<p>You have to match your stats to list of Med. Schools. It is hard to imagine that college graduate would be so silly not to do so. Applicant should aim at about 50% success rate, so that at the end he has choices and after more research and visiting the decision is made somewhat intelligently. So, if you apply to 8 Med. Schools, you should expect to get 4 acceptances if your list is constructed correctly. However, some are applying because of “why not?”. Well, if one has unlimited resources and time, then I say “why not”. My own D. applied only to schools that both
-matched her own criteria (not her advisor, not anybody else, not ranking based)
-mathced somewhat to her stats.
She had 50% success and had good choices at the end.</p>