University of Michigan-Flint Premedical Studies
application statistics
One of the first things you should do every fall semester is to visit our library and review the Medical School Admission Requirements, published by the AAMC. It is republished every year, but we have the latest copy on reserve; find it shelved under R 745 .A8. With a focus on data and statistics of applicants, it is a useful tool that will acquaint you with the application and admission process.
According to the AAMC, “American medical schools receive, on average, 31 applications for each place in the entering class, with a range of 2.5 applications for each place among public medical schools to 76 applications among private medical schools.” Realistically, this means that more than half of those applying do not find a place. We see this evidenced with the 2008 application data, courtesy of the AAMC:
No MCAT score or GPA will guarantee acceptance, only probability, because some with high scores and high GPAs do not get in. In this way, the acceptance data on scores and GPA only speaks to likelihood and not definitiveness.
Source: AAMC Data Warehouse: Applicant Matriculant File
Source: AAMC Data Warehouse: Applicant Matriculant File
Source: AAMC Data Warehouse: Applicant Matriculant File
For more data, please take a look at the AAMC’s data.