Gordon T L
J Med Educ. 1979 Sep;54(9):677-702.
This annual report on applicants to the 1977--78 U.S. medical school freshman class describes the first substantial decline in applicants during the past quarter century. Since the decline was accompanied by the opening of several new medical schools, the chances of gaining admission improved to 39 percent, the highest in six years. For applicants making their first attempt the acceptance rate was 43 percent. There was no loss of qualified applicants, however; the 1977--78 pool presented record-high entrance test scores and undergraduate college grades. In the report comparisons are made with activity in 1974--75--the peak year for medical school spplicants--in order to measure the impact of the decline on individual medical schools and geographical regions and on various applicant subpopulations.
这份关于1977 - 1978年美国医学院一年级新生申请人的年度报告描述了过去四分之一世纪里申请人数量首次大幅下降的情况。由于申请人数量下降的同时几所新医学院校开始招生，被录取的几率提高到了39%，为六年来最高。首次申请的申请人录取率为43%。然而，合格申请人的数量并未减少；1977 - 1978年的申请人在入学考试成绩和本科大学成绩方面均创下历史新高。报告中将这些数据与1974 - 1975年（医学院申请人数量最多的一年）的情况进行了比较，以衡量申请人数量下降对各医学院校、地理区域以及各类申请人亚群体的影响。
