"ALTHOUGH THE coronavirus pandemic has upended many people’s plans, it does not appear to have stopped aspiring doctors from pursuing their dreams and submitting medical school applications, some say.
Medical school officials from across the U.S. say that they are receiving just as many applications this year as last year, and some med schools report that they have gotten at least 10% more applications so far this year than at the same point last year. They say that they expect this admissions cycle to be as competitive as or more competitive than prior cycles.
That means that premeds applying to top medical schools will need to distinguish themselves in order to get into those schools, according to med school admissions officials and admissions consultants.
According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the number of applications submitted through its AMCAS application portal as of Aug. 18 of this year – 47,124 – is 16% higher than the application volume at the same time last year." …