Schools
By the Numbers: OU's Inaugural Medical School Class
Here is a snapshot of the 2011 entering class.
Robert Folberg, dean of the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, calls the school's inaugural class the "next generation of William Beaumont doctors."
Here's a by-the-numbers look at the class:
3,237: applicants for the first year of the school
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321: applicants interviewed for a spot in the inaugural class at the school
50: students accepted to the school
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3.67: median undergraduate GPA of the students
31: median MCAT score of the students
35: tudents from Michigan
20: students from Oakland County
11: University of Michigan graduates
4: Oakland University graduates
27: male students
23: female students
23.4: average age of students, who range in age from 21-37
10: languages spoken, other than English, by the students (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Persian, Punjabi, Spanish and Urdu)
Source: Oakland University
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