The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine saw a 48% increase in applications during 2020. Photo by Ryan Anderson
It just got even more competitive to win a spot at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, which saw a 48% increase in applications last year.
By the Dec. 1, 2020, application deadline, the medical school had received 6,374 applications for the class of 2025, which has a mere 49 openings. Last year, the school received 4,299 applications.
“We’re a new school,” says Dr. Lee Learman, dean of the Roanoke medical school, which opened its doors in 2010. “To us, it means a lot that we would see such an increase.”
