Characteristics of the 2015 Entering PhD Class
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The following report is a summary of the sixty-seven members of the School of Medicine and Dentistry’s 2015 entering class of PhD students. They were selected from a total of 612 applicants.
Undergraduate Schools
The incoming students completed their undergraduate studies at the following schools. There is one incoming student from each school unless otherwise noted by a count.
- Anahuac University
- Augustana College
- Baylor University
- Brandeis University
- Brigham Young University
- Case Western Reserve University
- China Agricultural University
- Chung Shan Medical University
- Connecticut College
- Drake University
- D. Y. Patil University
- Flagler College
- Indiana University-Bloomington
- McGill University
- Messiah College
- Miami University-Oxford
- Nanjing Normal University
- Nova Southeastern University
- Princeton University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rochester Institute Of Technology (4)
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick
- Saginaw Valley State University
- Saint John Fisher College (2)
- Samara State University
- Shanghai Jiaotong University
- Sichuan University (2)
- Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
- SUNY Binghamton
- SUNY Center Stony Brook
- SUNY Brockport
- SUNY Oswego
- SUNY Geneseo (8)
- University at Buffalo (3)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of California-Davis
- University of Colombo
- University of Florida
- University of Houston
- University of Michigan
- University of New England
- University of New Mexico
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
- University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Technical Univ
- University of Rochester (3)
- University of South Florida
- University of Texas at El Paso
- University of Virginia
- VIT University
- Winthrop University
Undergraduate Majors
- Advanced Nursing
- Anthropology
- Applied Mathematics
- Biochemistry (10)
- Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (4)
- Bioinformatics
- Biological Sciences
- Biology (8)
- Biology, Public Health
- Biology, Neuroscience
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Sciences/Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biotechnology (3)
- Cellular and Molecular Biology (3)
- Chemistry (5)
- Dentistry
- Engineering Science, Nanomedicine
- Exercise Science
- Integrative Biology
- Mathematics
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Medical Laboratory & Biotechnology
- Medicine
- Microbiology (2)
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular Genetics
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Philology and Pedagogy English Language and Literature
- Physics
- Psychology(2)
- Pure Mathematics
- Recreation Management and Youth Leadership
- Statistics
Undergraduate GPA
3.51
Domestic Students – State Residence
There are fifty-four incoming domestic students.
- California - 1
- Connecticut - 1
- Florida - 2
- Illinois - 1
- Indiana - 1
- Iowa - 1
- Maine - 1
- Maryland - 1
- Massachusetts - 2
- Michigan - 1
- New Hampshire - 1
- New Mexico - 1
- New York - 29
- Ohio - 2
- Oregon - 1
- Pennsylvania - 1
- Puerto Rico - 1
- South Carolina - 1
- Texas - 3
- Utah - 1
- Virginia - 1
International Students - Country of Origin
There are thirteen incoming international students.
- Brazil - 1
- China - 7
- India - 2
- Mexico - 1
- Russia - 1
- Sri Lanka - 1
Average GRE Scores
- Verbal - 68%
- Quantitative - 65%
- Analytical - 54%
Average TOEFL Score
Ten of the thirteen international students reported scores.
Score - 101
# of Students - 13
Additional Degrees
Twenty students in the 2015 incoming class hold Master’s degrees.
MD/PhD
Six entering PhD students are enrolled in the MD/PhD program.
Average MCAT Scores
Below are the average MCAT scores for the six MD/PhD students.
| Verbal | Phy Sci | Essay | Bio Sci | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.7 | 11 |
M - 1 O - 1 P - 1 R - 1 S - 2 |
11.5 |
34.2 |
Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP Program) Students
1 incoming student completed the University of Rochester’s PREP program.
Average Age
The sixty-seven incoming students have an average age of 24 years with a range of 20 – 40 years.
Race and Ethnicity
The following summarizes how the fifty-four US Citizens and Permanent Residents in the incoming 2015 class identify their own race and ethnicity:
Race
- American Indian - 2
- Asian - 4
- Black or African American - 7
- White - 37
- Not Reported - 5
Ethnicity
Hispanic - 7
Male/Female Ratio
According to the students’ self-reported information the male/female ratio is the following:
- Female – 37 incoming students
- Male – 30 incoming students
Program Selection
|
Program |
# of Students |
|---|---|
|
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
8 |
|
Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology |
6 |
|
Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology |
7 |
|
Epidemiology |
3 |
|
Genetics, Genomics & Development |
5 |
|
Health Services Research and Policy |
2 |
|
Immunology, Microbiology & Virology |
11 |
|
Neuroscience |
5 |
|
Pathways of Human Disease |
8 |
|
Statistics |
4 |
|
Toxicology |
3 |
|
Translational Biomedical Science |
5 |