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Table 1 Demographics

From: Association of applicant demographic factors with medical school acceptance

 

All Applicants

N = 153,664

Accepted Applicants

N = 69,569 (45.3%)

Not Accepted Applicants

N = 84,095 (54.7%)

Sex, n/%

 Female

82,190 / 53.5%

37,683 / 54.2%

44,507 / 52.9%

 Male

71,356 / 46.4%

31,823 / 45.7%

39,533 / 47.0%

 Not Reported

118 / 0.1%

63 / 0.1%

55 / 0.1%

Age, n/%

 UNDER 22

10,896 / 7.1%

6,260 / 9.0%

4,636 / 5.5%

 22

45,647 / 29.7%

23,851 / 34.3%

21,796 / 25.9%

 23

36,610 / 23.8%

17,416 / 25.0%

19,194 / 22.8%

 24

23,485 / 15.3%

9,922 / 14.3%

13,563 / 16.1%

 25

12,596 / 8.2%

4,553 / 6.5%

8,043 / 9.6%

 26

7,422 / 4.8%

2,433 / 3.5%

4,989 / 5.9%

 27

4,591 / 3.0%

1,466 / 2.1%

3,125 / 3.7%

 OVER 27

12,417 / 8.1%

3,668 / 5.3%

8,749 / 10.4%

First-Generation College Student, n/%

30,455 / 19.8%

11,529 / 16.6%*

18,926 / 22.5%*

Low-income (< $75,000 Childhood Income), n/%

54,735 / 35.6%

21,702 / 31.2%*

33,033 / 39.3%*

Underrepresented in Medicine, n/% (95% CI)

31,587 / 20.6%

13,975 / 10.1%*

17,612 / 20.9%*

MCAT2015 Total Score, Mean (SD)

506.00 (9.54)

511.70 (6.46)*

501.46 (9.15)*

Science GPA, Mean (SD)

3.51 (0.42)

3.70 (0.28)*

3.35 (0.45)*

 Quintile 1 (< 3.19)

28,974 / 18.9%

3,840 / 5.5%

25,134 / 19.9%

 Quintile 2 (3.19 – 3.48)

29,495 / 19.2%

9,664 / 14.4%

19,831 / 23.6%

 Quintile 3 (3.49 – 3.69)

29,402 / 19.1%

14,219 / 20.4%

15,183 / 18.1%

 Quintile 4 (3.70 – 3.87)

29,208 / 19.0%

17,474 / 25.1%

11,734 / 14.0%

 Quintile 5 (3.88 – 4.00)

30,617 / 19.9%

22,126 / 31.8%

8,491 / 10.1%

Non-Science GPA, Mean (SD)

3.74 (0.27)

3.83 (0.20)*

3.66 (0.30)*

Extracurricular Activities, n (%)

 Employment

90,657 / 59.0%

41,129 / 59.1%

49,528 / 58.9%

 Medical employment

68,428 / 44.5%

29,214 / 42.0%*

39,214 / 46.6%*

 Scholarly activities

56,820 / 37.0%

28,769 / 41.4%*

28,051 / 33.4%*

 Honors/awards

78,505 / 51.1%

41,129 / 59.1%*

37,376 / 44.4%*

 Shadowing

114,164 / 74.3%

56,053 / 80.6%*

58,111 / 69.1%*

 Community service

75,018 / 48.8%

38,634 / 55.5%*

36,384 / 43.3%*

 Other activities

69,625 / 45.3%

38,935 / 56.0%*

30,690 / 36.5%*

  1. * p < 0.01