Anyone apply ONLY in state?

[orthogenes]

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I'm from Ohio and decided to apply only in state.

Anyone else decide they didn't want to move all that far away?

Hopefully I still have a shot at getting in this year.

 

[milkphlegm]

As much as I want to stay where I live, I want to get into medical school more. So I applied everywhere.

I'd guess that most of the people that only apply in one state are Texans, given the way their system works. Otherwise, pretty uncommon. I mean California has a ton of schools, but they're also some of the hardest to get in to. Unless you have the most stellar application to win them all, I'd probably advise against limiting yourself so much. Even so... the process is a dice roll. I hope you get to stay in Ohio!

 

[Ismet]

I'm from Ohio and decided to apply only in state.

Anyone else decide they didn't want to move all that far away?

Hopefully I still have a shot at getting in this year.

What about a 1 or 2-state radius? PA, Michigan, WV, Chicago/Illinois. I didn't want to be too far from home either, and I just applied generally within a 1- or 2-state radius of PA (and ended up only getting accepted to 3 IS schools ). Ohio has several schools, so depending on your stats you probably have a good shot at staying in-state, but you also increase your chances of getting into a school with the more schools you apply to.

 

[deleted526486]

I'm from Ohio and decided to apply only in state.

Anyone else decide they didn't want to move all that far away?

Hopefully I still have a shot at getting in this year.

I only applied to schools in CA, but I wouldn't recommend that. I did it because I have to stay on the west coast for family reasons and there aren't too many schools on the west coast other than CA schools that are affordable for CA residents.

We'll see how it works out. Depending on your stats, I would add a few more school right outside Ohio. Depending on where you live, schools in other states shouldn't be more than a few hours away.

 

[orthogenes]

As much as I want to stay where I live, I want to get into medical school more. So I applied everywhere.

I'd guess that most of the people that only apply in one state are Texans, given the way their system works. Otherwise, pretty uncommon. I mean California has a ton of schools, but they're also some of the hardest to get in to. Unless you have the most stellar application to win them all, I'd probably advise against limiting yourself so much. Even so... the process is a dice roll. I hope you get to stay in Ohio!

The catch is, I am married and my spouse is in school in Ohio, too. He has waited through 8 years of military service for school. We could survive long distance but it wouldn't be fun.
I suppose I should try more Indiana and Kentucky schools.

 

[DoktorO]

As a california resident applying to only CA would be suicide. The chances here are so low that you have to apply OOS.

 

[ChiapetBrownie]

I applied to schools in state and in a 1-2 state radius. I think the only way you could get away with strictly doing in state is if you're in a place like Ohio or Florida that's loaded with schools, that everyone under the sun isn't clamoring to get into (I'm from ny)

 

[kmp0410]

No, but I probably should have. Would have saved some money. FL has 7 state schools so its one of the few where you could actually do this.

 

[orthogenes]

I applied to schools in state and in a 1-2 state radius. I think the only way you could get away with strictly doing in state is if you're in a place like Ohio or Florida that's loaded with schools, that everyone under the sun isn't clamoring to get into (I'm from ny)

So I lucked out with Ohio, then. 🙂

 

[kyamh]

Look on a map how far away various schools are from where your family currently is. Depending on where you live in Ohio, it's entirely possible that an OOS school is physically closer to where you want to be.

 

[IlDestriero]

I'm from Ohio and decided to apply only in state.

Anyone else decide they didn't want to move all that far away?

Hopefully I still have a shot at getting in this year.

So you'd rather not go to medical school than apply out of state?
What's plan B, you may need it. I went to a top 20 school and didn't get into a couple state schools.

 

[orthogenes]

So you'd rather not go to medical school than apply out of state?
What's plan B, you may need it. I went to a top 20 school and didn't get into a couple state schools.

Plan B might have to be to wait until my spouse finishes school and then try again.

Or figure out a school within weekend visit radius and deal with the semi long distance stress.

 

[kyamh]

Plan B might have to be to wait until my spouse finishes school and then try again.

Or figure out a school within weekend visit radius and deal with the semi long distance stress.

Or your spouse can transfer schools....? Your physician training will be long enough, I wouldn't wait for years until your spouse is done. Frankly, unless your spouse is at a vet/med school, it will be much easier for them to transfer somewhere than for you to get into X med school. In the end, most of us will go to med school where we are accepted. You will try your best to get in to school close to your spouse, but if your best efforts fail it's not unreasonable for the person who can make the transfer to do so.