'Fauci effect': Med school applications surge, including at Virginia Tech

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I didn't know VT had a full-fledged medical school.

‘Fauci effect’: Med school applications surge, including at Virginia Tech

Abigail Constantino

December 3, 2020, 11:33 PM

Medical school applications are up, according to data from a service that processes them, including at a Virginia medical school, which reports a 48% increase in applications compared to last year.

Dr. Melanie Prusakowski is the associate dean of admissions at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. She said there is an unprecedented increase in the number of applications this year at the school.

And it’s not just at Virginia Tech. The American Medical College Application Service reported in October that there were more than 7,500 additional applications nationwide, an increase of nearly 17%. And nearly two dozen medical schools reported a jump of at least 25%, the Association of American Medical Colleges said in a news release.

“What we’re seeing is well, well beyond that, and I think it’s pretty exciting,” Prusakowski said. ... In the last 10 years, AAMC said a typical year-over-year increase in medical school applications was 3%.

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