State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University
Location: Brooklyn, NY (Urban)
School Type: Public Institution
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Historical applications
MDApplicants archive · MD
SUNY Downstate
2,002 historical application reports
2000-2020 reported application submission years
See application reports by year
| Year | Application reports |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2001 | 8 |
| 2002 | 48 |
| 2003 | 68 |
| 2004 | 106 |
| 2005 | 151 |
| 2006 | 202 |
| 2007 | 260 |
| 2008 | 271 |
| 2009 | 212 |
| 2010 | 128 |
| 2011 | 138 |
| 2012 | 107 |
| 2013 | 97 |
| 2014 | 73 |
| 2015 | 53 |
| 2016 | 26 |
| 2017 | 29 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 7 |
Some reports have missing or unclear dates, or too few applicants to display by year.
Reported outcomes
Recorded application steps and outcomes.
- Primary submitted
- 1,933
- Secondary completed
- 1,599
- Interview invitation
- 857
- Interview attended
- 786
- Waitlisted
- 184
- Accepted
- 396
- Withdrawn
- 377
- Rejected
- 483
One report may include several outcomes. Earlier steps may be inferred from later outcomes. Missing outcomes do not mean an applicant was rejected. These counts are not school acceptance rates.
Reported GPA
Median scores on a 4.0 scale.
- Overall GPA
- 3.601,827 applicants
- Science GPA
- 3.551,823 applicants
Each applicant counts once per score.
Stored MCAT totals
- Old MCAT (3-45)
- 32median · 1,846 applicants
- Modern MCAT (472-528)
- 513median · 1,879 applicants
Old and modern scales stay separate. Totals are used as stored and may include legacy MDApplicants conversions.
Who shared their experience?
Original public profile information, counted once per applicant in each category. Groups with fewer than 3 applicants are not shown. Lists show up to 8 reported categories.
37 median age at the profile snapshot · 798 applicants. This is not age at application.
Gender
- Male
- 1,097
- Female
- 827
Ethnicity
- Caucasian
- 986
- East Asian
- 369
- South Asian
- 169
- African
- 94
- Hispanic
- 93
- Arabic
- 13
- Native American
- 4
Home state
- New York
- 839
- California
- 393
- New Jersey
- 113
- Massachusetts
- 68
- Florida
- 45
- Pennsylvania
- 43
- Texas
- 34
- Illinois
- 32
Undergraduate colleges
- UCLA
- 67
- Cornell University
- 52
- New York University
- 49
- UC Berkeley
- 48
- Columbia University
- 27
- University of Pennsylvania
- 27
- Stony Brook University
- 23
- UC
- 23
Undergraduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 995
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 215
- Physical Sciences
- 112
- Engineering/Technology
- 108
- Computing and Information Science
- 75
- History/Humanities
- 64
- Premedical Studies
- 56
- English/Literature
- 33
Graduate institutions
- Columbia University
- 26
- Boston University
- 14
- New York University
- 10
- Georgetown University
- 8
- Hunter College
- 7
- Harvard Extension School
- 5
- Stony Brook University
- 5
- UCLA
- 4
Graduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 148
- Premedical Studies
- 121
- Computing and Information Science
- 81
- Other
- 71
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 39
- Engineering/Technology
- 18
- Physical Sciences
- 17
- Nursing/Pharmacy/Medical Technology
- 12
Graduate degrees
- MS
- 49
- MPH
- 39
- BS
- 30
- MA
- 28
- M.S.
- 27
- BA
- 23
- none
- 19
- N/A
- 17
An applicant may report more than one area of study or graduate school. Profile snapshot: 2026-10-26.
Figures need at least 3 reporting applicants. Missing or conflicting values are left out.