AACOMAS 2009 Applicant Pool Comparison Data Enclosed are summary tables of the AACOMAS 2009 applicant pool data for the entire applicant pool and parallel data for those applicants who applied to your college. These data include all applicants to AACOMAS who designate a college to receive an application. Results may be different from locally developed reports which may not include applicants who do not complete the supplemental college application or otherwise exclude themselves from consideration. The tables include the following data: Age Age data are classified into six age groups and calculated as of July 1, 2009. We have also provided minimum and maximum applicant ages. Since AACOMAS does not require applicants to provide their date of birth we have indicated the number of applicants with missing data for this field. Gender - Full data are available for all applicants. Family member is a DO or MD - Full data are available for all applicants. Race/Ethnicity The race and ethnicity questions on the AACOMAS application follow the current U.S. Census lead and ask applicants to mark all that apply. Any applicant who marks Hispanic is counted as being of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity regardless of any other selections he/she may make. "Multiple Races" and "Unknown" do not describe selectable categories but are respondent behavior. Temporary residents and non-u.s. citizens are excluded from race and ethnicity calculations and are counted in the Foreign category. Although applicants are allowed to select multiple race/ethnicities the table, titled One Race Response, has, by creating the category Multiple Races, allowed for each applicant to be allocated to only one category. The table titled Multiple Category Response is a count of the number of race/ethnicity selections made by the applicants and for this reason there is no significance to the sum of the race categories in this table. GPA AACOMAS may calculate up to three sets of GPAs for each applicant - undergraduate only, undergraduate and post-baccalaureate, and all course work - although in many cases there is no difference among them. We have provided means and standard deviations for both the science and nonscience GPAs as well as the overall GPA. The GPA may not include final semester grades collected by the colleges. MCAT scores AACOMAS received MCAT score data for most applicants. In cases where we received more than one set of scores for a particular applicant we have included the set with the highest total score. At the bottom of the table we have indicated the number of applicants for whom we received MCAT data. We have provided means, standard deviations and medians for each section of the MCAT as well as total MCAT scores. The median MCAT scores are calculated over all the individual scores and therefore the median of the total is the median of all the individual total MCAT scores. Baccalaureate major We have grouped all majors that were reported as part of a baccalaureate degree into five groups: Life Sciences, Social Sciences (incl. Psyschology & Education), Physical Sciences (incl. Mathematics & Engineering), Arts & Humanities, and Other. The number of majors may be greater than the number of applicants since applicants can complete more than one baccalaureate degree and may earn a double major. Feeder colleges - The top 20 undergraduate feeder colleges providing the largest number of applicants. State of permanent residence - Full data are available for all U.S. applicants. In 2009 AACOMAS received 87 applications from non-u.s. permanent residents of whom 66 were Canadian residents. We have included a map charting all U.S. applicants to your college. The previously published document " - 2009 Entering Class" can be found on the AACOM website at http://publish.aacom.org/about/fastfacts/documents/fastfacts/2009-osteopathic-medical-school-applicants-9-1-2009.pdf and includes more detailed tables of the entire applicant pool. Copyright 2009. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved. 1 of 11
