What percent of successful applicants took a gap year?

[TheBiologist]

Anybody know how many people who actually get accepted had their full degree (4 years undergrad) before applying?

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[hahapencil]

Efle's Matriculating Student Survey Highlights - Fun Facts and Demographics

Elfe has a graph in here

 

[nymd22]

you can also look at the aamc matriculating student questionnaire (can't link because my account is too new)

 

[efle]

This is from the AAMC matriculating student survey data:

Looks like next year, 1-2 gap year(s) is going to become the most common type of admitted app.

 

[DameJulie]

When I applied the first time around, I was planning to apply w/o a gap year.

However, with the increasing competitiveness of norm applicant, gap year is more and more common. For example, some applicants might take a year off to finish their research project so they have a publication in hand when applying.

 

[tekkenman11]

Efle's Matriculating Student Survey Highlights - Fun Facts and Demographics

Elfe has a graph in here

Blows my mind that 65% of last year's matriculating class didn't have debt prior to starting medical school. And here I am with 25k undergraduate debt and 45k SMP debt.

At least everything worked out lol, but still makes me feel weird. Hopefully I get extremely lucky and get some money from my schools next spring (but I seriously doubt it even though I received scholarships from both undergrad and graduate school).

 

[The Knife & Gun Club]

About 50% of our class took at least one year between undergrad and med school. Many did other degrees in the meantime