<p>i personally applied for 5 colleges. some people from my high school applied for more than 10. and i've heard of people applying for more than 100.</p>
<p>but what about med school? whats a reasonable number of med schools that an average student applies for? im going to cornell next year.</p>
<p>woah who applies to 100 schools? that's crazy...</p>
<p>anyway, i think most people apply to like 5 or 6. that's what my cousin told me, he actually applied to 8</p>
<p>Avg. number of medical schools is 15 or so. Most apply to 30 or so. Its good to have lots of possible choices, if you even get any out of all of those.</p>
<p>oh really, 15?
guess my cousin was wrong
but then again, he was applying from India, so I don't know</p>
<p>I've heard 8-10; some have advised me that if you're 'borderline' (low grades and/or MCATs) to apply to 15-20. I'm personally planning on applying to about 15-20 next summer because my GPA isn't the best :-)</p>
<p>do the individual app for each school vary much or are athey all basically the same?</p>
<p>Usually the primary apps are the same since it is done by AMCAS. The secondaries are sent out by med schools and they differ from school to school.</p>
<p>Yes, the primary apps at most medical schools are handled by AMCAS
<a href="http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/start.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/start.htm</a>
You choose which schools receive the information (including biographical info (basics), schools attended, post-secondary experiences, and the personal statement). Then, it's up to each school to decide what to do with your app. If they are considering you, they will send you a secondary application. These may ask for information such as letters of recommendation, more essays, and other more personal information rather than raw numbers. If they are still considering you after the secondary application, you will be given an interview. If you look at the numbers of how many apply, how many receive secondaries, how many receive interviews, and how many are actually admitted, it's kind of scary (I don't know where to find national averages, but looking at individual schools is kind of intimidating!), so it's understandable why most people apply to several med schools.</p>