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[chzsux]

I would normally be critical of the inclusion of UWashington but hey, you got an interview there and the post-II acceptance rate for OOS students is pretty high so you might have a chance (this may be skewed by agreements that they have with other states). For the rest of your schools, I would say that UCLA and Emory are borderline donations and schools like Drexel, Jefferson, and GW are all low-yield. Off the top of my head, you could add schools like Georgetown (low yield), Tulane (low yield), Loyola Chicago (Low yield), Albany, NYMC, Tufts, Vermont, VCU, EVMS, etc.

 

[deleted1004199]

I would normally be critical of the inclusion of UWashington but hey, you got an interview there and the post-II acceptance rate for OOS students is pretty high so you might have a chance (this may be skewed by agreements that they have with other states). For the rest of your schools, I would say that UCLA and Emory are borderline donations and schools like Drexel, Jefferson, and GW are all low-yield. Off the top of my head, you could add schools like Georgetown (low yield), Tulane (low yield), Loyola Chicago (Low yield), Albany, NYMC, Tufts, Vermont, VCU, EVMS, etc.

Thank you for the recommendation! So UW's website shows a crazy high rate but I think it was an error, their OOS post-II rate is closer to 25-30% (roughly 3-4 interviewees per seat they said). Last cycle they interviewed 70 MD OOS and accepted 17. I don't have very strong ties to the region either so that's another issue.

It seems like a lot of the OOS-friendly schools are low-yield so how do I balance adding those in without making half my list low yield schools? Should I take a chance at more state public schools where I may be a mission fit (e.g Washington and Wisconsin) and could see myself living/practicing there?

 

[Faha]

Thank you for the recommendation! So UW's website shows a crazy high rate but I think it was an error, their OOS post-II rate is closer to 25-30% (roughly 3-4 interviewees per seat they said). Last cycle they interviewed 70 MD OOS and accepted 17. I don't have very strong ties to the region either so that's another issue.

It seems like a lot of the OOS-friendly schools are low-yield so how do I balance adding those in without making half my list low yield schools? Should I take a chance at more state public schools where I may be a mission fit (e.g Washington and Wisconsin) and could see myself living/practicing there?

U Washington admits very few non residents who are not from states in the Northwest. The OOS admitted are from states they have contracts with:Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming. If you reapply I suggest these schools:
All your Florida MD and DO schools
TCU-UNT
Creighton
Loyola
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
Wake Forest
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
George Washington
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
Seton Hall
Albany
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Einstein
Vermont
Quinnipiac

 

[chzsux]

Thank you for the recommendation! So UW's website shows a crazy high rate but I think it was an error, their OOS post-II rate is closer to 25-30% (roughly 3-4 interviewees per seat they said). Last cycle they interviewed 70 MD OOS and accepted 17. I don't have very strong ties to the region either so that's another issue.

It seems like a lot of the OOS-friendly schools are low-yield so how do I balance adding those in without making half my list low yield schools? Should I take a chance at more state public schools where I may be a mission fit (e.g Washington and Wisconsin) and could see myself living/practicing there?

I mean, it is true that a lot of OOS-friendly schools are low-yield but at the end of the day, they do admit 100-200 people per school so the goal for them would be to emphasize mission fit through your essays to increase your chances. As for public schools, several of the schools that @Faha and I recommended are public OOS-friendly schools (VCU, EVMS, etc.). There are also schools like the University of Colorado, which is OOS-friendly, but I didn't include those because IMO their GPA/MCAT scores were a little out of your range but feel to apply if you think you got a shot

 

[candbgirl]

Look at private schools. They don’t really look at IS v OOS they look at fit . And this is brought to light with your essays, personal statement and you activities. So look closely at @Faha ‘s list.