PURCH Class Profiles

PURCH Class Profiles

Our PURCH students come to us from varied backgrounds and educational paths, and bring with them a wealth of experiences to share with classmates and faculty—high school teacher, researcher, Peace Corps volunteer, and more.

PURCH graduates have a 100% Match rate

See where they've gone for residency training

Class of 2023

PURCH Class of 2023 at their Whitecoat Ceremony

Class of 2023 Demographics

  • Massachusetts residents = 15 (3 from western Mass) | Out-of-state residents = 13
  • Under-represented in medicine = 1
  • Economically disadvantaged = 2
  • Female = 21 | Male = 7

Undergraduate Information

  • Average GPA = 3.7
  • MCAT score average = 85.8 percentile
  • Attended colleges from Washington to Washington, DC, and from Minnesota to Tennessee:
 Assumption College
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Biola University
Boston College
Brandeis University
Carleton College
Georgetown University
Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
Harvard University
Indiana Wesleyan University
Kent State University-Main Campus
 Mount Holyoke College
New York University
Northeastern University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
St. Lawrence University
Tufts University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Washington
Vanderbilt University

 


Class of 2024

Medical Students in the PURCH Class of 2024

Class of 2024 Demographics
  • Massachusetts residents = 15 (5 from western Mass) | Out-of-state residents = 11
  • First generation to attend college = 4
  • Under-represented in medicine = 4
  • Economically disadvantaged = 3
  • Female = 19 | Male = 7

Undergraduate Information

  • Average GPA = 3.82
  • MCAT score average = 86.4 percentile
  • Attended colleges from Michigan to Virginia, and from Kansas to Turkey:
Bates College
Bogazici University
Brown University
Bucknell University
City University of New York Queens College
College of William & Mary
Fairfield University
Kansas State University
Macalester College
Mount Holyoke College
Penn State-University Park
Skidmore College
Tufts University
University of Connecticut
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
University of Notre Dame
University of Rhode Island
University of Vermont
Wayne State University
Wellesley College
William E. Macaulay Honors College at City College 

 


Class of 2025

Medical Students in the PURCH Class of 2025

Class of 2025 Demographics

  • Massachusetts residents = 19 (6 from western Mass) | Out-of-state residents = 6
  • First generation to attend college = 4
  • Under-represented in medicine = 7
  • Economically disadvantaged = 6
  • Female = 16 | Male = 9

Undergraduate Information

  • Average GPA = 3.74
  • MCAT score average = 84.2 percentile
  • Attended colleges from Minnesota to New York and from Kentucky to North Carolina:
Centre College
College of the Holy Cross
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Elon University
Harvard University
Macalester College 
 Middlebury College
Northeastern University
Northwestern University-Evanston
Simmons University
Tufts University
University of Massachusetts-Amherst

 


Class of 2026

PURCH Class of 2026

Class of 2026 Demographics

  • Massachusetts residents = 20 (3 from western Mass) | Out-of-state residents = 6
  • First generation to attend college = 2
  • Under-represented in medicine = 7
  • Economically disadvantaged = 5
  • Female = 17 | Male = 8 | Genderqueer/Gender nonconforming = 1

Undergraduate Information

  • Average GPA = 3.73
  • MCAT score average = 85 percentile
  • Attended colleges from Maine to Missouri and from Boston to Los Angeles:
Amherst College
Barnard College
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Colby College
Colgate University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Northeastern University
University of California-Davis 
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Southern California
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Western New England University
Worcester State University 

 


CLASS OF 2027

Class of 2027 Demographics

  • Massachusetts residents = 77% (19% from western Mass) | Out-of-state residents = 23%
  • First generation to attend college = 15%
  • Under-represented in medicine = 27%
  • Economically disadvantaged = 23%
  • Female = 24 | Male = 2

Undergraduate Information

  • Average GPA = 3.83
  • Average MCAT = 512
  • MCAT score average = 81 percentile
  • Attended colleges from Maine to Missouri and from Boston to Los Angeles:
Amherst College (2)
Boston University
Brandeis University
Brown University
College of William & Mary
Emmanuel College (Boston, MA)
Harvard University
McGill University Northeastern University (3) 
Quinnipiac University (2)
Smith College
Tufts University
University of Massachusetts - Amherst (8)
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Western New England University 

 


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