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Nationwide, the number of applications to medical schools fell to 41,003 this year from 43,020 in 1997--a decline of almost 5 percent. Last year, the AAMC reported a drop of roughly 8 percent from the record high of 46,968 set in 1996, an AAMC press release said...
While the AAMC has not yet released the figures from this year for individual schools, OCS expects a similar decline...
Officials with the AAMC are uncertain about the cause of the recent downturn, which follows eight consecutive years of increasing medical school applicants...
...have no clue really--no scientific assessment as to why the drop is happening," said John E. Parker, manager of media relations for the AAMC...
Other factors cited in the AAMC press releaseinclude the perceived impact of managed care andthe loss of physician autonomy, as well as thecontinued impact of affirmative action rollbacks