Which factors predict the likelihood of reapplying to medical school? An analysis by gender

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Douglas Grbic, Lindsay Brewer Roskovensky

Abstract

To explore factors associated with becoming a repeat applicant to medical school--specifically, factors involving alternative educational and career plans and educational indebtedness--and how they differ by gender. Using deidentified 2009 and 2010 American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) data, the authors determined the potential and actual 2010 repeat applicants among first-time applicants who were not accepted to medical school in 2009. Using logistic regression models, they then analyzed the deidentified 2008 Pre-MCAT Questionnaire (PMQ) responses of those potential 2010 repeat applicants who had participated in the PMQ to examine associations between aspirants' self-reported alternative educational and career (Plan B) options as well as levels of indebtedness and the likelihood of reapplying. Using population-level demographic data from AMCAS, the authors weighted analyses to more accurately reflect the actual population of potential repeat applicants. They also explored gender-related differences. Considering as a Plan B applying to a different graduate degree program--business, law, science, another health profession--decreased the likelihood that an unsuccessful 2009 first-time applicant would reapply to med...Continue Reading

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