This week, East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine welcomed 79 medical students in the Class of 2025, the largest class in the medical schoolâs history, during an orientation week that culminated with a traditional White Coat Ceremony on Friday. âDespite the challenges of the pandemic, which prevented in-person visits and shifted our admissions process to online interviews, we received more applications and conducted more interviews than ever before in the history of Quillen College of Medicine,â said Doug Taylor, associate dean for admissions and records at Quillen. Earlier this year, Quillen announced that it would increase its class size for the first time in 10 years in order to provide additional students with the opportunity to pursue their dream of a medical education at ETSU. The increase from 72 to 79 new students represents a 9% increase.