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All Rights Reserved.  \n2018 AACOMAS Profile: Applicant and Matriculant Report Abstract  \nFollowing are summary tables of osteopathic medical school applicants and matriculants from the 2017 entering class.  \nThe American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (AACOMAS) received 181,960 individual school applications from 20,981 applicants for 7 ,4671 American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) approved seats in Fall 2018. These numbers include all applicants to the 40 colleges of osteopathic medicine and branch campuses which participated in AACOMAS. The application cycle opened in May 2017 and closed in April 2018 , with deadlines varying by College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) . There were 2.87 applicants for each COCA-approved seat in the firstyear class. The mean number of individual school applications per applicant was 8.70.  \nThe COMs matriculated a total of 7,575 applicants to the 2018 entering class , 7 ,415 (98%) of whom applied through AACOMAS 2 and were matched to their applicant records used to produce this report 3.  \nThe data points included in this report are as follows. Due to rounding, not all percentages will total to 100 in the tables below.  \n1. Applicant and Matriculant Characteristics  \n􀂃 A total of 7,415 matriculants are included in this report. These matriculants submitted 74,253 individual school applications. This represents an increase of 218 (2.9%) matriculants and 1,497 (2.0%) applications compared to 2017.  \n􀂃 The mean number of individual school applications per matriculant was 10.01; in 2017 it was 10.11.  \n􀂃 Females continue to represent less than half of the matriculant pool, 3,592 (48.6%) .  \n􀂃 The mean age was 23 for the class matriculating in 2018 , down from 24 in 2017.  \n􀂃 For the single race/ethnicity category, the percentage of under-represented minorities decreased, from 10.3 percent in 2017 to 9.6 percent in 2018. Whites and Asians continue to make up more than eighty percent of the matriculant pool.  \n2. Baccalaureate Degree Majors  \n􀂃 Matriculants with a major categorized as life sciences are nearly 76.2 percent of the pool, decreasing by two percent compared to 2017. The remaining percentages are as follows: social sciences (9 .0%), physical sciences (6.5%), arts & humanities (4.9%), other majors (3.3%), and no major (0 .2%) . A total of  \n13 matriculants reported no major and 92 matriculants were missing a major.  \n3. GPA  \n􀂃 Matriculants' post-baccalaureate overall mean GPA is the highest reported at 3 .71, followed by graduate at 3.64 , all-coursework at 3.49 , and baccalaureate at 3.54. The standard deviation for each of these categories ranged from .29 to .36.  \n􀂃 Females continue to have a higher overall mean GPAs compared to males.  \n􀂃 Foreign matriculants’ overall baccalaureate mean GPA was 3.64—the highest compared to all other single category race/ethnicities.  \n4. MCAT Scores  \n􀂃 The mean scores for the new MCAT are as follows:  \n− Psychological, social, and biological foundations of behavior: 126.52;  \n1 The University of North Texas Health Sciences Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and NYIT-COM's émigré program applicants/matriculants are not included in this analysis because the data are not part of the AACOMAS database. UNTHSC/TCOM receives its applications through the Texas Medical and Dental School Application Service.  \n2 COMs may matriculate up to 108% of their COCA approved class size.  \n3 A total of 37 matriculants were not included in this report: 13 could not be matched to their applicant records and 24 were reported as matriculating to more than one COM. Deferred or non-AACOMAS matriculants totaled 160.  \n− Biological and biochemical fo","cbCaikaBHpc3dD43","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikaBHpc3dD43","pdf",1226053,31,"English","# Applicant and Matriculant Overview\n## Application volume and seat matching (Fall 2018)\n## Applicant and Matriculant Characteristics\n## Baccalaureate Degree Majors\n## GPA\n## MCAT Scores\n## Familiarity with Osteopathic Medicine & Prior Medical Education\n## HRSA Indicators","[{\"question\":\"What applicant and seat volumes are reported for Fall 2018?\",\"answer\":\"AACOMAS received 181,960 individual school applications from 20,981 applicants for 7,467 COCA-approved seats in Fall 2018, covering participating osteopathic colleges and branch campuses.\"},{\"question\":\"How many matriculants are included in the report and how did this change from 2017?\",\"answer\":\"The report includes 7,415 matriculants. 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