How can I determine resident vs. OOS acceptance for Osteppathic School?

US News has this data, but it's old and they don't include a lot of DO schools.

ATrim7 said:

How do applicants then decide whether its worth spending the money to apply to an Osteopathic school. For instance, I think I want to apply to CCOM, but how will I know my application will be considered competitive if I have no information about OOS acceptance rates?

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A general rule of thumb for all medical schools is that state schools heavily favor instate residents where private schools USUALLY don't care/have less preference. Most DO schools are private (such as CCOM), though there are a few state schools and those will have an instate bias.

ATrim7 said:

Where can I find information about Osteopathic schools acceptance rates for residents vs. OOS students? I've looked through the Osteopathic Medical Colleges Information guide but there is no information regarding this. I've also looked on many of the schools websites but they do not provide this information. Allopathic schools make this information very apparent. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I am a Virginia resident, but I am interested in schools in NY, Chicago, and Philadelphia.

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I had this exact question and found this TPR book to be a good source of info for DO schools.

ATrim7 said:

How do applicants then decide whether its worth spending the money to apply to an Osteopathic school. For instance, I think I want to apply to CCOM, but how will I know my application will be considered competitive if I have no information about OOS acceptance rates?

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For me it was much easier to figure this out on the DO side than the MD side. There aren't really any DO schools that vigorously deflect OOS apps, like MD schools such as UWash and the UCs.

There are only a few public DO schools, and some charge almost 3x as much tuition for OOS students. Couldn't be simpler than to avoid schools that will want more than $50k tuition out of me.

Ohio is going to make you sign a pledge to stay and practice for 5 years. That's a clean decision maker.

The private DO schools that receive state support are under some pressure to accept fewer OOS students, but not to the extent that you should avoid them. You can figure out which ones get state support by looking at OOS tuition.

If your numbers are not ridiculously low, then in your shoes I wouldn't hesitate to apply to any of the private schools, including CCOM. If your numbers are ridiculously low, then I'd focus on VCOM and on improving my app for next year.

Best of luck to you.

Chocolate Bear said:

I had this exact question and found this TPR book to be a good source of info for DO schools.

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Please share how many DO schools are included and how old the data is.

DrMidlife said:

There aren't really any DO schools that vigorously deflect OOS apps, like MD schools such as UWash and the UCs.

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Not true. TCOM at 90%+ in-state.

DrMidlife said:

Please share how many DO schools are included and how old the data is.

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The book is from 2008, and I don't know if they state when the data is from. Also, I know not all schools are included, even if they were up and running at that time. However, many schools are included, and in-state preferences are not likely to drastically change with time.

When I go home I'll report the stats. I'll put the data into a spreadsheet, too.

JaggerPlate said:

A general rule of thumb for all medical schools is that state schools heavily favor instate residents where private schools USUALLY don't care/have less preference. Most DO schools are private (such as CCOM), though there are a few state schools and those will have an instate bias.

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I'll second this post. Most DO schools are private and therefore don't have a preference for in-state students. The state sponsored DO schools I can think of off the top of my head are: Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Michigan. If you look carefully around their websites, you should be able to find class profiles with the info you're seeking. If not, it doesn't hurt to send the adcom an email with your question.

NYCOM takes lots of OOS. They probably just charge the same, regardless, or they didn't report the OOS costs.

Chocolate Bear said:

When I go home I'll report the stats. I'll put the data into a spreadsheet, too.

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Attaboy. Purrrrr purrrrr purrrr I love data purrrr purrr purrr.

You can see my stats in mdapps profile but I got no love from CCOM or NYCOM and I am a PA resident. In fact, I never even heard from the two. So I am not sure if that is more of a testament to my academic profile or my OOS staus. I would be curious to see this data from Chocolate Bear just because I really would have been particularly interested in interviewing at NYCOM since I liked their program a lot. On the other hand, more of my OOS friends got love from PCOM than any of the other OOS DO schools for them.

fireflygirl said:

You can see my stats in mdapps profile but I got no love from CCOM or NYCOM and I am a PA resident. In fact, I never even heard from the two. So I am not sure if that is more of a testament to my academic profile or my OOS staus. I would be curious to see this data from Chocolate Bear just because I really would have been particularly interested in interviewing at NYCOM since I liked their program a lot. On the other hand, more of my OOS friends got love from PCOM than any of the other OOS DO schools for them.

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I just did an MDApps search (with upper-end MCAT and GPA), which showed several acceptances of students from CA and elsewhere. They likely have lots of NY residents, but I certainly don't think someone is SOL, being OOS.

By popular demand...

There are lots of missing data points (thanks, TPR). Feel free to add or update data and repost. Everything is from TPR's Best 168 Medical Schools, 2008 Ed. UMDNJ looks like an obvious misprint, as it says that 112 OOS applicants were accepted but only 2 enrolled. The rest looks legit.

EDIT: UMDNJ gives in-state status to anyone with a heartbeat, so don't believe what you see there. --scpod

OUCOM's contract is not as scary as you think once you see it. Granted you train at a CORE location.

ATrim7 said:

Where can I find information about Osteopathic schools acceptance rates for residents vs. OOS students?....

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I don't know that acceptance rates will tell you all that much, but if you look at the oos matriculation rates, you can get a good idea. For example:

http://publish.aacom.org/resources/bookstore/2006statrpt/Documents/page 21.pdf

Note: UMDNJ gives in-state status to anyone with a heartbeat, so don't believe what you see there.