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

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HOW lTl3I'ly DC3Yl'S Letters WCYC Seflt OLlt? A total of 122 students requested a total of 2215 Dean's Letters to be mailed out on or about November 1, 1987 for positions in July 1988. This was an average of 18 per senior with a range of 1 to 65. Although there are 28 California residents in the Class of 1988, a total of 50 f, members ofthe Class applied to California residency programs. The Califor- nia myth continues . . . or was it the Chicago winters? .1 . , h- Il 1 3 ff: , I T. Q ' Lf '-'F' I8 is fuf In ln contrast, 95 members ofthe Class applied to LUMC positions. lfyou elimi- nate applicants to military programs C121 and family practice programs t15l, then virtually all members of the class considered staying at LUMC for resi- dency training. What were the most popular residency fields sought by members ofthe Class? Internal Medicine-C 240!o ObfC1yn-C 140!o Pediatrics-C 120!o Family Practice-C 1O0!o Stats compiled by Dr. Rainey with assistance of Dr. Burr and Donna Sobie. The Class of 1988 would like to thank the members of the 28 Medical Student Union for their support of Caduceus.

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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

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