reliable. It tells you how many interviewees were ACCEPTED (rather than how many matriculants there are). Let me know if it's a bad site so I stop looking at it haha:

http://www.eduers.com/Medical/

 

[BlueElmo]

Yeah, I came across this site too. Seems pretty legit to me.

 

[cubssox2000]

Most likely people don't answer because it is something that can be found very easily just by looking at the MSAR and doing some simple math. The book clearly states how many people get interviews, then how many are accepted, then how many matriculate. The website that you found lists the stats from the 2007 MSAR, I believe. You might be better off getting the 2010 version out of the local library for more updated stats, but they are pretty much the same.

 

[dw2158]

thanks for that link!

 

[flip26]

the numbers for a school I am pretty familiar with are WAY OFF on that site from the actual numbers reported by the school...I would not trust those numbers, and more importantly, it really is not that helpful for figuring out your own situation...the more interviews you have, the more chances you get...your best chances are at your instate publics...what else does one need to know?

 

[POW16]

Most likely people don't answer because it is something that can be found very easily just by looking at the MSAR and doing some simple math. The book clearly states how many people get interviews, then how many are accepted, then how many matriculate. The website that you found lists the stats from the 2007 MSAR, I believe. You might be better off getting the 2010 version out of the local library for more updated stats, but they are pretty much the same.

I have the 2009-2010 edition and it doesn't tell you how many got accepted.

 

[aggie08]

The one for my school seems reasonable. Good link.

 

[LizzyM]

If that is based on AMCAS data it may include those who get an offer of admission after being placed on the waitlist. So, it might be more reassuring than it should be.

999 interviewed
100 offered admission
800 waitlisted
99 rejected

Then later, 200 are offered admission off the waitlist to bring the total class to 100 matriculants. That means 300 offers to fill 100 seats but only 100 of those offers went out originally as offers.

 

[LAman10]

If that is based on AMCAS data it may include those who get an offer of admission after being placed on the waitlist. So, it might be more reassuring than it should be.

999 interviewed
100 offered admission
800 waitlisted
99 rejected

Then later, 200 are offered admission off the waitlist to bring the total class to 100 matriculants. That means 300 offers to fill 100 seats but only 100 of those offers went out originally as offers.

yeah I think this is the situation. I wouldn't expect a school to accept 2x the amount of spots it has... but as far as I'm concerned, I care more about the TOTAL number of acceptances that are given out in the end, rather than just the immediate offers.

And to the person that said this info is all in MSAR, I couldn't find it in the 09-10 one... they list the number of matriculants but not the number of acceptances. That's why I was wondering if this site was legit; I'd assume that if this info is readily available, MSAR would've incorporated it...

 

[Pinkertinkle]

depends on how socially skilled you are and what you look like

 

[BlueElmo]

depends on how socially skilled you are and what you look like

so if you are ugly as hell, automatic rejection?

 

[Pinkertinkle]

so if you are ugly as hell, automatic rejection?

maybe

 

[JJMrK]

Most likely people don't answer because it is something that can be found very easily just by looking at the MSAR and doing some simple math. The book clearly states how many people get interviews, then how many are accepted, then how many matriculate. The website that you found lists the stats from the 2007 MSAR, I believe. You might be better off getting the 2010 version out of the local library for more updated stats, but they are pretty much the same.

As far as I know, the MSAR doesn't have information on the number of students accepted.

 

[KMFDM]

I think the info on that website comes from the USNews website, which you need to pay to access.

So basically unless you want to pay, this is the info you're going to get about how many actual acceptances schools dish out.

 

[JJMrK]

I think the info on that website comes from the USNews website, which you need to pay to access.

So basically unless you want to pay, this is the info you're going to get about how many actual acceptances schools dish out.

I think you're right.

 

[Confused2626]

I posted this question a few days ago actually...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=664493

Somebody brought up the 132% acceptance rate at UPenn for out of state interviews. I also saw some fishy data for other schools. It is an OK resource because you are getting what you paid for.

I broke down and bought a US News online access for $15. The numbers are more consistent with what I'd expect. And yeah, this information appears to be taken from an old US News because its in the same format.

 

[bobsmith]

Total admissions data: 5735 applied, 801 interviewed, 392 were accepted, 170 enrolled

from eduer's Michigan page matches the 2007 data from Michigan's website. So there's at least some confirmation that the data is accurate.

As for the Penn data,

Total admissions data: 5532 applied, 938 interviewed, 234 were accepted, 153 enrolled
In-state admissions data 4951 applied, 798 interviewed, 48 were accepted, 35 enrolled
Out-state admissions data 581 applied, 140 interviewed, 186 were accepted, 118 enrolled

My guess is that they probably just switched the 186 and the 48 and the in-state and out-state is swapped too (i.e., 186 accepted from 798 interviewed and 4951 applied out of state and 48 accepted from 140 interviewed and 581 applied in state)

 

[cubssox2000]

As far as I know, the MSAR doesn't have information on the number of students accepted.

Ok. If not, sorry. But in any case, number of matriculants can serve as a barometer for number accepted. In other threads consensus is that schools will accept about 2x-3x the number of seats they have, so you can figure it out pretty easily.

Also, for a more accurate answer, some older threads say that your chances of getting accepted after the interview ranges between 25-50%, depending on the school.