Med school acceptance rate (overall)?

sunnyflorida
Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:13:17 +0000

“Does anyone know the approximate percentage of everyone who applies and is accepted to med school (nationwide)?”

It is my understanding that, for senior undergrads applying to med school, overall there are about twice the number applying as there are actual slots available in the US. It is a much higher number accepted than the number of seniors in high school applying to an IVY compared to the number of IVY slots available. Yes, lots of thinning of numbers from Fresh to Senior year in college, but I think your chances, once you apply, is 40-50%. Some of these students are also applying simutaneously to DC, DO, OD programs, so I think that some 60% go on without a gap year to a professional school. There are probably 2-5% each year (of those accepted) that are accepted after a graduate degree in Bio, Chem, pubic health, parasitology, etc. Just because you don’t get in the first round, does not mean you wil never get in. The percentages decrease, but it is NOT hopeless. THen there are the offshore programs and med schools abroad.