A list has been published by US News, ranking schools according to those which receive the most applications. Ironically, many premed students perceive some of these schools to be “safeties” and thus more students apply to them, making the competition to be admitted fierce–much more stringent than most people realize. Overall, 2014 recorded the most number of medical school applicants ever: 49,480.
Drexel tops the list with 14,648 applicants. The schools in the top 10 for volume of applications received in the 2014 cycle are:
1. Drexel
2. Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
3. Georgetown
4. Temple
5. George Washington
6. Jefferson
7. Tufts
8. Boston University
9. New York Medical College
10. Western University of the Health Sciences
–Liza Thompson, Expert Medical School Admissions Consulting