First-generation medical school applicants: A quantitative study designed to identify areas of educational support
Bethsabe Romero, Amanda K Burbage · 2026
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Bethsabe Romero and Amanda Burbage mine national survey data to profile first-generation medical school applicants in the United States, in this 2026 PLOS ONE study. These applicants — the first in their families to attend college — covered applications from 2017 to 2024, totalling over a quarter of a million people. About one applicant in eight was first-generation, and all who reported family finances came from low-income backgrounds.
Their motives leaned toward security, escaping career debt, and social change. Yet their acceptance rate lagged far behind other applicants', as did enrolment, with family obligations and older age among the drags. The authors map exactly where support — money, mentoring, time — would help most.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bethsabe Romero, Amanda K Burbage |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33351 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |