I’ve found some data to hopefully drive this conversation. I have listed the 3 schools with their undergraduate enrollment in parentheses. The first column is the number of graduates who applied to med school this year. I was also able to find the number of med school applicants in 2018 for BU and BC but not for NEU. I’ve listed those to see the fluctuation from 2 different graduating classes. Unfortunately I have been unable to find the number or percent of these applicants who were actually accepted into med school and I don’t know how it compares among the three.
BU (18,515) - 282, 274
BC (9,377) - 175, 208
NE (13,909) - 184
Two things stand out. After the weeding out process that occurs among pre-meds at every college, BU produced the most med school applicants each year. Relative to the size of enrollment, BC produced the highest percent of its total student body applying to med school each year.
The bottom line is that each school seems to be turning out hundreds of med school applicants each year. And that alone says something because you don’t even apply if you don’t get the proper courses, grades, test scores, and recommendations.
I hope that someone else can contribute the number or percent of graduates of each of these schools who successfully gained admission to med school so that any conclusions can be data driven.