For the 2019-2020 application cycle, there were over 53,000 applicants for about 21,000 seats.
My eyes have been opened! Wow! What happens to the other 60%? Guess that’s why you suggested a Plan B. I feel for those kids who work hard to shadow, research, study for MCATs… but never get a chance to become a doctor. Are there certain minimum stats that will guarantee a spot in at least 1 med school, or is it that the max number of spots for the number of applicants won’t allow that?
LSU - Shreveport has 97% in state matriculants. It is possible there are not many instate applicants applying.
FSU is kind of surprising to me since only 789 people applied in such a large state.
https://med.fsu.edu/pa/statistics2019
I think some schools like NYU are going to reach sub 1% soon due to free tuition.
As @texaspg hints at in their comment, public med school acceptance rates are skewed by in-state preference—this difference is most evident at UW, where virtually all of their students come from the WWAMI region.
@“mom in va”
Nope. It doesn’t work that way. Every year about 18% of applicants with nearly perfect stats (GPA>3.8 and MCAT> 95th percentile) get rejected at every single school they apply to.
Admission to med school is holistic and based on multiple factors. Having great stats isn’t enough.
21,869 is the total number of available seats at all 154 US MD programs combined.
(Individual medical schools have class sizes ranging from 25 to 250. Due to the requirements for the 2 years of hands on, individual clinical training during med school, it’s very hard to scale up a med school’s class size.)
So, yes, every pre-med needs a Plan B.
@WayOutWestMom what are the additional number of seats at D.O. Schools?
From what I learned…a great GPA and a great MCAT score might get you to the door…and an invite for an interview. It will not guarantee that you will get through the door…an admission.
Keep in mind also that most applicants to medical school apply to 20 or so medical schools. Not just a few.
Most of those who do get admitted to medical school get admitted to only one medical school out of their dozens of applications.
This is a bit out of date (but you can look for similar lists) and shows what courses are required for which Med Schools and if AP scores are allowed.
2015? That is out of date. Many things have changed since that time. For example…DO schools used to allow grade replacement which is no longer the case. I would suggest looking at something more recent than 2015…if it exists.
@WayOutWestMom is there a current list that is similar to what @Bopper posted?