Ah, but what does 75% of Wellsely students who apply to Med School really mean?
re: Med school acceptance rates (and I am making up numbers)
2000 kids think they are going to go to med school as a freshman.
1000 kids think they are going to go to med school as a sophomore because they made it through chem and bio
500 kids think they are going to go to med school as a junior because they made it through organic chem
200 kids think they are going to go to med school as a senior because they got decent scores on the MCAT and have a good GPA
100 kids actually apply and get through the whole process
50 kids get a recommendation letter from the pre-health committee so the others are effectively shut out
37 of those kids are accepted to various levels of DO or MD schools
So when they say 75% are admitted, they don’t mean from the 2000 freshman, they may mean from the 50 cream of the crop that made it to the end with high GPAs and high MCAT scores who got the blessing of the pre-health committtee…and some of those are going to Harvard Med and some of those are going to East Podunk DO school.
So make sure you understand what they mean when they talk about those percentages,