Medical School Admissions

"Thanks to raised awareness and increasing numbers of colleges of osteopathic medicine, prospective medical students have been applying to the nation’s osteopathic medical schools in record-breaking numbers for the sixth consecutive year."

"The increased attention to the lack of family physicians and other primary care physicians needed to meet the nation's growing needs may have had an effect on medical students' choice of specialty. For the second year in a row, the number of medical students who chose to enter family medicine rose, according to the National Resident Matching Program. In fact, the fill rate for family medicine in 2011 was a record high of 94.4 percent, up 3 percent from 2010."

"As Georgia’s only public medical college expands to meet the state's demand for more doctors, school officials saw a drastic increase in applicants for next year's class."

"The University of North Carolina School of Medicine had received a record number of applications by mid-November, and the season’s not over. The surge was expected: Nationally, the number of medical school applicants have been steadily rising, reaching a record 43,919 students applying through the Association of American Medical Colleges for the fall 2011 class."

"Since 2009, Johns Hopkins has seen 10 percent hike in number of applicants."

"Innovation in some college science courses has been constrained by the impression that the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) defines an immutable premedical curriculum: colleges hesitate to teach new topics not included in the MCAT and feel they must cover outdated, irrelevant material that is still included. The MCAT, however, actually reflects, rather than dictates, what is taught at the undergraduate level."

"The number of first-time applicants to U.S. medical schools reached a record high in 2011, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) said Tuesday."

"The number of first-time applicants to allopathic medical schools reached an all-time high of 32,654 students, a 2.6% rise from 2010, said an Assn. of American Medical Colleges report released in October."

"According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of positions for physicians and surgeons is expected to increase by about 22% in the next seven years. This rapid growth can be attributed to an aging population's increasing need for healthcare, as well as the general public's demand for high-quality medical attention."

"The number of applicants applying for the first time to U.S. medical schools reached an all-time high this year, according to data released Monday by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)."