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The 10 Medical Schools with the Highest Acceptance Rates

BestColleges

Medical school acceptance rates can vary based on factors like number of applicants, location, and whether the school is in-state vs. out-of-state. Even schools with a higher acceptance rate can still be very selective. But once you learn more about med school acceptance rates, you can target your application efforts more effectively.

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Many Alaskan Students Aren’t Accepting State’s Merit-Based Scholarship

BestColleges

Eligibility rates for a merit-based scholarship in Alaska hit an all-time low in 2022, and few students who qualified for the in-state scholarship chose to accept it. That figure is similar to 24% for the classes of 2020 and 2021, but far below its peak acceptance of 39% in 2016.

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UGA 2024 Early Action Updates

UGA Undergraduate Admissions Q & A

We have gone from roughly 11,000 EA applicants in 2014 to almost 27,000 EA applicants this year, and we expect the overall applicant pool (EA and RD together) to show similar growth. Again, this is data on the total EA applicant pool, and not on the group we will be accepting (which will be higher). UGA mid-50% GPA Average – 3.81-4.22

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How to Get into Wesleyan University

The Koppelman Group

Last year, Wesleyan had a 17% acceptance rate. Rigor (and Class Rank… and GPA) You might have noticed that “rigor of secondary school record” is the only very important factor for Wesleyan… so you really need to show it to be a good candidate. You also want an excellent GPA. Wesleyan recommends students take 24 credits.

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How Hard Is It to Get into Medical School? (2023)

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Regardless, you may be confused about how you could possibly get in after going to great lengths to “do everything right”—achieving a strong GPA and MCAT score, satisfying your extracurricular requirements, obtaining meaningful medical school letters of recommendation , and so on. Heck, you yourself may even be reapplying to medical school.

GPA 98
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Harvard Legacy Strategy

The Koppelman Group

Harvard has one of the lowest if not the lowest acceptance rate in America… really take that in. Schools are usually very tight-lipped about their legacy acceptance rate, but because of the court case we know more about Harvard’s legacy admission rate. GPA” to get into Harvard. GPA, but if your kid has a 3.6,

GPA 52
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Duke Legacy Strategy

The Koppelman Group

Most schools have a slightly higher acceptance rate for legacies than for non-legacy students. While Duke has never published any numbers about their own admissions, a researcher at Duke did a study on legacy admissions at Harvard and published their legacy acceptance rate. Well, it mostly breaks down to an industry standard.