November 4, 2005

Applications Rise at Medical Schools

By EUGENE MCCORMACK

A record number of students matriculated at American medical schools this fall after applications increased for the third consecutive year, the Association of American Medical Colleges announced last week.

The 2005-6 entering class cracked the 17,000 mark for the first time, with a 2.1-percent increase over last year.

Jordan J. Cohen, the association's president, said his group had recently called for a 15-percent increase in medical-school enrollments because of a projected

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