U.S. News posted a list of the most selective med schools, 10 medical programs that have an average acceptance rate of 3.3%.
Here are the toughest med schools to get into, plus a few stats about their acceptance rates:
| Med School | No. of Applicants | No. of Acceptances | Acceptance Rate | US News Rank (Research) | US News Rank (Primary Care) |
| George Washington University (DC) | 14,700 | 316 | 2.1% | 57 | Ranked in bottom 1/4 |
| Mayo Medical School (MN) | 4,081 | 85 | 2.1% | 27 | 19 |
| Stanford University (CA) | 6,810 | 189 | 2.8% | 2 | 62 |
| Wake Forest University (NC) | 8,161 | 256 | 3.1% | 45 | 19 |
| Brown University – Alpert (RI) | 6,782 | 228 | 3.4% | 31 | 24 |
| Georgetown University (DC) | 11,733 | 398 | 3.4% | 48 | 72 |
| Harvard University (MA) | 5,804 | 226 | 3.9% | 1 | 14 |
| UC San Francisco (CA) | 6,926 | 273 | 3.9% | 4 | 4 |
| Columbia University (NY) | 7,466 | 309 | 4.1% | 8 | 49 |
| UCLA Geffen (CA) | 6,771 | 279 | 4.1% | 13 | 11 |
See the U.S. News article for more details.
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