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AAMC Data Warehouse: Applicant Matriculant File
(DW:AMF)
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the data repository for all data concerning the
medical school application process gathered by the AAMC from which
all reporting of these data should be done. It contains applicant
data from 1973 thru the most current year and is generally updated
in October. |
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Academic Year
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a one year period, starting July 1, to June 30 of
the following year, inclusive. Academic Year is usually cited as the
year when the period starts, for example, academic year 2004 refers
to July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005. |
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Acceptance Status
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whether an applicant has been accepted or not and,
if they were accepted, whether they matriculated or not. |
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Accepted Applicant or Acceptee
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a person who has applied to one of the US Allopathic
Medical Schools AND who has been offered admission, i.e., been accepted,
by one or more of those schools. |
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Active Students
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current medical students who are not on any type
of leave of absence (LOA) and can register and attend classes at the
medical school. |
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AMCAS
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the American Medical College Application Service,
a centralized service thru which a person can apply to almost all
of the US Allopathic Medical Schools. |
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Applicant
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a person who has applied to one of the US Allopathic
Medical Schools. |
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Class Of
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refers to graduates or a graduating class, such
as Class of 2004. With respect to the academic year, it is the end
of the academic year. For example, Class of 2004 would be the end
of academic year 2003 that spanned 7/1/03 through 6/30/04. |
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Current Students
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medical students who were enrolled at the time that
specific statistics were computed. |
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Enrollment
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includes any and all persons seeking the M.D. degree
at any U.S. medical school. Enrollment includes persons at all class
levels, and those repeating years or on leave for any reason. (There
are four class levels, but any student may remain in any class level
for more than one year.) |
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Ethnicity
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the applicant is asked to choose one of the following:
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| Not Spanish/Hispanic/Latino/Latina or |
| Spanish/Hispanic/Latino/Latina |
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| If they indicate they are Hispanic, they can then
select one or more of the following: |
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| Cuban |
| Mexican American, Chicano / Chicana |
| Puerto Rican |
| Other Ethnic |
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| More details on http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/ombdir15.html
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First Time Applicant
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an applicant is considered by the AAMC to be applying
for the first time if s/he has not applied in the previous nine years.
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First Year Enrollment
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the body of medical students enrolled at class level
1 in U.S. medical schools, including those students repeating the
first year because they did not advance in class level. |
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First Year Matriculant
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the portion of first year enrollment that does not
include medical students repeating the first year: new medical students
in the first year. |
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Foreign
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a person (applicant, matriculant, etc.) who is not
native born (U.S.), naturalized, or a permanent resident. Their specific
race and ethnicity are not reported in aggregate statistics. The decision
to consider non-citizen, non-permanent resident applicants for admission
to any medical school is made by each medical school on an individual
basis. Refer to each medical school directly for its policy. |
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Graduate
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any person who was awarded a degree of M.D. at a
U.S. medical school. |
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Inactive Students
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enrolled students who are on a temporary leave of
absence (LOA) from classes at the medical school for other activities
as follows: research or research training (such as at Howard Hughes
Medical Institute); the non-M.D. component of a joint degree (M.D.-Ph.D.,
M.D.-J.D., M.D.-M.B.A., etc.); academic reasons or special studies
(not for a joint degree); health or medical reasons; financial or
other reasons. |
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Matriculant
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a person who has applied to one of the US Allopathic
Medical Schools AND who has been offered admission, i.e., been accepted,
by one or more of those schools AND has indicated to one and only
one of those schools that they plan to attend in the year to which
they applied. |
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MCAT
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the Medical College Admission Test, scores from
which are required by most medical schools. It consists of 4 parts,
commonly referred to as PS (Physical Sciences), BS (Biological Sciences),
VR (Verbal Reasoning), and WS (Writing Sample). The PS, BS, and VR
sections are scored with a numeric grade ranging from 1 to 15, and
the WS is scored with a letter grade ranging from J to T. |
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Race
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the applicant is asked to choose one or more of
the following [as a self description (neither race nor ethnicity are
based necessarily on genetics, but are meant to be self descriptions
based upon social and cultural affiliation)]: |
| Black or African American |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
| Asian. Please specify all that apply: |
| Asian Indian |
| Chinese |
| Filipino |
| Japanese |
| Korean |
| Pakistani |
| Vietnamese |
| Other Asian. Specify if other Asian: |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Please
specify all that apply: |
| Guamanian or Chamorro |
| Native Hawaiian |
| Samoan |
| Other Pacific Islander |
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| Note that both Race and Ethnicity are generally
only reported for US citizens and Permanent Residents |
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Sex
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the self reported gender of the applicant. |
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State of Legal Residence
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the self-reported State in which the applicant reports
on their application that they reside. |
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Student
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any person enrolled in any academic program and
pursuing an M.D. degree (or M.D.-combined degree, such as M.D.-Ph.D.)
at a U.S. medical school. |
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Student Records System (SRS)
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an online (internet) system of centralized enrollment
tracking data used by all U.S. allopathic medical schools (does not
include Canadian schools). Records are based on all individual medical
students. |
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Total Enrollment
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includes counts of only those students who are in
active status at the medical school, and excludes those students on
inactive status (leaves of absence from the medical school; see definition
of Inactive Status). |
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U.S. Medical School
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any school that grants degrees of M.D. and is accredited
by the LCME (Liaison Committee on Medical Education, see www.LCME.org).
Does not include osteopathic medical schools. |
