Anybody got any facts and figures.

There are ~8500 places?

60% of all applicants get 4 rejections

Source?

I was just curious to know how many people get into medicine and how many apply and any other interesting statistics. The more recent the better and please state the source.

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand or attempted to do so.

I hope I helped.


*You did ask for facts and figures.

Yeah, facts and figures to do with medicine, I would have thought you would know that seen as though the thread is in "medicine". And because I have written it in my original post.

Yeah, facts and figures to do with medicine, I would have thought you would know that seen as though the thread is in "medicine". And because I have written it in my original post.

The 60% of applicants get 4 rejections is a well known statistic and can be found on the UCAS website somewhere - was considering looking and linking you but god damn the UCAS website is so terrible, I couldn't bring myself to do it.

If I recall, it was ~58% for 2010 entry.

Remember - a lot of people who apply are totally ignorant of the unique nature of individual medical schools admissions policy.

Tailor your application and medicine admissions really isn't as hard as it is made out to be.

I reckon its higher this year isn't it?

Like others have said, i think UCAS is a good source.

Oxford release some good stats, although may be too specific for your purposes. If only every med school were so open!

Source?

its really just common sense.

medicine tends to need extra preparation to make a successful application.

half the applicants dont know what preparation means, or are just going through the motions since they've not learned how to choose a career yet. given this, its suprising that more dont get 4 rejections.

What? People are rejected because there are far less places than applicants, not because 60% of applicants are pure ****. All medical schools always fill all of their places.

wat do you mean? you are a med student, arent you? you cant be so naive of the calibre of many applicants.

Nor should you be unambivalent of the quality of some who get in.

A relatively high number of applicants do seem to be of relatively low calibre yes (the figures on how many people apply to med schools when they simply don't meet the most basic requirements is pretty staggering) and some people who get in are better than others of course. This is not a reason why the figure 60% exists! That is just simple math - applicants compared with places.