If a requesting union has established a particularized need based on a sufficient request for information under section 7114(b)(4), an agency may establish a countervailing interest in the disclosure of that information. Whether the agency has established such an anti-disclosure interest.
The mean age of students entering medical school is 24 years, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. The data also show that matriculants over the age of 31 comprise less than 4 percent of new students. Despite daunting statistics, entering medical school at an older age is achievable.
The diversity of students applying to and enrolling in medical school remained relatively steady, with two notable gains. The number of first-time female applicants increased by 1,102 or 6.9 percent, after remaining flat in 2012. The number of Hispanics/Latinos attending medical school continued to increase, rising by 5.5 percent to 1,826 enrollees.