what percentage of applicants in screening schools get secondary?

[cardsurgguy]

After passing the screenings at Loyola and Pittsburgh recently, I was curious if this is really something to be excited about or if they only screen out a very small percentage of applicants.

Anybody know the percentages of applicants that pass secondary screenings?

I'm thinking they probably pass a high percentage of applicants since they probably want the money from many applicants
if 90% of applicants pass screenings, then it's not a big improvement in acceptance chances
I'm thinking they probably wouldn't pass this many since why bother screening in the first place?

Although, now that I passed them, I'm obviously hoping a low percentage pass screenings
if only 50% of applicants pass screenings, then obviously this improves acceptance chances
it's probably higher than this because that's a low amount of money coming in


my guess would be it's probably somewhere in the middle, may 75%?
that's just a guess though, anybody know any reliable stats

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[tacrum43]

After passing the screenings at Loyola and Pittsburgh recently, I was curious if this is really something to be excited about or if they only screen out a very small percentage of applicants.

Anybody know the percentages of applicants that pass secondary screenings?

I'm thinking they probably pass a high percentage of applicants since they probably want the money from many applicants
if 90% of applicants pass screenings, then it's not a big improvement in acceptance chances
I'm thinking they probably wouldn't pass this many since why bother screening in the first place?

Although, now that I passed them, I'm obviously hoping a low percentage pass screenings
if only 50% of applicants pass screenings, then obviously this improves acceptance chances
it's probably higher than this because that's a low amount of money coming in


my guess would be it's probably somewhere in the middle, may 75%?
that's just a guess though, anybody know any reliable stats

I think it really depends on the school. For example getting a secondary from UCSF or UCLA means quite a bit, while getting one from Loyola isn't that big of a deal. I remember hearing somewhere that Loyola just screens out those with less than a 3.0.

The interview is the big cut.

 

[EnergyShotz]

I think it really depends on the school. For example getting a secondary from UCSF or UCLA means quite a bit, while getting one from Loyola isn't that big of a deal. I remember hearing somewhere that Loyola just screens out those with less than a 3.0.

The interview is the big cut.

Yeah, from what I saw, UCSF only gives secondaries to 1/3 of its applicants. UCI is about 40-50%.. not sure about UCLA, but I'm guessing it's somewhere in that ballpark too.

 

[cardsurgguy]

anybody know anything about Pitt?

 

[jc11011]

anybody know anything about Pitt?

I'm curious, as well...

 

[bschmit]

I was wondering the same thing about VCU.......I know they gave the numbers in the original email but I seemed to have lost it. Anyone Know?

😕

 

[MoosePilot]

The interview is the big cut.

And the last cut. I think a lot of it is still your numbers though. I can't imagine they just go by how they like you 😱

 

[drmota]

I was wondering the same thing about VCU.......I know they gave the numbers in the original email but I seemed to have lost it. Anyone Know?

😕

i just got VCU's confirmation of getting my AMCAS. They said they get "about 5000" apps and give out "about 2600" secondaries, so a little over 50%, pretty big cut if you ask me.
-mota

 

[Overeducated]

I believe VCU also said that 60% of the people who submit the screened secondaries get interviews.

 

[pseudoknot]

VCU says they interview 60% of those who complete secondaries; since they have ~4400 applicants and they interview 660, this implies they only give secondaries to 25% of their applicants.

UCSF gives secondaries to about 1500/5500. I think for UCLA it's about 3000/5500 but I don't remember; it's on their web site though.

Anyway, it's going to vary by school, but they wouldn't screen pre-secondary if they wanted everyone's money.

 

[tacrum43]

And the last cut. I think a lot of it is still your numbers though. I can't imagine they just go by how they like you 😱

I meant inviting for the interview is the big cut, because after that they might accept 50% or so, depending on the school of course and the number of interviews they grant.

 

[tacrum43]

VCU says they interview 60% of those who complete secondaries; since they have ~4400 applicants and they interview 660, this implies they only give secondaries to 25% of their applicants.

Well I'm sure not everyone who gets invited to an interview actually goes to one, so probably more than 25% get secondaries.

Do you think maybe we're being a little paranoid about this? 🙂