October 22, 2008

Medical-School Applications Dip for the First Time in 6 Years

By Katherine Mangan

After five years of application increases, the number of students applying to the nation’s medical schools slipped 3 percent this year, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Association of American Medical Colleges. The drop came at a time when medical schools were being urged to accept more students to stave off a projected shortage of physicians.

Nonetheless, the schools increased their combined enrollments by 2 percent over 2007, largely because of the addition

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