Competitive: private vs. in-state bias

[ifnotnowwren]

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I live in the southwest, and this cycle I wrote off schools in neighboring states because they didn't accept many out of state applicants. (Utah reserves 108 seats/122 for in-state+Idaho residents, Nevada reserves 60/70 seats for in-state, Oklahoma reserves 124/165 for in-state, etc) I've been doing a little more digging into these locations out of curiosity because a friend of mine is interviewing for dental schools here, and the thought of "wait why didn't I apply there again?" has popped into my head. Looking at their class profiles, I definitely see people from my state and my alma mater represented. When I applied I was under the impression that I wouldn't have a shot at schools like these that only have say, 10 seats for the rest of the country. If schools like these are a good stats match is it worth it to apply? This cycle I operated on the idea that private = higher chances because they took more people from out of state, but this has not served me thus far. I'm not really sure how to weigh the competitiveness of a prestigious private vs. the competitiveness of a heavy in-state bias. Any thoughts?

 

[piii]

What you don't see is that those 10 students at each school have strong family ties to those states AND exceedingly competitive stats. If you don't have both of those don't bother if they take less than 25% out of state.

 

[ifnotnowwren]

What you don't see is that those 10 students at each school have strong family ties to those states AND exceedingly competitive stats. If you don't have both of those don't bother if they take less than 25% out of state.

That's what I figured. So maybe I wasn't off-base in writing those schools off then.