Article: U. Pittsburgh students finding it tough getting into medical school

Nikki Schwab
University Wire
01-04-2006
(The Pitt News) (U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- University of Pittsburgh junior Tiffany Sinclair knows exactly what she wants.

She wants to be an infertility specialist, and she wants to go to a top-20 medical school to learn how.

Sinclair is interested in attending Pitt's School of Medicine, ranked 15th in the nation for research in U.S. News & World Report's 2006 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools.

But the odds are against her.

In Pitt's current first-year medical school class, three of the 147 students -- or 2 percent -- graduated from Pitt. In similarly ranked schools, the percentage of undergrads attending the same institution is between 15 ...

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