2020 AACOMAS Profile Applicant and Matriculant Report - Selected data

A total of 30,308 students applied and 8,280 matriculated into the nations 37 DO. schools. Applicants submitted 203,118 individual school applications and the matriculants submitted 92,119 individual school applications.

• The mean number of individual school applications per applicant was 6.70 and per matriculant was 11.14.
• Women represented more than half of the applicant pool (53.4%) and matriculant pool (51.9%).
• The mean age was 23 for both applicants and matriculants in 2020.
• For the single race/ethnicity category, the percentage of under-represented minorities is 15.4 percent for applicants and 11.1 percent for matriculants.
• Age range for matriculants was from 18 to 62. Eight students aged 45 and up were admitted; I am one of the oldest D.O. students in the nation.
• I am one of the 262 military veterans admitted to the class of 2025.
• 1,822 Black or African-American students applied and 273 matriculated. 95 of the 273 Black or African-American matriculants are male. 1.1%. Sobering.
• Applicants mean MCAT score was 503.19 while matriculants mean MCAT score was 504.29.
• Matriculant MCAT score ranged from less than 482 (one student) to 519 or higher (54 students).

• Applicants undergraduate GPAs are as follows:
• − Non-Science: 3.62;
• − Science: 3.37;
• − Total: 3.49.

• Matriculants undergraduate GPAs are as follows:
• − Non-Science: 3.67;
• − Science: 3.46;
• − Total: 3.56.

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