Some tentative statistics are provided concerning the number of dropouts of psychoanalytic candidates. Data included candidates who began analytic training during the period, 1945-1953. The authors conclude that a fairly high dropout rate is to be expected. Realization of this fact may permit us to take more risks in accepting qualified candidates about whom there may be some reservations; it may also aid us to terminate a candidacy more expeditiously. The paper would have been more instructive if the authors had discussed the psychodynamic conflicts involved in the failures.