Medical schools are reporting record application numbers as the coronavirus sparks a new wave of prospective students to become doctors. Sayak Ghosh had been considering medical school and was moved by headlines about front-line workers. He had been considering medical school when the pandemic hit and was moved by headlines about front-line workers. So far this summer, 4,000 applications have come in for next fall’s class, said Stephen Spann, the medical school’s founding dean. The school’s applicant pool jumped from around 6,000 to more than 8,000 after NYU announced in 2018 that it would make medical school free.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 21, 2020 11:48 UTC