What happened to the applicants who applied to medical school in 2007?
A table indicating the number of 2007 applicants matriculating in state, out of state and not matriculating is available at http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2007/2007slrmat5.htm. This table does not include data for applicants who were accepted to but did not enroll in medical school; the national average number of these students ranges from 1100-1200 applicants annually. Notice that more students from any given state matriculated to in-state medical schools than to out-of-state medical schools. Again using South Carolina as an example, in 2007 there were 564 South Carolina residents who applied to medical school, 210 matriculated in-state and 33 matriculated out-of-state. There are two reasons for this phenomenon. For political reasons, most state-supported medical schools consider only state residents for admission. Thus the bulk of any state’s residents will matriculate to a state-supported school. Students interested in attending medical school in another state must gain admission to
