Setting Record High for Third Straight Year

The number of applicants to AACOMAS, the application service for 24 of the nation’s 25 osteopathic medical schools, neared 12,450 as of February 6, reflecting an increase of 6.9 percent over the prior year and setting a record for the third consecutive year.  Additional applicants to the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center College of Osteopathic Medicine apply through the Texas Medical and Dental Application Service (TMDSAS) and are not included in this total. 

These 12,448 applicants have submitted a total of 92,069 individual college applications to fill 4,613 first-year seats at the 24 colleges and three branch campuses. 

Additional potential medical students will continue to submit applications–the deadlines for several of the colleges are not until April 2009.