anyone ever do this...?

[Jean Valjean]

Non-traditional pre-med student here. Don't care about getting into harvard or JHU or a top 10 program (but of course respect those that have those goals) - I just want to get into a decent school and become the best medical student, and doctor that I can. I live in North Carolina where the 4 medical schools in the state (WFU, DUKE, and two public UNC schools) all have acceptance rates less than 10%, even 5% or 6%. Thinking of moving to a state like Florida or Alabama or even Arkansas (yikes! -- I have family there) because acceptance rates at those schools are significantly higher (AR and AL something like 26%) I already know of someone in North Carolina that applied three years to medical schools and finally got in to one the third year in south carolina. Comments? Thanks!

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[moo]

Entrance statistics are a bit misleading. Just because it says that there are 2000 people competing for a class of 100 does not mean an acceptance rate of 5%. There are many of the 2000 that withdraw their apps halfway because they've been accepted to a more prestigous school.

 

[Maltro]

One reason that the overall acceptance rates are low for UNC and ECU is because they usually have about 2000 out of state applicants. The acceptance rate for in-state applicants at UNC is around 17-20%.

Hope this helps

 

[BlueFalcon]

ECU's stats are particularly misleading. Although they accept NO out of state applicants, each year a huge number of out of state knuckleheads apply anyway. Stay in NC. Strictly speaking, your chances may appear to increase by leaving the state for a lesser destination; but don't overlook the possible effects of your seeming a carpetbagger to the state schools upon which you set your sights.