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.

You can review the entire report here

My diploma arrived!!!!

After receiving my booster dose of Moderna, I checked the mailbox. My doctorate & graduate certificate arrived today! This was a LONG week of classes and I’ve got a lot of anatomy, immunology, and microbiology with a little pharmacology to review over this Labor Day weekend, but these two things bought a smile to my face and put some pep in my step!

#PhinisheD #doctorofosteopathicmedicineloading

Week 6 in the books

Tonight closes another long week. I was supposed to spend five or six hours studying after class today, but Eboni and I went for our booster dose of Moderna today. The dose has done a number on me; I started feeling chills and fever around 5 PM and I slept on and off until 8. SO, I didn’t do anything. Just means that I have a 12-hour day ahead of me on Saturday and Sunday. It’s all good…

I’ve written about this before, how to deal with people who aren’t on your team. It always hurts when the people who are standing against you are family though. Last week, my sister drove down to visit and last Sunday night, she and Eboni had some girl time to chat. Shawna was incredulous that Eboni would “let” me attend medical school at my age and she went on to give unsolicited advice (as she frequently does) and then ended the conversation by saying, “I am praying that Daryl does not make it through medical school.” Wow. Eboni was incensed and wanted to get in Shawna’s shit but I just told her that it’s better that we know where she stands so that we can put her in the category that she should be in regarding her place in our lives. It always hurts when family and friends stand against you, but I always say that what God has set in motion, no one can stop unless you let them. To those of you reading this, do not let ANYONE keep you from your dreams, even if they are family. Please, keep walking the path that God has for you.

Last week, we dove into the topics of lifestyle medicine, immunology, and microbiology. My plan is to spend 12 hours tomorrow catching up on the last two weeks work and on Sunday, I want to spend half a day reviewing anatomy and the other half reviewing. Previous materials. I have about a week and a half to two weeks to get everything locked down for final exams.