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Maryland Gazette.net November 25, 2011
The country’s medical schools are seeing more applications over the past year, but Maryland’s two major medical school programs are ahead of the curve.
A report by the Association of American Medical Colleges released this month shows the total number of applicants to U.S. medical schools jumped 2.8 percent from 2010 to 2011 — from 42,741 to 43,919, the highest figure since 1996, when more than 46,900 people applied.
The number has jumped dramatically since 2002, when only 33,625 people applied.
Total first-year enrollment also increased from 2010 to 2011 by 3 percent, with 19,230 students entering medical school this fall.
... At the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the increase was even more dramatic. Applications to its medical school have increased from 3,655 in the fall of 2009 to 4,083 this year, a 10.4 percent jump, with most of the increase occurring from 2009 to 2010. (The number of applications fell between 2008 and 2009.)
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