Fall/Winter 2013

P&S Class of 2017 by the Numbers

P&S Class of 2017 reciting the oath.
  • 170 students
    • 140 MD students
    • 14 MD/PhD students
    • 4 PhD-to-MD students
    • 2 oral and maxillofacial surgery students pursuing a dual degree
    • 10 Columbia-Bassett students 
  • 86 females
  • 84 males
  • Age range: 20-37
  • 36 underrepresented minorities (21%)
  • 7,864 total applications through AMCAS
  • 7,448 secondary applications
  • 6,103 applications for traditional MD program (including 887 from underrepresented minorities)
  • 691 applications for Columbia-Bassett track    
  • 547 applications for the MD/PhD program
  • 44 applications for the PhD-to-MD program
  • 1,075 interviews conducted (including 170 underrepresented minorities, 72 for Columbia-Bassett, 112 for MD/PhD, and 15 for PhD-to-MD)
  • 52% yield 
  • 72 colleges represented
  • 31 states represented
  • 4 foreign countries (Canada, China, Korea, and Nigeria) represented
  • 1 U.S. commonwealth (Puerto Rico) represented