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While you're correct that CUSOM has one of the smaller IS percentages in their class size, I don't know if that's the best metric to determine "fairness" I guess. I feel like the best metric to determine "fairness" would be to compare how difficult it is as an IS applicant to get into your public medical school(s) in your state. Residents of Washington, Utah, Arizona, Maryland, New Hampshire, etc. all have a harder time getting into their state university(ies) than Colorado residents. But I will concede that Colorado (as well as Washington, Utah, Arizona, and Maryland, and New Hampshire) residents do have it much tougher than residents from most other states. Some states, like Vermont, have matriculant percentages of nearly 50% of their IS applicants.
Also, your list for schools that receive EVEN LESS IS applications than does CU but STILL has a higher percentage of IS students is flawed. You're comparing a total number of IS applications to a IS/OOS percentage which doesn't really make sense. Utah, for example, does have less IS applications than CU and does have a higher percentage of IS residents in their class size. But they also have a much smaller class size than CUSOM. It is actually more difficult for Utah residents to get into their state school than it is for Colorado residents. And easier for OOS residents to get into UUSOM than for CUSOM.
This discussion has gone on too long though already. I agree that Colorado residents do have it harder than residents from many other states so we agree on that. And I do concede that I was wrong in saying states like Mississippi seem to be the outlier. I was basing that statement on my research from the mostly western public schools that I was applying to. From my research of all states, most other residents have an easier time getting into their state schools than Colorado residents. But I'm sure we can agree that we're lucky to even have a medical school in our states, period.