Age Number Percent Number Percent 20 and younger 91 0.7% 41 0.9% 21-25 9,254 73.5% 3,541 76.2% 26-30 2,407 19.1% 862 18.5% 31-40 684 5.4% 178 3.8% 41-50 129 1.0% 26 0.6% 51 and older 29 0.2% 1 0.0% Unidentified 23 7 Total 12,617 4,656 Minimum age 18 years 20 years Maximum age 72 years 52 years Note: Age as of July 1, 2009. 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 73.5% 76.2% Age Distribution of Matriculants AACOMAS NYCOM 19.1% 18.5% 5.4% 0.7% 0.9% 3.8% 1.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 20 and younger 21 25 26 30 31 40 41 50 51 and older Copyright 2009. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved. 2 of 11
Gender Number Percent Number Percent Female 6,101 48% 2,350 50% Male 6,507 52% 2,303 49% Unidentified 9 3 Total 12,617 4,656 Family Member is a DO or MD Number Percent Number Percent Yes 4,661 37% 1,896 41% No 7,956 63% 2,760 59% Total 12,617 4,656 The race and ethnicity questions on the AACOMAS application follow the current U.S. Census lead and ask applicants to mark all that apply. Any applicant who marks Hispanic is counted as being of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity regardless of any other selections he/she may make. "Multiple Races" and "Unknown" do not describe selectable categories but are respondent behavior. Temporary residents and non-u.s. citizens are excluded from race and ethnicity calculations and are counted in the Foreign category. Although applicants are allowed to select multiple race/ethnicities the following table, titled One Race Response, has, by creating the category Multiple Races, allowed for each applicant to be allocated to only one category. The table titled Multiple Category Response is a count of the number of race/ethnicity selections made by the applicants and for this reason there is no significance to the sum of the race categories in this table. Race and Ethnicity (One Race Response) Race/Ethnicity Number Percent Number Percent White, non-hispanic 7,351 63.0% 2,258 52.8% Hispanic/Latino 720 6.2% 295 6.9% African American, non-hispanic 626 5.4% 220 5.1% Native American, non-hispanic 43 0.4% 6 0.1% Pacific Islander, non-hispanic 15 0.1% 4 0.1% Asian, non-hispanic 2,425 20.8% 1,344 31.4% Multiple Races, non-hispanic 345 3.0% 122 2.9% Foreign 143 1.2% 25 0.6% Unknown 949 382 Total 12,617 4,656 Copyright 2009. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved. 3 of 11
70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Race / Ethnicity Applicant Profile 63.0% 52.8% AACOMAS NYCOM 31.4% 20.8% 6.2% 6.9% 5.4% 5.1% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 3.0% 2.9% 1.2% 0.6% White Hispanic/Latino African American Native American Pacific Islander Asian Multiple Races Foreign Race and Ethnicity (Multiple Category Response) Race/Ethnicity Number Percent Number Percent White, non-hispanic 7,665 60.8% 2,369 50.9% Hispanic/Latino 720 5.7% 295 6.3% African American, non-hispanic 680 5.4% 242 5.2% Native American, non-hispanic 123 1.0% 21 0.5% Pacific Islander, non-hispanic 33 0.3% 12 0.3% Asian, non-hispanic 2,660 21.1% 1,437 30.9% Foreign 143 1.1% 25 0.5% Total 12,617 4,656 Underrepresented Minorities 1,547 12% 569 12% Underrepresented minorities includes applicants of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, African American, Native American and Pacific Islander race. Copyright 2009. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved. 4 of 11
