How many pass academic requirements?

[naptime98]

Does anyone have an estimate for how many applicants pass the Academic section of the application review and get their aABS read? I guess I'm just curious how big a group the ~450 interviewees are taken from. 

 

Thanks in advance.

[hbmed]

According to a video they gave us about our class, there were 2056 applications last cycle, 1011 had full file reviews (ie passed the academic cutoffs), 454 were interviewed, class of 171

[naptime98]

Oh perfect, thanks for your help. Congratulations on matriculating as well!

[Premedwithadream]

Wow 1000+ last year, huh?

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/western-universitys-schulich-medical-school-welcomes-new-class-amid-big-admissions-overhaul

This LFPress article indicates that the previous cycle only considered 730 applicants who met academic cut-offs (450 interviews).  

So the CARS cut-off changing from 128 to 127 likely lead to a ~25% increase in the amount of applicants they actually considered. Makes you wonder if it'll change even more this year? 

Regardless it goes to show how those Western ABS essays are becoming more and more important. For the cycle of 2019, a person's essays needed to be ranked in the top 62% to warrant an interview. For the 2020 cycle, you needed your essays to rank in the top 45% (less than half of people who met academic cut-offs got an interview).