Hi, I was wondering if there was a specific website that can show me the percentage and/or number of students from a certain undergraduate school that was accepted to medical schools (preferably U.S. medical schools). I looked at the AAMC stats, but they don’t have the stats that show the number of students from each undergraduate school that got into a medical school. Please link me to a website that shows these statistics (if possible), or just link me to an AAMC statistic that I may have missed that shows this. Thanks!
https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/86042/factstablea2.html
This gives you lists by race for applicants, not matriculants. The schools can tell you how many got in.
There is no such list (well, there is one but it’s not terribly useful–see the link texaspg posted above)
It’s not terribly useful since the number of med school applicants and matriculants is highly dependent on the overall enrollment of the undergrad college. Think about it–it makes more sense that University of Michigan (which has an undergrad enrollment of 40,000+) produces more med school applicants than Colorado College (which has an enrollment of 1800).
What you are probably looking for is a list showing the percentages of successful med school applicants–a list that doesn’t exist because this is information that AAMC doesn’t track. And while individual colleges may claim to have such data, the numbers aren’t to be trusted because there is no uniform way such data is collected or reported.
If there is such thing, you can track UG school origin from each med school graduation year book. In that, they might list the student’s UG and or Graduate school origin. They normally publish those in the annual convocation.
Just strive to get a 3.8 GPA and a 530 MCAT or higher and it won’t really matter where you attend undergrad.
Esp since the max new MCAT score is 528.
Of course, they might want to know how one scored 530 rather than just assuming you were that good…
Sorry I am not that familiar with the new MCAT. My point was that if you have really high stats undergrad institution is of little or no matter.
Actually, there are more or less supportive institutions. You want a college that’s not cut- throat but very supportive (without weeding do r example, IE., curved grading that means a specific percentage will get a certain grade depending on class standing and regardless of mastery shown, where professors are happy for undergraduates to work on research with them, and where committee letters are given to all who make it through the process.
The college’s ranking doesn’t matter much - Hendrix, St Edwards, Rhodes, St Olaf, Earlham, Truman State, are all good examples of colleges good for premed. Nor because the classes are special, but because the environment is favorable.
What you could do is calculate a ratio, number of students/ message school admits per thousand, in three categories : reaches for putting, matches for you, safeties for you.
@TomSrOfBoston My comment was meant humorous more than critical. In my mind your post ought to have had a 4.2GPA rather than a 3.8. It would have gone well with the 530. Same meaning as your intention (and I agree with the meaning) - just cuter.
I think college’s ranking do matter in Med School apps. The key is that you don’t want to get into a school way below US News 200. In my state, California, there are VERY few CSU students got into med school (other than Cal Poly grads). I think those local non-directional grads have a low chance to be accepted by med school.
For fun, I was looking at a school called USAO (in OK) web site because it has a very low COA
Well, a student made to OKU SOM was posted on the front page and was named Honored Alumni.
^ it’s true that fourth tier or unranked schools don’t fare well. As for directionals, it depends on the state’s strengths. The situation is different if you live in Oklahoma or Virginia. However because few students at directionals have the skills needed to make it into medical school, they do not divert their resources toward premeds. Texas state for example isn’t very good for premeds, and a student admitted to Trinity, Southwestern, Austin, St Edwards, UtD… would be better off. UTD, Texas Tech, UT… will have better resources than UTSA, Tamu cc, etc…
I don’t think it’s necessarily the school when one is talking lower tier. I suspect it’s the MCAT scores. By the old scoring there was some correlation between ACT scores and MCAT scores. I recall seeing an article a few years back that said many scored within 2 points on these tests. If one had an ACT of 21 or 23, even adding 2 points (or 4) wasn’t going to give them that great of an MCAT score.
If one translates the new MCAT score to the old one, my middle son kept with the correlation, as have a couple of others I know of in person. Not many with high enough ACT scores get attracted to low tier schools. Those schools don’t work miracles.
Both UTSA and TAMU have their own medical schools where many of their students usually end up.
Note I said tamu cc.
Granted, UTSA is better than Texas State but I’d contest the idea it’s a supportive environment for premeds.
Ok, I’ll admit I’m confused-how can anyone possibly declare whether UTSA has a “supportive” or “non-supportive” environment for pre-meds? Did you attend UTSA and another school for comparison purposes?
In terms of resources devoted to academic support, existence of weeder classes, professional development and support.
Other than your opinion, is there any proof that the colleges you name are better in this regard than UTSA in this regard?
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In my state, California, there are VERY few CSU students got into med school (other than Cal Poly grads)
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I think that’s really because the UC’s have long been considered to be the “premed” colleges in Calif…and it’s super hard to get into med school as a Calif student.
Typically, the stronger Calif students go to a UC over a CSU.
Just my opinion, but if UCD, UCI, and CSULB and CSUFullerton were in another state, and the med school applicants all had similar stats, they’d have an equal chance of admittance.
16: sorry for the delay in responding.
Look at JAMP and FAME, the kind of support provided. THAT’s what you want all premeds to have.
How do you know if a university is supportive? You can email and ask:
Are Bio 101-102 and Chem 101-102 curved? What’s the average grade and what percentage students typically get an A?
Can struggling students have access to tutors in Bio, Chem, physics, calculus? Free? Walk-on? Regular hours? Booked ahead of time?
Do freshmen have a personal adviser? Do they also have a prehealth adviser (or is their prehealth adviser their personal adviser too)? Or do they just walk into an office and a random person talks with them?
How large are the freshman premed classes?
How many office hours do the professors typically offer?
Do TA’s offer extra office hours?
Are there Learning Assistants leading study groups? Are there review sessions before exams (lead by a TA?)
Does the college offer committee letters to all?
(To their credit, UTSA does offer committee letters to all)
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