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Our website is devoted entirely to the medical school admission process and to giving you the information you need to help you gain admission into your choice of top med school programs.

Medical School Admissions

So you're interested in becoming a medical doctor? If you haven't yet applied to med school, then you will (hopefully) find Medical School Admission Dot Com very helpful.

The number of first-year students enrolling at the nation's 129 medical schools in the fall of 2007 grew to a record 17,759, an increase of 2.3 percent and at least the fifth straight year in which that number ticked up. And the number of applicants grew by 8.2 percent, to 42,315, the highest total since 1997. Nearly 32,000 of those applicants were applying for the first time, a record high.

As recently as 2002, the number of students applying to and enrolling in American medical schools appeared to be in a freefall, having dipped sharply, from highs in the mid-1990s, amid concerns about a glut of physicians. But with at least some experts now predicting a significant shortfall of doctors in the years ahead, medical schools are expanding their enrollments and students are flooding the institutions with applications to fill the seats, according to an annual look at medical school admissions by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

The AAMC has called for a 30 percent increase in medical school enrollments by 2015 through expanded enrollments at existing schools and the creation of new ones, and while association officials said this past year's overall increase would not put them on pace to reach that goal, it was heartening that 11 institutions had boosted their enrollments by at least 10 percent.

AAMC officials have been gratified not just by the enrollment growth, but also that it has resulted in a medical student body that is both more academically accomplished and more ethnically and racially diverse. Fewer than 45 percent of 2007 applicants to American medical schools were admitted, a figure that has declined steadily from the low 50s at the start of this decade. Enrolled students in 2007 had an average MCAT score of 28 and average college grade point average of 3.5.

As a result, an already competitive admissions process appears to be becoming even more competitive. But don't fear. We have information on many different aspects of the admission process including both the AMCAS and the MCAT that can help you along the way.

What We Think You Should Know

Med school is not easy to get through, and the profession itself is definitely not for everyone. Think long and hard about becoming a doctor before you commit yourself to this career track. Being a doctor means making huge sacrifices, first in medical school and then later in your internship and residency. Long shifts will be the norm not just during your training but throughout your career. Even when you're not working directly with patients, you will be spending a significant amount of time as a doctor reading and staying current in new medical techniques and research. The people who excel in medicine are those who are happy spending every waking moment thinking about it – and those are precisely the kind of people that medical schools are looking for.

People are only half-joking when they describe a medical career as a "jealous lover" who takes over the practitioner's life. Studies have found that doctors tend to have a very high divorce rate and, ironically, a relatively short life expectancy. That situation seems to be changing somewhat, precisely because the younger doctors coming into the profession now insist on more work-life balance than their elders were willing to accept. Still, medicine is far more than a job. It takes as much dedication to thrive in a medical career as it does to get into medical school and to excel in medical training.

This website will give you assistance in your application process as you apply to med programs, but we want to make sure you are aware of the downside and have given proper thought and consideration to these points. If you have not, you could end up unhappy with your choice of career path and you will have taken an opportunity to attend med school from someone else who has the devotion to the "jealous lover" and the dedication to become a good doctor.

Still Want to Be a Doctor?

Good! Read on and we wish you the best of luck with your medical school applications!