UH selects its inaugural medical class

After receiving 1,728 applications and interviewing 164 applicants, the University of Houston College of Medicine has chosen its 30 students for its inaugural class.

The school’s 18-member admissions committee utilized a “holistic admissions process to carefully consider predictors for those most likely to pursue primary care including individuals who have family members in service-oriented careers, are pursuing medicine as a second career and have previous experience in primary care in another…