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Profile of the Class of 2027

  • There are 183 students in the first-year class. 9,012 individuals applied for entrance and 948 were interviewed.
  • 59% are women. 18%(32) self-described as identifying with groups underrepresented in medicine. 8% are M.D./Ph.D. students.
  • 3 students participated in an Einstein Pipeline Program as undergraduates.
  • 21-40 is the age range; 20%(37) are over the age of 25; the average age is 24.
  • 12%(22) were born outside the United States in countries that include China, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Greece, Guyana, India, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, Qatar, Uganda, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  • 77 colleges are represented. Most-highly represented, with 3 or more students, are the City University of New York, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, New York University, Rutgers, the State University of New York, Tufts, the University of California, the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Virginia, Vassar, Washington University, Wesleyan, Yale and Yeshiva University.
  • 22 states are represented. 49%(90) are residents of the state of New York; 1 were born in the Bronx.
  • 47% claim some proficiency in Spanish.
  • 71 have a bachelor of arts, 112 have a bachelor of science, 3 have an “other” bachelor’s degree, and 11 have a master’s degree.
  • 27% had a non-science major.
  • 21 are certified EMTs or certified in Wilderness Training. 1 has served in US National Guard
  • • Students have volunteered with myriad organizations including Grate Patrol, Habitat for Humanity, Give Homeless Hope in Atlanta, Tongue Tamers, Heart of Dinner, Black Student Union, Camp Kesem, Concerns-U, AmeriCorps, Better By Letter, A Wider Circle, Kosher Food Pantry, Family Connects, Bulldogs: A Special Needs Organization, Swim Across America, Planned Parenthood, Hospice, Loaves and Fishers, STRIVE, Women Against Abuse, South Boston Community Health Center, Project Tova, Feeding Westchester, School on Wheels (SOW), Laguna Food Pantry, A Place to Talk, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Puentes de Salud clinic, Adopt-a-Grandparent, Way finder, Crisis Text Line, American Red Cross, Charlottesville Free Clinic, Bronx Oncology Living Daily (BOLD), Hearts for the Homeless, Guidehouse, Meals on Wheels, US Horse Welfare and Rescue, Lourdes Hospital, Mutual Aid Philly, Finding Refuge, Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps, My Heart Your Heart, Bhagat Puran Singh Health Initiative, Islamic Circle of North America, Destined For Greatness, and The Play it Forward Project to name just a few.  
COLLEGE MAJOR SECOND MAJOR
AMHERST COLLEGE History
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Political Science
BARNARD COLLEGE Neuroscience
BARNARD COLLEGE Biology
BOSTON COLLEGE Biology
BOSTON UNIVERSITY Pre-Medical
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Biochemistry
BROWN UNIVERSITY Biochemistry
BROWN UNIVERSITY Biology Public Health
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY-SAN LUIS OBISPO Computer Science
CARLETON COLLEGE Biology
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BROOKLYN COLLEGE Chemistry
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HERBERT H. LEHMAN COLLEGE Mathematics Biology
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HUNTER COLLEGE Chemistry
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HUNTER COLLEGE Chemistry
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HUNTER COLLEGE Biology
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK THE CITY COLLEGE Biochemistry
COLGATE UNIVERSITY Molecular Biology Other Major
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK Science (Other Biology)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK Chemistry
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE Chemistry
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Human Biology
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Biology
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Human Biology
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Human Biology
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Biology
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Biology
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Biology
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Other Major
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Biology
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Biology
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Nutrition
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Other Major
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Biology
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Biology
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Other Major
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Chemistry
DREXEL UNIVERSITY Biology
DUKE UNIVERSITY Psychology Neuroscience
DUKE UNIVERSITY Neuroscience
DUKE UNIVERSITY Biomedical Engineering
EMORY UNIVERSITY Neuroscience
EMORY UNIVERSITY Science (Other Physics)
EMORY UNIVERSITY Anthropology
EMORY UNIVERSITY Chemistry
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY Biology
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Biology
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Biology
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Biochemistry
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Biochemistry
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-MAIN CAMPUS Neuroscience
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-MAIN CAMPUS Biochemistry
GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY Psychology
HARVARD UNIVERSITY Mathematics
HARVARD UNIVERSITY Other Major
HARVARD UNIVERSITY Psychology
HAVERFORD COLLEGE Chemistry
HOWARD UNIVERSITY Other Major
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Molecular Biology
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Public Health
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Biomedical Engineering
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Molecular Biology
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Neuroscience Other Major
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Public Health
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Molecular Biology
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Molecular Biology
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Biology
MACALESTER COLLEGE Neuroscience
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Neuroscience
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Mechanical Engineering
NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-OLD WESTBURY Biology
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Biology
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Psychology
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Biology
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Anthropology Public Health
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Statistics
