Carleton vs. Middlebury vs. Swarthmore - PreMed to Med School Details

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/students-residents/interactive-data/2019-facts-applicants-and-matriculants-data

Check out A-2 - colleges supplying 50 or more applicants.

I dont see Carleton on this list. I do see Pomona (64) and Middlebury (66).

There are 2 ways to interpret this.

  1. Higher number of applicants points to strong premed program at these small schools.
  2. Lower number of applicants points to less competition from your peers applying from the same college because they are choosing other fields.

A few years ago, a parent at admitted days heard how many people apply from Stanford to medical schools and said openly that her daughter will go to MIT instead because there will be a lot less competition for med school from MIT. In this chart Stanford shows 223 to MITs 85 for a 50% larger student body size at Stanford.