2002 Medical Class Profile

Admissions Summary

• Number applying in 2002: 4479 applicants
• Number interviewed: 577 (13%)
• Number of students in the class: 170
• Class Averages: GPA: 3.76, MCAT: 11.4

Class Composition

• Male: 57% of class
• Female: 43% of class
• MSTP: 13 students
• Inteflex: 30 students
• MaxillofacialSurgery Program: 2 students
• 14% of the class are minority students

Class Geography

• Michigan residents: 89 students (52%) Non-Michigan: 81 students (48%)
• States represented: 29
• After the state of Michigan, the next largest groups are: 14 students from California (8% of the class), ten from Illinois, 6 from Ohio, and 4 each from New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland.

Undergraduate Colleges Attended

• 54 undergraduate schools are represented in the class, including 8 schools in Michigan.
• 60 students attended the University of Michigan (35% of class).
• Nine students attended Harvard; six attended Stanford; five each attended Johns Hopkins, Berkeley, and Cornell. Next were Northwestern and Notre Dame with 4 each. Three each attended the University of Virginia, Yale, Brigham Young, Calvin College, Hope College, Michigan State, UCLA, University of Chicago, and Princeton.

College Field of Study

• Biology and biomedical fields: 49%
• Humanities fields: 18%
• Chemistry/Biochemistry: 17%
• Other science, engineering and math: 8%
• Business/Economics: 5%
• Health fields: 3%

Advanced Degrees

• One student has a PhD in Biochemistry
• Two students have doctorates in dentistry
• Six students have master's degrees