What % of applicants from your school go to top ten med schools each year?

[centillion]

I was just curious if your school published stats on how many students in your yearly application cycle end up matriculating to top ten research med programs.

Does anyone have a ballpark estimate? (Also total number of applicants if possible)

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[johnnytest]

I go to a public university in NYC (CUNY) so it's not a top-tier school. From my school about 57 students applied for 2013-2014 cycle. This includes D.O and M.D. but I don't have the specifics for how many to each. 35 applicants were accepted to at least one school. Only 1 student got accepted to top 10: Yale University. So yeah, very little.

 

[Ace Khalifa]

I went to Wash U. I'm pretty sure we have lots of people attend top 10 or top 20 schools every year.

 

[FutureOncologist]

I went to a public university in the south. We had like 2 people go to a top 10 school. One went to JHU and another went to Stanford. That's all I know.

 

[PakiMDDreamer]

I think the OP is looking for official stats guys. Unfortunately, I think schools only collect data on total applicants and acceptances, and to find out who goes where or gets IIs or acceptances you just have to ask around...or stalk social media...it sucks haha

My school does publish a handy grid though, GPA and MCAT on X and Y with ratios and percentages at different ranges. No school names though.

 

[hoihaie]

donno how to check

 

[centillion]

ah yeah I feel like this info isn't publicly accessible anyway, haha. I know my school's stats from last year only bc they post it in pamphlets in their office we're free to look at.

 

[sunflower18]

I'm pretty sure that my school has never had anyone go to a top ten med school. Three people from my undergrad are applying this cycle, which is high compared to our usual 0 or 1.

 

[hydroxyurea]

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[altblue]

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[FutureOncologist]

This is really hard to tell since no one publishes this kind of data unless you go to a top 20 school with a medical school. My undergrad has strong ties to the medical school in the state that I reside in. About 35-40% of people who graduate from my undergrad enrolled in the Health Profession's Advising Program go to the state medical school. However, we are by no means a top 20 school. Hell, if you have a 3.0 and 26 MCAT, you will be considered for interview (does NOT mean you get an II).

 

[ProbablyAPenguin]

My school has about a 90% acceptance rate to medical school... not sure about MD/DO or top 10 schools.

 

[mik30102]

My school has a small bachelors program. I don't think we have ever had anyone go to a top 10. I am one of 5 people applying.

 

[Flashfan]

We normally have about 9 or 10 apply. 80% go to our state school. A few over the last few years got in to places like Duke of U of Chicago. This year is is mainly state school and DO schools.

 

[On Eagle's Wings]

We had one person get into Harvard MD/pHD for 2013, who was among 3 people accepted in Md/pHD programs that year. Last cycle, we had 6 people accepted to UCI and 1 to UCR; I don't know about other medical schools. We have a couple dozen applicants each year, and we boast an 87% success rate for applicants recommended by our Health Professions Committee (they receive a committee letter).

 

[Bin Rushd]

About 20 apply. About 10 get in. 7 into Caribbean schools.

Edit. Sorry missed the point of the thread.

I think the answer can be deduced though lol.

 

[hydroxyurea]

About 20 apply. About 10 get in. 7 into Caribbean schools.

Edit. Sorry missed the point of the thread.

I think the answer can be deduced though lol.

Does your pre-health sciences committee actually recommend Caribbean schools? Why is it so common, why not just wait a few years?

 

[Bin Rushd]

Does your pre-health sciences committee actually recommend Caribbean schools? Why is it so common, why not just wait a few years?

Yes, they do recommend them. Our pre-health advisor is new to the whole thing and often finds out that students know more than she does. It is sad. It is the reason why I came to this site. Because of this, fortunately, I am not considering Caribbean schools.

 

[allantois]

none to top 10, very few students get into out of state MD, but those are mostly colleges like Howard university.
Other than that about 50 to both MD and DO.
The success rate for those who got a committee letter is about 50%.
They put pictures of all students accepted to a professional school so that's how I know.

What's more interesting is that there are probably around one thousand declared pre-meds their freshman year 😀

 

[Lawpy]

I go to a public university in NYC (CUNY) so it's not a top-tier school. From my school about 57 students applied for 2013-2014 cycle. This includes D.O and M.D. but I don't have the specifics for how many to each. 35 applicants were accepted to at least one school. Only 1 student got accepted to top 10: Yale University. So yeah, very little.

0 so far in the past 5 years or so 🙁

Most people usually go for low tier MD or DO. Surprisingly, PA is way more popular than med school.

 

[allantois]

0 so far in the past 5 years or so 🙁

Most people usually go for low tier MD or DO. Surprisingly, PA is way more popular than med school.

I'm so unsurprised by this anymore. There are community colleges giving out PA degrees.