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Characteristics of the 2014 Entering Class
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The following report is a summary of the sixty four members of the School of Medicine and Dentistry’s 2014 entering class of PhD students. They were selected from a total of 502 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 number afterwards.
- Allegheny College
- Beijing University of Posts Telecommunications
- Central South University
- China Pharmaceutical University
- China University of Political Science and Law
- Cornell University (2)
- Donetsk National Technical University
- Eastman School of Music
- Francisco de Vitoria University
- Hunan University
- Indiana University- Southeast
- Kean College of New Jersey
- Lehigh University
- Long Island University- Brooklyn Campus
- Messiah College
- Miami University- Oxford
- Moravian College
- Nankai University
- National Taiwan University
- Niagara University
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh
- Novosibirsk State University
- Peking University Health Science Center
- Queen’s University Belfast
- Robert Wesleyan College
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick
- Saint John Fisher College
- Saint Lawrence University
- Saint. Louis University- Missouri
- Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
- Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
- SUNY Geneseo (6)
- SUNY Stony Brook (2)
- Taipei Medical University
- Texas Christian University
- University at Buffalo (2)
- University of Calcutta
- University of California- Davis
- University of Chicago
- University of Delhi-India
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of London
- University of Nigeria Nsukka
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- University of Rochester (4)
- University of South Florida
- Ursinus College
- Washington University
- Wilson College
- Xiamen University
- York College of Pennsylvania
- University of Colombo
Undergraduate Majors
Animal Science – 1
Applied Music – 1
Biochemistry – 5
Bioengineering – 1
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology – 3
Bioinformatics – 1
Biological Chemistry, Mathematics – 1
Biological Sciences – 1
Biology – 11
Biology/Psychology – 1
Biology/Molecular Genetics – 1
Biomedical Engineering – 1
Biomedical Science – 1
Biotechnology – 1
Brain and Cognitive Science – 1
Business Administration – 1
Chemistry – 2
Computer Science – 1
Economics – 1
Entomology – 1
Exercise and Sport Science – 1
Finance – 1
Geodesy, Cartography, Land Mgmt. – 1
Mathematics – 1
Medical Technology – 1
Medicine – 1
Medicine and Surgery – 1
Microbiology – 1
Molecular and Cellular Biology – 1
Molecular Biology – 1
Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior – 1
Neuroscience – 1
Neuroscience and Spanish – 1
Preventive Medicine – 2
Public Administration – 1
Psychology – 3
Spanish – 1
Statistics – 2
Telecommunications Engineering – 2
Undergraduate GPA
3.54
Domestic Students – State Residence
California – 1
Delaware – 1
Florida – 1
Illinois – 1
Kentucky – 1
Maryland – 1
Missouri – 1
North Carolina – 2
New Jersey – 3
New York – 26
Pennsylvania – 4
International Students - Country of Origin
There are twenty two incoming international students.
China – 12
India – 2
Ireland – 1
Nigeria – 1
Russia – 1
Sri Lanka – 1
South Korea – 1
Spain – 1
Taiwan – 1
Ukraine – 1
Average GRE Scores
- Verbal – 69%
- Quantitative – 74%
- Analytical – 47%
Average TOEFL Score
Seventeen of the 22 international students reported scores.
Internet Based – 100
# of Students – 17
Additional Degrees
Twenty-three students in the 2014 incoming class hold Master’s degrees.
MD/PhD
Seven 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 |
| 9 |
13 |
|
O - 1
P - 1
Q - 3
R - 1
S - 1
|
35 |
Summer Scholars
One incoming student completed the University of Rochester’s Summer Scholars program.
Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP Program) Students
One incoming student completed the University of Rochester’s PREP program.
Average Age
The 64 incoming students have an average age of 25 years with a range of 21 – 37 years.
Race and Ethnicity
The following summarizes how the forty two US Citizens and Permanent Residents in the incoming 2014 class identify their own race and ethnicity:
Race
- Asian – 8
- Black or African American – 1
- White – 33
- Not Reported – 2
Count does not add up due to students reporting multiple races.
Ethnicity
Hispanic – 2
Male/Female Ratio
According to the students’ self-reported information the male/female ratio is the following:
- Female – 36 incoming students
- Male – 28 incoming students
Program Selection
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Program Name
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# of Students
|
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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7
|
|
Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology
|
2
|
|
Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
|
7
|
|
Epidemiology
|
3
|
|
Genetics, Genomics & Development
|
5
|
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Health Services Research and Policy
|
5
|
|
Immunology, Microbiology & Virology
|
9
|
|
Neuroscience
|
7
|
|
Pathways of Human Disease
|
5
|
|
Statistics
|
5
|
|
Toxicology
|
7
|
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Translational Biomedical Science
|
2
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