What percentage of medical school matriculants have parents/immediate family members that are physicians?

[adventum]

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I remember hearing this stat floating around, can anyone source me on this?

 

[deleted859689]

Dare you to slap an anonymous poll on this thread

 

[Cornfed101]

I thought this might be in the MSQ, but it is not

https://www.aamc.org/system/files/2019-12/2019%20MSQ%20All%20Schools%20Summary%20Report.pdf

It is interesting that 2/3 of matriculants have parental income greater than $100k and 1/3 greater than $200k! (of those that reported)

 

[tessellations]

I'd expect it to be high. At my clinical research job, of the research assistant's who have applied or are applying to medical school 3/5 of them had double doctor parents. The other 2, along with me, have no parents in medicine.

 

[Goro]

I remember hearing this stat floating around, can anyone source me on this?

From looking at AACOMAS apps, I'd say a minimum of 20% at my school.

 

[landy1130]

@Cornfed101 at least from my personal experience and observations, SES is the single biggest barrier/advantage to getting into medical school. I guess that's true in life in general, but it feels amplified during the application process.

 

[Cornfed101]

@Cornfed101 at least from my personal experience and observations, SES is the single biggest barrier/advantage to getting into medical school. I guess that's true in life in general, but it feels amplified during the application process.

I always kinda thought the SES disparity made a difference, but not a huge difference... This podcast episode changed my mind. Now I fully believe I am the privileged son of a doctor.

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[tessellations]

I always kinda thought the SES disparity made a difference, but not a huge difference... This podcast episode changed my mind. Now I fully believe I am the privileged son of a doctor.

Revisionist History Podcast - Malcolm Gladwell Podcast - Pushkin Industries

Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Click now to listen to the Revisionist History podcast on Pushkin Industries.

revisionisthistory.com

This podcast is wonderful. Particularly enjoyed the episode where he blasted into Knight-Hennessy and discussed the impact Henry Rowan had on Rowan University.