Insider Insights: What Leading Admissions Committees Seek in Candidates

Gain valuable insights into what admissions committees are looking for in applicants, including personal characteristics, quantitative measures, research experience, and additional qualities like publications and leadership experience.

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• Applicant qualities
• Research experience
• Admissions committees
• Candidate requirements

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1. What Are Admissions Committees Looking For? Confessions of an admissions committee insider Brian P. Sullivan Washington University in St. Louis NEAAHP Meeting April 11, 2013

2. Disclaimer Brian Sullivan receives compensation from Washington University in St. Louis. Therefore, he will make no pretense of being objective.

3. What are we looking for? Personal Characteristics Quantitative Measures Research Experience Lagniappe

4. Personal Characteristics Maturity & Integrity Commitment & Perseverance Curious & Creative High concern index Effective Team Player & Communicator

5. Quantitative Measures Total Applicant Pool MCATS GPA (n= 1,813) 100% Mean 31.1 3.6 Range 6 - 44 1.7 - 4.0 Matriculants MCATS GPA Mean 34.4 3.8 (n= 633) 35% Range 22 - 44 2.8 - 4.0

6. MD-PhD Applicant Statistics 2012 MCAT 500 Applicants 450 Matriculants 400 27% 350 300 9% 250 200 150 100 50 0 3 - 26 27 - 29 30 - 32 Best MCAT 33 - 35 36 - 38 39 - 45

7. MD-PhD Applicant Statistics 2012 GPA 400 350 Applicants 300 Matriculants 250 21% 7% 200 150 100 50 0 1.6 - 3.0 3.0 - 3.2 3.2 - 3.4 3.4 - 3.5 3.5 - 3.6 Total GPA 3.6 - 3.7 3.7 - 3.8 3.8 - 3.9 3.9 - 4.0

8. Research Experience Sufficient research experience to understand what you are getting into Two years of undergraduate research Multiple summer projects Senior thesis research Familiarity with testing a hypothesis Mechanistic rather than descriptive

9. Lagniappe Publications Meeting Presentations Leadership Experience Gap Year / Postbac Multiple Majors No Drama

10. My Favorite Words Curious Creative / Innovative Focused Initiative / Fearless Passion Thoughtful

11. About the Application Less is more, and more is too much Clear & unambiguous statements Compelling story, not a lab report Early bird gets the worm

12. Acknowledgements: Data slides provided by the AAMC Contact Information briansullivan@wustl.edu or 800-852-4625