<p>There has been some increases, and IIRC the plan was an expansion by about 30% by 2015. I’m not sure that the 30% will be reached unless there are more new schools opened. I know my own school with our new amazing College of Medicine building that opened this fall only increased enrollment from 125 to 140 students in the short term despite the fact they had always blamed lack of space for not expanding previously.</p>
<p>While more spots seems like it would help things, there are a lot of qualified candidates currently who are turned away each year. You’re still going to have to be in that competitive category to get a spot.</p>
<p>There are already a lot of rumblings on the residency side of things that unless there is a concurrent expansion in residency spots, the Match is going to get a lot tougher. This year’s match had a very high fill rate, and the Scramble was apparently pretty ridiculous. Of course, resident salaries are paid by Medicare, so expansion of those spots is a much different problem.</p>