Are chances of acceptance higher in your native state?

[Erejto1]

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Hi there! I was wondering if your chances of acceptance to MD/DO schools are higher in the state you're from or is there no difference? Thanks!

 

[claduva94]

To public schools the answer is almost always yes. To private schools, the advantage is minimal to none.

 

[gyngyn]

https://www.aamc.org/download/321466/data/factstable5.pdf

It depends on the state!

 

[Erejto1]

Minimal to none? How come? Even if it's DO?

 

[Goro]

Most of my students are instate... we have a lot of feeder schools.

Minimal to none? How come? Even if it's DO?

 

[Erejto1]

What are feeder schools?

 

[Erejto1]

Thank you Goro, you're always very helpful 🙂

 

[claduva94]

Public school receive state funds and therefore often have agreements to accept certain amounts of students. For example 90% of the classes in Texas schools need to be residents. Private schools receive no such funds and don't have to make the same agreement. There is obviously some selection bias with those still but they don't really treat IS vs OOS much differently.

 

[LizzyM]

What are feeder schools?

Feeder schools are the most common undergraduate alma maters of your current med school class.