<p>I was talking to a friend about med school and this questions popped up. Since Med school is super duper competeitive, and they only choose the best applicants-What is the drop out rate (for the people that can't handle the pressure) ? Im taking about people who are accepted and enroll but do not leave with a medical degree. I know this sounds stupid since going to med school requires so much committement. </p>
<p>Also, how many schools would the normal aplicant apply to ? How many rounds of admissions does the avg person apply to before they get their first acceptance? What's the number of people who get a perfect MCAT score? </p>
<p>Hahah, these are just random questions, but I am super curious after talking about med school.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the drop out rate, i would think pretty low since it seems to be self-selecting (as in you wouldn’t go if you couldn’t handle it/you wouldn’t go if the med school adcom didn’t think you could handle it and thus wouldn’t accept you). </p>
<p>Avg number of schools i believe is ~20? Maybe thats on the high side. Not sure.
I think if you apply early and have pretty solid stats/EC’s only one round is necessary.
Probably only a handful of people get a perfect MCAT score, if any. Any score over 30 is good. I think 35+ is competitive for higher tier med schools.</p>
<p>The usual maximum MCAT score – the highest score in the country – in any given year is 41 out of 45. That’s out of 65,000 test administrations per year. 42’s and 43’s are vanishingly rare; 44’s and 45’s happen only once every few years.</p>
<p>While I don’t know what the average “drop out” rate is, graduation rate averages well above 90% of the entering class for most US med schools (95+ at many). It is often said that medical school is hard to get into, but once in they will do anything to help you pass. This makes sense, considering the expense of making a doctor.</p>
<p>I’ve never seen stats on this, but I have always been under the impression that most people apply once, though there is definitely a sizable second try population. Few apply more than three times. Most people apply to about 10-20 schools. No one has gotten a perfect MCAT in a few years. From 2005 to 2007, ~1700 people scored 39+ out of 115,000. </p>
<p>The average accepted medical student has something between a 31 and 32, leaning towards a 32. Top schools, with the exception of Washington University, have average MCATs from 35-36. </p>
<p>[FACTS</a> Table: MCAT and GPA Grid for Applicants and Accepted Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools](<a href=“http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2008/mcatgpa-grid-3yrs-app-accpt.htm]FACTS”>http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2008/mcatgpa-grid-3yrs-app-accpt.htm)</p>
<p>Don’t know where the study is, but the most recent statistics I’ve seen, the 4 year graduation rate for US med schools is >96%. 5 year grad rate is >98% (due to people failing a year, taking a year for research, getting their MPH).</p>
<p>It’s fairly rare to drop out due to academic reasons. AAMC did a long term study on this and found that the drop out rate due to academic reasons for Asians and Whites is in the 0.7-0.9% range. The drop out rate for URM’s was substantially higher (approx. 6% if I remember correctly) but that’s still a 90%+ graduation rate.</p>
<p>I think the AAMC reported the average # of schools applied to as 15.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses!! </p>
<p>App’ing to med school is interesting and I could never imagine myself going through all that!</p>
<p>^
Why not! What in the world could be more fun than spending a year of your life fretting over medical interviews and acceptances??? I withdrew from my spots so I could do it again I enjoyed it so much!</p>
<p>:P</p>