Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine - Caduceus Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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.:g,s':, -1-C :L-f , - Did You Know? Class of 1988 How many applicants did it take to select the class of 1988? 5,587 persons applied for the 150 places in the Stritch Class of1988. This is 45 applications per position. 564 persons were interviewed for the 150 places. This is slightly more than 4 applicants per position. 514 persons were actually offered a position and 150 matriculated on July 50, 1984. Where did we come from? 150 students came from 14 states: 71 were residents of Illinois 52 were residents of California 10 were residents of New York 5 were residents of Michigan 15 were residents of 10 other states 55Ofo 2 5Ofo 80fo ll-Ofo Or 45Ofo were out of state What colleges did the Class of 1988 attend? 11 University of Notre Dame 10 Loyola University of Chicago 9 University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana 7 University of Illinois at Chicago 7 University of California at Davis 7 Northwestem 79 students graduated from 57 other colleges and universities 26 Q 5 O 'J condnued...

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,4 Were most of the students science majors? Of course! But . . . 54 Biology .il 18 Chemistry or Biochemistry , , Qi 14 PreprofessionalfPremedical 5 -ixhl' g 29 Other science 5 - 115 Total science 1 ' J 15 Non science majors lRanging from Anthropology to Psychology, French to Accounting, Mechanical Engineering to Philosophy.l How many students had advanced degrees? 14 2 Ph.D. WMM 9 M.S. gs- 2 lVl.A. gi' - 1 M.A.T. .Ax .V is However, 25 students also took some coursework at . ' community orjunior colleges. 5 How old were we? g ' , . X2 H193 The average age at matriculation was 25.1. Median age was 22. n Z J, The range was 20 to 57. Four students were 50+ 1 ' Q, 1 A - - -lf Do you have to be the son or daughter of a physician to afford medical school? No. Only 18 members of the class t140!ol are sons or daughters of physicians. But it was expensive. Instate students paid a total of 548 520 in tuition and required fees texcluding parking ticketsl , + , ,rl Out of state students paid a total of 560,020 2 ,fi 4 1 ,S l 'I J 12 Instate students saw tuition and fees rise from 511,202 first year to 12,614 in the senior An increase of 12.60!o over four years. lLess than the rise in the cost of livingj Out ofstate students experienced an increase in tuition and fees from 515,702 to 516,114 an increase of 17.60!o over four years. - ZX, year. t il I J The average amount borrowed was 544,459 with 22 students taking out no loans. 4 1' continued . ., 27