acceptance rate was 3.1%. In 2021, the Geisel School of Medicine ranked 45th in research and 24th in primary care by U.S. News & World Report. In November 2013, the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) granted the Geisel School of Medicine a full eight-year term of accreditation, the longest available. Organization Similar to Dartmouth College, the Geisel School of Medicine operates on a quarter system. The school is directly managed by a Dean who is advised by a 22-member Board of Overseers. Part of the larger institution, the Geisel School of Medicine is ultimately administered by Dartmouth's President and Board of Trustees. , the school operates on a budget of $237 million. Research and publications Besides research conducted within the infrastructure of academic departments, research at Geisel is also organized around over a dozen research centers and institutes. The centers cover various medical subjects such as neuroscience, oncology (Norris Cotton Cancer Center), psychiatry, and pediatrics. Funded research at Geisel School of Medicine amounted to $140 million during the 2012-2013 academic year. The medical school publishes a magazine, Dartmouth Medicine. In addition, the school also publishes an innovative medical literary journal, Lifelines (literary journal). People Student profile and student life The Geisel School of Medicine's enrollment totaled 700 students: 360 M.D. candidates and 340 graduate students. In addition to the student body, over 350 resident physicians and research fellows were on campus . The student population is split approximately evenly between men and women, while about 25 percent of the student body is made up of international or minority students. From an average class size of 75, over 60 undergraduate institutions and most of the U.S. states are represented. According to The Princeton Review, the small class size at Geisel helps to establish "a strong sense of community and collaborative spirit." The school offers dozens of community service, recreational, professional, and other student groups. Faculty As of November 2007, the Geisel School of Medicine employs a staff of 2,315 faculty and researchers: 766 full-time faculty, 1,301 part-time faculty and non-faculty instructors, and 248 research positions. The ratio of full-time, on-site faculty to students is given by the school as 2:1. Notable current faculty include Stuart Gitlow, palliative care physician Ira Byock, former astronaut and Democratic politician Jay C. Buckey, psychoanalyst Peter A. Olsson, and Jay Dunlap, professor and chair of genetics at the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine and a