Profile of the OSU College of Medicine Student

Quinn Capers, IV, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I.Assistant Professor of Medicine

Director, Peripheral Vascular InterventionsDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine

Associate Dean of Admissions

College of Medicine

• Ranked #27 by U.S. News & World Report– Goal to be in top 20 by 2015

• Top 10 of public medical schools

Ohio State UniversityOur rise in the rankings

17 pointssince 2003

U.S. News & World Report

USNWR Medical School Rankings:What Do They Measure?

• Peer assessment• Assessment score by

residency directors• Avg Undergrad GPA• Avg MCAT• Total NIH grants

• Acceptance rate (total accepts/total applications)

• NIH grants/faculty member

• Faculty/Student ratio

Entering Class of 2010 Profile

• Total Number of Applications: 4,237• Total Applicants Interviewed: 879• Total Acceptances: 466• Total Class Size: 220

– Underrepresented in Medicine: 34– Males: 119– Females: 101

Undergraduate Institutions of Accepted Applicants(107 Institutions represented in All Other)

8 10 10 12 12 17 18 21 39

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107 institutions50 Ohio 57 Non-Ohio10 Ivy League

Entering Class of 2009 Profile

• Class GPA: 3.70• Class Science GPA: 3.63• MCAT Composite: 32.91 Q

– Verbal Mean: 10.52– Biological Mean: 11.52– Physical Science Mean: 11.43– Writing Section: Q

Progress!

2009

• Avg MCAT: 32.91

• # “Activated” from waiting list: 22

2010

• Avg MCAT: 33.46

• # “Activated” from waiting list: 5

US Medical Licensing Examination

Step 1 Step 2 CK

Students Tested 200 199

OSU Pass Rate 95.5% 98.9%

OSU Mean 223 237

National Mean 221 229

2010 Residency MATCH

200 participants– 41% in Ohio

– Primary Care – 45%• Family Medicine – 11%• Internal Medicine – 12%• Pediatrics – 12%• Medicine/Pediatrics – 4%• Ob/Gyn – 6%

Key Out of State Residency Placements

• Anesthesiology – UCLA, U. of Chicago, UNC, Iowa, Tufts• Dermatology – Jackson Memorial/Miami, U. of Colorado• Emergency Med – Beth Israel/Deaconess/Boston• ENT – UT Southwestern, U. of Michigan• Family Medicine – Oregon, U. of Virginia• General Surgery – UCSD, USC, Tufts• Internal Med – U. of Virginia, Boston U., Duke, Cedars/Sinai/LA• Med-Peds – Vanderbilt, U. of Chicago, Pittsburgh• Neurosurgery – Emory• Orthopedic Surgery – Mass General/Boston, Henry Ford, Mayo• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation – Emory• Radiology – U of Minnesota, Northwestern