Berkeley's placement into top medical schools

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>“Now, in the sense that those particular applicants are not included in the data, I agree with you that the Berkeley data is ‘incomplete’. In fact, I have never disputed this. But I am saying that, if anything, the “real” data would almost certainly display a lower rate of admission than what the Berkeley data is showing.”</p>

<p>I definitely agree with you that the admission rate, if done with all applicant data, should be a lot lower. I’ve never made a point to state that it should be higher.</p>

<p>“Not all applicants are graduating seniors - in fact, a sizable chunk from any school tends to be former alumni who have either gone to the workforce or gone to graduate school (but in another area) and then later decided to apply to medical school.”</p>

<p>How large is this sizable chunk? I’m quite interested in this since I’m considering a premed track right now.</p>

<p>Did you mean to post this as the third link?
<a href=“http://career.berkeley.edu/MedStats/2005oneyearout.stm[/url]”>http://career.berkeley.edu/MedStats/2005oneyearout.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“Notice that in 2005 there were actually more of these applicants than there were graduating senior applicants.”</p>

<p>This isn’t exactly a true statement. The data just show that there are more of these applicants who chose to release their information than graduating senior applicants.</p>

<p>“Because, let’s face it, the more years out we’re talking about, the lower the placement rate tends to be. A lot of 1-year-outs were former graduating seniors who had applied to med-school and didn’t get in anywhere, so they decided to apply again the following year. Many of these applicants will get rejected everywhere again, and then apply again as a 2-year-out applicant, whereupon many will get rejected again, etc.”</p>

<p>From the “one year out page” link, it seems that the placement rates are almost identical: 62% for graduating seniors and 61% for one year out students. Furthermore, looking at the same GPA and MCAT ranges, it seems that a higher percentage of applicants are accepted in the one year out applicant pool.</p>