AACOMAS may calculate up to three sets of GPAs for each applicant - undergraduate only, undergraduate and post-baccalaureate, and all course work - although in many cases there is no difference among them. We have provided means and standard deviations for both the science and non-science GPAs as well as the overall GPA. The GPA may not include final semester grades collected by the colleges. GPA Science Non-science Overall Science Non-science Overall Mean 4 year FR - SR 3.25 3.52 3.40 3.19 3.48 3.35 SD 0.49 0.35 0.35 0.50 0.36 0.35 Mean Undergrad FR-SR, PB 3.30 3.52 3.41 3.24 3.49 3.37 SD 0.40 0.34 0.33 0.40 0.34 0.32 Mean All including graduate 3.31 3.53 3.42 3.26 3.50 3.38 SD 0.38 0.33 0.31 0.38 0.33 0.31 Undergraduate GPA 3.60 3.50 3.40 3.52 3.48 3.40 3.35 3.30 3.20 3.25 3.19 AACOMAS NYCOM 3.10 3.00 Science Non science Overall Copyright 2009. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved. 5 of 11
AACOMAS received MCAT score data from 11,946 applicants. In cases where we received more than one set of scores for a particular applicant we have included the set with the highest total score. We have provided the mean, standard deviation and median for each section of the MCAT as well as the total MCAT score. The median MCAT scores are calculated over all the individual scores and therefore the median of the total is the median of all the individual total MCAT scores. MCAT Scores Verbal Biological Science Physical Science Total Verbal Biological Science Physical Science Mean 8.38 8.93 8.18 25.50 8.28 9.00 8.29 25.58 SD 1.94 1.76 1.84 4.25 1.97 1.68 1.81 4.15 Median 9 9 8 26 8 9 8 26 MCAT scores were calculated on data from 11,946 sets of scores. Total MCAT scores were calculated on data from 4476 sets of scores. 9.20 9.00 8.80 8.60 8.40 8.20 8.00 7.80 7.60 Mean MCAT Scores 8.93 9.00 8.38 8.28 8.29 8.18 Verbal Biological Science Physical Science AACOMAS NYCOM Copyright 2009. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved. 6 of 11
Distribution of Writing Scores Number Percent Number Percent J 37 0.3% 14 0.3% K 275 2.3% 90 2.0% L 872 7.3% 277 6.2% M 2,924 24.5% 1,072 23.9% N 1,264 10.6% 454 10.1% O 1,773 14.8% 671 15.0% P 1,257 10.5% 467 10.4% Q 2,189 18.3% 873 19.5% R 922 7.7% 382 8.5% S 384 3.2% 159 3.6% T 46 0.4% 16 0.4% X 3 0.0% 1 0.0% Baccalaureate major We have grouped all majors that were reported as part of a baccalaureate degree into five groups: Life Sciences, Social Sciences (incl. Psyschology & Education), Physical Sciences (incl. Mathematics & Engineering), Arts & Humanities and Other. The number of majors may be greater than the number of applicants since applicants can complete more than one baccalaureate degree and may earn a double major. Baccalaureate Degree Major Number Percent Number Percent Life Sciences 10,094 67% 3,522 65% Social Sciences 1,672 11% 722 13% Physical Sciences 1,234 8% 379 7% Arts & Humanties 1,138 8% 439 8% Other 1,025 7% 338 6% Copyright 2009. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved. 7 of 11
