What schools accept the fewest applicants into each class?

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I was just curious what some of the smaller class sizes were for allopathic schools. I know the TX schools typically take 150-200. I know that Mayo and Stanford take very small classes. Someone in Atlanta told me Morehouse takes a very small class, but I cannot confirm this.

I was just curious, because I am headed to the DO school that, I believe, takes the smallest entering class, and I was wondering how much of an advantage this can be. Anyone who attends school somewhere with a small class-size, feel free to chime in on this.
 
I was just curious, because I am headed to the DO school that, I believe, takes the smallest entering class, and I was wondering how much of an advantage this can be. Anyone who attends school somewhere with a small class-size, feel free to chime in on this.

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it will be like MTV's "The REAL World" for non-trads
 
I think South Dakota is one of the smallest: 50 students?!?
 
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it will be like MTV's "The REAL World" for non-trads
I think you just nailed down the only TV show that could possibly be worse than MTV's "The Real World". Instead of following around a bunch of douchebags, MTV would follow around a bunch of medical students. Library. Class. Lab. Not even time for drama.
 
Dartmouth and Brown come to mind
 
I think you just nailed down the only TV show that could possibly be worse than MTV's "The Real World". Instead of following around a bunch of douchebags, MTV would follow around a bunch of medical students. Library. Class. Lab. Not even time for drama.

maybe there might be some action in the hallways during recess and hall breaks when you have to switch classes.
 
CCLCM is pretty close to Mayo...less I believe actually...~32 or something??
 
UCLA/Drew has 24 in its incoming class.
 
It's not as small as some of the others posted here but I know ETSU has around 60 people in each class.
 
I was just curious what some of the smaller class sizes were for allopathic schools. I know the TX schools typically take 150-200. I know that Mayo and Stanford take very small classes. Someone in Atlanta told me Morehouse takes a very small class, but I cannot confirm this.

I was just curious, because I am headed to the DO school that, I believe, takes the smallest entering class, and I was wondering how much of an advantage this can be. Anyone who attends school somewhere with a small class-size, feel free to chime in on this.

I know Marshall has about 60 in their entering class
 
Right now, any entering class of less than 100 students is considered small. Among allopathic medical schools, Mayo and CCLM are pretty small with less than 50 students. I am very sure that the Mayo/CCLM folks would consider their small class an advantage in that they are never lost among a huge mass of students.

The downside of being a member of a small class is that everyone gets to know you pretty well. My medical school class was about 100 which felt OK. We all got to know each other pretty quickly and we became pretty close. I imagine that if my class had been half its size, we would have been like a big family.
 
CCLCM is pretty close to Mayo...less I believe actually...~32 or something??
Right, we have 32 students per class.
Right now, any entering class of less than 100 students is considered small. Among allopathic medical schools, Mayo and CCLM are pretty small with less than 50 students. I am very sure that the Mayo/CCLM folks would consider their small class an advantage in that they are never lost among a huge mass of students.

The downside of being a member of a small class is that everyone gets to know you pretty well. My medical school class was about 100 which felt OK. We all got to know each other pretty quickly and we became pretty close. I imagine that if my class had been half its size, we would have been like a big family.
This pretty much sums up how I feel. It is a lot like being a family, both the good and the bad aspects of that. But the nice thing at CCLCM is that we are also Case students, so we have access to all of the Case facilities and social events too. For example, we are invited to all of the Case post-test parties even though we don't take the tests. 🙂
 
UCLA PRIME has 18 students per class.
 
I was just curious what some of the smaller class sizes were for allopathic schools. I know the TX schools typically take 150-200. I know that Mayo and Stanford take very small classes. Someone in Atlanta told me Morehouse takes a very small class, but I cannot confirm this.

I was just curious, because I am headed to the DO school that, I believe, takes the smallest entering class, and I was wondering how much of an advantage this can be. Anyone who attends school somewhere with a small class-size, feel free to chime in on this.

UCSF/Berkeley JMP has 16 per class.
 
Here are the 20 smallest allo schools in the last MSAR:

Mayo Clinic 43
U of S Dakota 51
Morehouse 53
U of Nevada 57
Mercer 60
E Tennessee State U 60
U of Hawaii 62
U of N Dakota 62
Universidad Central 63
Marshall 64
Ponce 66
S Illinois U 72
E. Carolina U 72
U of S Alabama 74
U of New Mexico 75
U of Connecticut 80
U of S Carolina 80
Dartmouth 82
Texas A&M 85
Stanford 86
Brown 91
UC Davis 93
Meharry 93
U of MO Columbia 95
Duke 98
Yale 99
U of MO KC 99
 
Here are the 20 smallest allo schools in the last MSAR:

Mayo Clinic 43
U of S Dakota 51
Morehouse 53
U of Nevada 57
Mercer 60
E Tennessee State U 60
U of Hawaii 62
U of N Dakota 62
Universidad Central 63
Marshall 64
Ponce 66
S Illinois U 72
E. Carolina U 72
U of S Alabama 74
U of New Mexico 75
U of Connecticut 80
U of S Carolina 80
Dartmouth 82
Texas A&M 85
Stanford 86
Brown 91
UC Davis 93
Meharry 93
U of MO Columbia 95
Duke 98
Yale 99
U of MO KC 99

In msar i have u south alabama is 68

thats where i want to go 😍
 
Here are the 20 smallest allo schools in the last MSAR:

Mayo Clinic 43
U of S Dakota 51
Morehouse 53
U of Nevada 57
Mercer 60
E Tennessee State U 60
U of Hawaii 62
U of N Dakota 62
Universidad Central 63
Marshall 64
Ponce 66
S Illinois U 72
E. Carolina U 72
U of S Alabama 74
U of New Mexico 75
U of Connecticut 80
U of S Carolina 80
Dartmouth 82
Texas A&M 85
Stanford 86
Brown 91
UC Davis 93
Meharry 93
U of MO Columbia 95
Duke 98
Yale 99
U of MO KC 99

WOW...this is the finest example of procrastination that I've seen in a long time! Needed a break from finals?
 
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