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Biology
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Biomedical Engineering
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Other Major
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY-EVANSTON Neuroscience Other Major
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY-EVANSTON Neuroscience
PACE UNIVERSITY-PLEASANTVILLE BRIARCLIFF Biology
POMONA COLLEGE Molecular Biology
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - NEW BRUNSWICK Neuroscience
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - NEW BRUNSWICK Neuroscience
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - NEW BRUNSWICK Biology
ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY Biology
STANFORD UNIVERSITY History Human Biology
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON Other Major
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON Biology
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON Biology
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON Mathematics Biology
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON Biochemistry
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK Biology
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK Biology
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK Chemistry
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK Biology
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK Biology
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Neuroscience
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA Biology
THE UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON Neuroscience
TUFTS UNIVERSITY Other Major
TUFTS UNIVERSITY Biochemistry
TUFTS UNIVERSITY Public Health
TULANE UNIVERSITY Psychology
TULANE UNIVERSITY Public Health
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO-SUNY Biomedical Science
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY Molecular Biology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY Molecular Biology Nutrition
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY Molecular Biology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY Molecular Biology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY Other Major Electrical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS Physiology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES Biology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES Biology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES Molecular Biology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES Psychobiology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES Biology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES Psychobiology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES Aerospace Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES Molecular Biology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE Other Major
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE Biology
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Other Major
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Biology
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO History
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Biology
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Psychology
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Chemistry
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Psychology
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-COLLEGE PARK Public Health
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-AMHERST Biochemistry
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-BOSTON Biology
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-LOWELL Biology
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR Neuroscience
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR Neuroscience
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR Other Major
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR Other Major
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR Biomedical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR Neuroscience
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR Biology
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR Other Major
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR Biology
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Neuroscience
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Molecular Biology
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Biology
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Neuroscience
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Biomedical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER Microbiology / Bacteriology
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Biomedical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO Psychology
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Physics Music
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Neuroscience
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Human Biology
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Biology Other Major
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Biology Public Health
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Neuroscience
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-BOTHELL BRANCH Biochemistry Biology
VASSAR COLLEGE Neuroscience Foreign Language
VASSAR COLLEGE Neuroscience
VASSAR COLLEGE Biochemistry
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY Nursing
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY Biology
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Biology
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Chemistry
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Biology
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Computer Science Biology
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Biology
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Molecular Biology
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Chemistry
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY History
YALE UNIVERSITY Other Major
YALE UNIVERSITY Molecular Biology
YALE UNIVERSITY Other Major
YALE UNIVERSITY Neuroscience
YALE UNIVERSITY Molecular Biology
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY (NEW YORK, NY) Biochemistry
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY (NEW YORK, NY) Biology
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY (NEW YORK, NY) Biochemistry
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY (NEW YORK, NY) Biology
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY (NEW YORK, NY) Biology Political Science
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY (NEW YORK, NY) Biology
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY (NEW YORK, NY) Biology

Admissions Quick Facts

  • Admissions Quick Facts - Class of 2027
    (First-Year Class)  
  • There were 9,012 applicants to the College
  • Approximately 1000 applicants were interviewed
  • The average age is 24
  • 27% have a non-science major
  • 22 students were born outside the United States
  • 77 colleges are represented