There were 5,435 completed applications for the August 2011 entering class.

Annually, Harvard Medical School interviews between 800-1000 applicants for a class of 165.

All entrants took the MCAT and had baccalaureate degrees.

The class is made up of students:

• from 88 undergraduate institutions, 33 states and 7 foreign countries
• 80% of whom majored in the sciences, 9.7% hold advanced degrees
• 47% are women, 53% are men
• 18% are from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in medicine
• the class ranges in age from 20-30
• average GPA: 3.8
• average MCAT scores by section

           Verbal: 11.18
           Physical Science: 12.39
           Biological Science: 12.47