<p>I have been trying to find a central source of stats on how successful applications from individual undergraduate colleges are in getting into medical school- preferably broken down by their GPA, number of med schools they applied to and the names of the ones they got into. So far, I cant find these numbers. There are isolated "profiles" of individual students (like in <a href="http://www.mdapplicants.com)%5B/url%5D">www.mdapplicants.com)</a>, but I am interested in the general trends, not individual particulrs.
Some schools like, UC Berkeley and MIT, do a stellar job on this, posting the results on their websites. But, most undergrad colleges dont- there are just sweeping statements like "70% acceptance rate". I suspect AAMC has these numbers, but wont relaese it. Anyone know more about this?</p>
<p>probably the best you'll get. You can also by the Medical School Admissions Requirements book from AAMC. The nature of how many schools applied to and where the were accepted you probably won't find. I have a friend who applied to 17 schools, and she said that most of them asked her why she was applying to so many. It's really not in your best interest (especially for your bank account) to apply to ridiculous amounts of schools.</p>
<p>Don't base where you want to go to undergrad by who has the "best" placement rate. A lot of smaller schools with really high placement rates acheive those by having a Pre-med committee that serves as sort of a gatekeeper to the AMCAS. If they don't think you're going to be VERY competitive (ie, get accepted at least somewhere), then they will tell you not to apply. They can't stop you from applying, but they will refuse to write you a committee letter - a letter that is usually just absolutely glowing about you, making you seem like the absolute, most amazing person ever. Thus, they only let the best actually apply, then help them by writing a phenomenal letter, artificially raising their acceptance rate. Some may actually discourage profs from writing med school letters of rec, only making it all the more difficult for anyone to apply from that school without their blessing.</p>
<p>Bigredmed, thank you. Will spend some time on these stats...lovely!</p>