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ADMISSIONS
NUMBERS
- For the year 2000-2001, 37,092 people applied
for medical school admission, and 17,538 (47.3%) were admitted.
- The number of applicants has fallen for the last
three years from a high of 46,968 in 1996, while the number of
positions in the medical school class has remained constant.
- Between 1991 and 2000, 182 Macalester students
or alums applied for medical school admission, and 60% were admitted.
- Nationally, about 45% of those admitted majored
in biology; about 18% majored in one of the physical sciences
and about 37% did not major in science.
- Majoring in science did not give applicants an
admissions advantage (44% of science majors were accepted while
49% of non-science majors were accepted.)
- Of the 17,445 entering students, 155 (0.9%) were
international students.
- 45.2% of the applicants were women while women
comprised 45.7% of the entering class. (Schools vary in the percentage
of women in the entering class from 33% at the University of
Arkansas to 63.8% at Meharry University.
- Percentages of underrepresented People of Color
in the entering class were: Black American - 6.9%; American Indian
- 0.6%; Mexican American/Chicano - 2.3%; Mainland Puerto Rican
- 0.7%. People of Color were accepted at rates similar to White
Americans.
Some average scores for entering class of 1999:
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Medical College
|
Mean
College GPA
|
MCAT
|
|
VR |
PS |
BS |
WS* |
|
PERFECT SCORE |
4.00 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
T |
|
U of MN (TC) |
3.63 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
N |
|
U of MN (Duluth) |
3.45 |
9.2 |
8.8 |
9.2 |
- |
|
U of MN (Mayo) |
3.80 |
>10 |
>10 |
>10 |
- |
|
U of Iowa |
3.60 |
9-10 |
9-10 |
9-10 |
- |
|
U of Wisconsin |
3.73 |
9.8 |
10.1 |
10.3 |
P |
|
UCSF |
3.77 |
11 |
12 |
12 |
- |
|
SUNY-Brooklyn |
3.56 |
8.9 |
10.1 |
10.3 |
- |
|
Stanford |
3.70 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
- |
|
Washington U |
3.84 |
11 |
12.3 |
12.5 |
- |
|
Tulane |
3.50 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
- |
|
Average |
3.66 |
9.9 |
10.4 |
10.5 |
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*The writing sample is graded by letter from "J"
(lowest) through "T" (highest).
Some medical schools will not consider your application
if your scores fall below a certain cut-off. Others will consider
your application regardless of your scores. Medical schools do
take note of improvement. If you get off to a rocky start and
then recover, they will weigh your later grades more heavily than
your early ones. Bottom Line: Good scores are necessary but not
sufficient to gain admission to medical school. The intangibles
(commitment to medicine, interpersonal skills, genuine care for
others) are harder to quantify, but just as important in the admissions
process.
Information
on Medical School Admission by GPA
Over
the past 10 year period, from 1991-2000, 182 Macalester students
and alums have applied to medical school. 109 of them, or 60%,
have been admitted. Over the same period of time, the national
acceptance rate was 43%. Thus, this places us 17 percentage
points above the national average for all Macalester applicants,
regardless of academic performance.
If we take the student's
academic performance into consideration, the rates of admission
are as follows:
|
Overall
Mac GPA
|
Total
Applicants
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Total
Acceptances
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% Acceptance
|
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3.9 |
13 |
12 |
92 |
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3.8 |
32 |
30 |
94 |
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3.7 |
45 |
42 |
93 |
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3.6 |
67 |
59 |
88 |
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3.5 |
93 |
75 |
81 |
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3.4 |
105 |
80 |
76 |
|
3.3 |
127 |
86 |
68 |
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3.2 |
145 |
96 |
66 |
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3.1 |
157 |
101 |
64 |
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3.0 |
164 |
101 |
62 |
Keep in mind that while
GPA correlates with success in medical school admission, it
is only one of the factors considered by medical schools in
making their decisions. Thus, a good GPA combined with poor MCAT
scores and/or lack of demonstrated interest in medicine will not
be as attractive as a lower GPA combined with good MCAT scores
and committed service to others in a health care environment.
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