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Out of 1 Million Kids Who Want to Be a Doctor, About 59,000 Make It

The US path from wanting to be a doctor to finishing residency, real conversion rate at every step. The one brutal cut isn't medical school — it's organic chemistry.

Funnel chart: 1,000,000 high schoolers who want to be a doctor narrowing to 59,042 who complete residency, with the steepest drop during pre-med coursework.
Prophet SharingSource: AAMC, NRMP, NBME/USMLE, PLOS ONE 2020

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