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OptomCAS Applicants per Institution (2020-2021) ................................................................... 5  \nOverall OptomCAS Trends ..................................................................................................................6  \nFigure 2. OptomCAS Number of Institutions, Applicants and Applications (2009-2021) ......................... 6  \nFigure 3. Accepted OptomCAS Applicants (2009-2021) ........................................................................... 6  \nAge and Sex .......................................................................................................................................7  \nFigure 4. OptomCAS Applicants by Age and Sex (2020-2021) .................................................................. 7  \nFigure 5. Accepted OptomCAS Applicants by Age and Sex (2020-2021) .................................................. 7  \nFigure 6. OptomCAS Applicants by Sex per Cycle (2009-2021) ................................................................ 8  \nFigure 7. Accepted OptomCAS Applicants by Sex per Cycle (2009-2021) ................................................ 8  \nRace/Ethnicity ...................................................................................................................................9  \nFigure 8. OptomCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity (2020-2021) .............................................................. 9  \nFigure 9. OptomCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity and Sex (2020-2021) ................................................. 9  \nFigure 10. Accepted OptomCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity (2020-2021) .......................................... 10  \nFigure 11. Accepted OptomCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity and Sex (2020-2021) ............................. 10  \nFigure 12. Accepted OptomCAS Applicants by ALL Race/Ethnicity Categories (2020-2021) .................. 10  \nFigure 13. OptomCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity per Cycle (2009-2021) ........................................... 11  \nFigure 13 (cont.) OptomCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity per Cycle (2009-2021) ................................ 11  \nFigure 14. Accepted OptomCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity per Cycle (2009-2021) ........................... 12  \nFigure 14 (cont.) Accepted OptomCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity per Cycle (2009-2021) ................ 12  \nCitizenship .......................................................................................................................................13  \nFigure 15. Accepted OptomCAS Applicants by Citizenship Status (2020-2021) ..................................... 13  \nPermanent State of Residency..........................................................................................................13  \nFigure 16. OptomCAS Applicants by Permanent State of Residency (Top 26 in 2020-2021) ................. 13  \nGrade Point Averages (GPAs) ...........................................................................................................14  \nFigure 17. OptomCAS GPAs by Sex (2020-2021) ..................................................................................... 14  \nFigure 18. Accepted OptomCAS GPAs by Sex (2020-2021) ..................................................................... 14  \nFigure 19. 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