Top 20 Feeder Colleges Providing Largest Number of Applicants AACOMAS Applicant Pool Profile Rank Baccalaureate Degree Granting Institution Number of BA/BS Degrees Received by Applicants Percent of Degrees Received by Applicants to NYCOM Number of BA/BS Degrees Received by Applicants Percent of Total Degrees 1 State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 105 1.9% 114 0.8% 2 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI 100 1.9% 245 1.6% 3 University of California-Los Angeles, CA 97 1.8% 184 1.2% 4 Rutgers the State University of NJ New Brunswick Campus, NJ 90 1.7% 124 0.8% 5 Michigan State University, MI 77 1.4% 255 1.7% 6 University of California-San Diego, CA 71 1.3% 120 0.8% 7 New York Institute of Technology - Old Westbury, NY 69 1.3% 75 0.5% 8 University of Florida, FL 68 1.3% 176 1.2% 9 Penn State University Park, PA 67 1.2% 125 0.8% 10 State University of New York at Binghamton, NY 65 1.2% 69 0.5% 11 University of California-Berkeley, CA 62 1.1% 130 0.9% 12 New York University, NY 59 1.1% 74 0.5% 13 University of California-Davis, CA 58 1.1% 109 0.7% 14 Cornell University, NY 52 1.0% 77 0.5% 14 University of California-Irvine, CA 52 1.0% 121 0.8% 16 University of Central Florida, FL 51 0.9% 107 0.7% 17 University of Miami, FL 43 0.8% 98 0.6% 18 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 41 0.8% 120 0.8% 19 University of Maryland-College Park, MD 40 0.7% 57 0.4% 20 University of South Florida, FL 36 0.7% 113 0.7% 21 Boston University, MA 35 0.6% 56 0.4% 21 The George Washington University, DC 35 0.6% 43 0.3% 23 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus, PA 34 0.6% 76 0.5% Copyright 2009. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved. 8 of 11
State (or other) of permanent residence State (or other) of permanent residence US States and territories Number Percent Number Percent Alaska 22 0.2% 5 0.1% Alabama 97 0.8% 13 0.3% Arkansas 54 0.4% 5 0.1% Arizona 242 1.9% 65 1.4% California 1,257 10.0% 571 12.3% Colorado 280 2.2% 59 1.3% Connecticut 92 0.7% 64 1.4% District of Columbia 5 0.0% 3 0.1% Delaware 30 0.2% 16 0.3% Florida 938 7.5% 331 7.1% Georgia 236 1.9% 59 1.3% Hawaii 32 0.3% 11 0.2% Iowa 208 1.7% 22 0.5% Idaho 69 0.6% 14 0.3% Illinois 632 5.0% 193 4.2% Indiana 203 1.6% 44 0.9% Kansas 148 1.2% 8 0.2% Kentucky 136 1.1% 10 0.2% Louisiana 49 0.4% 13 0.3% Massachusetts 197 1.6% 120 2.6% Maryland 197 1.6% 114 2.5% Maine 65 0.5% 15 0.3% Michigan 871 7.0% 240 5.2% Minnesota 229 1.8% 47 1.0% Missouri 279 2.2% 25 0.5% Mississippi 49 0.4% 4 0.1% Montana 43 0.3% 7 0.2% North Carolina 179 1.4% 55 1.2% North Dakota 29 0.2% 3 0.1% Copyright 2009. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved. 9 of 11
Nebraska 78 0.6% 7 0.2% New Hampshire 33 0.3% 15 0.3% New Jersey 584 4.7% 422 9.1% New Mexico 31 0.2% 7 0.2% Nevada 83 0.7% 15 0.3% New York 1,032 8.2% 905 19.5% Ohio 590 4.7% 141 3.0% Oklahoma 295 2.4% 16 0.3% Oregon 123 1.0% 39 0.8% Pennsylvania 866 6.9% 407 8.8% Puerto Rico 2 0.0% 1 0.0% Rhode Island 24 0.2% 16 0.3% South Carolina 80 0.6% 17 0.4% South Dakota 36 0.3% 6 0.1% Tennessee 181 1.4% 26 0.6% Texas 418 3.3% 147 3.2% Utah 262 2.1% 59 1.3% Virginia 308 2.5% 119 2.6% Virgin Islands 1 0.0% 1 0.0% Vermont 20 0.2% 11 0.2% Washington 245 2.0% 66 1.4% Wisconsin 219 1.7% 50 1.1% West Virginia 135 1.1% 9 0.2% WyomIng 15 0.1% 5 0.1% Military 090-098 1 0.0% 1 0.0% Total U.S. Applicants 12,530 4,644 * States providing more than 5% of applicants to the college are highlighted Copyright 2009. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved. 10 of 11
School Applicant Pool Data 3 3 ND 5 WY 6 SD 7 MT 7 NE 11 VT 14 ID 15 ME 15 NH 15 16 RI 22 IA 39 OR 44 47 MN 50 WI 64 CT 66 WA 120 MA 141 OH 240 MI 407 PA 422 NJ 905 NY GU 1 PR 1 VI 3 DC 4 MS 5 AK 5 AR 7 NM 8 KS 9 WV 10 KY 11 HI 13 AL 13 LA NV 16 DE 16 OK 17 SC 25 MO 26 TN 44 IN 55 NC 59 CO 59 GA 59 UT 65 AZ 114 MD 119 VA 147 TX 193 IL 331 FL NJ 571 CA 11 of 11