Ugh. I just need to rant for a moment. But seriously, how can a state funded school get away with saying there mission is to serve central and southern Illinois. Seventy-four percent of the Illinois population is urban (Chicago+surrounding suburbs in the northeast corner), so why is 74% of the tax dollars money going to a school that supports central and southern Illinois residents. I get that there is a need (especially because of the cost of malpractice insurance), but still, I would still like it if one of my two state schools would consider me as a tax-payer... even if I am from Chicago.
But honestly, I have no idea how to get them interested in me. I would love to serve urban underserved populations... but I can't lie about being interested in rural, as I have no experiences to back it up. It would be nice to be in Carbondale for the first year of medical school as three people in my family are down there for undergrad (sibling and two cousins). But I doubt they will send me a secondary for that. And my family is historically from southern Illinois, as I still pronounce it Elanoy, but they all migrated north now. But argh. Silly SIU making it challenging for me to get a secondary.