Stats - number of med school admissions from a university

Only if the med school reports it. And then you wouldn’t know if it’s someone right out of undergrad, or with several years work experience, or if they did a post-bacc or SMP.

If you are trying to figure out a school’s med school admission rate, it will be difficult to get accurate numbers from the school, and info that will allow to cross compare schools.

Some things to ask the pre-health advising office:
-What plans and activities does the pre-health advising team have, and what type of programming do they have? Do they support students even when they apply years after gradduation?
-Does the school write committee letters on behalf of med school applicants? These packets are how some schools ‘gatekeep’ by only giving the top candidates committee letters to ensure a high MD school acceptance rate. Applicants with no committee letter from a school that provides them have a low chance of admission. So, choose a school that doesn’t gatekeep this way.
-Ease of getting patient facing volunteer experience at/near school
-Ease of getting research at school
-Whether pre-meds can get prereqs needed to complete most classes by end of junior year, when they may want to take MCAT. Does school offer an MCAT review course? Is it open to those who have already graduated?
-When giving acceptance stats, understand which students have post grad work experience, or did a post-bacc/SMP. These applicants tend to be more competitive than students right out of undergrad. Average age of matriculating med school students is 24-25.

Here is some 2021 high level med school data: https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/students-residents/interactive-data/2021-facts-applicants-and-matriculants-data

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