White Coats for a New Class

The 170 members of the Class of 2007 were officially inducted into the study of medicine at Michigan on August 10 during the annual White Coat Ceremony held in Rackham Auditorium. Culled from a field of 4,767 applicants, 57 percent of the class is male and 43 percent female, with an age range from 20 to 38. Twelve percent of class members are minority students. A quarter of the class is comprised of University of Michigan graduates; a total of 61 undergraduate schools are represented in the class from fields of study such as biology and biomedical science (37 percent), chemistry/biochemistry (15 percent), the humanities (11 percent), engineering (9 percent), and other sciences (8 percent). Eleven students will also pursue Ph.D.s as part of the Medical School 's Medical Scientist Training Program. Michigan residents account for 45 percent of this year's entering class, the first to train under the Medical School 's new curriculum.

Roshni Aggarwal, Priya Saigal and Bhakti Patel