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[LizzyM]

Public schools have always favored applicants from their own states. Private schools usually don't care about state residency.

But they do tend to save their invites for people who they think might be open to attending school in their area. If they think that you are unlikely to leave the area, they might focus on people in their own area. Then it all becomes a self-fullfilling prophesey as you stay in the same area for med school as for college.

OP, you got 5 interviews. Convert at least one to an offer and quit your bitchin'.

 

[DokterMom]

They may assume that since you grew up in one area and stayed there for college that this would be your preference for medical school as well. Not a ridiculous assumption, really...

If you truly do prefer another locale, you might want to consider sending an update to some of the more distant schools stating you interest in seeing a different part of the world.

 

[Obnoxious Dad]

I’ve applied to 30 schools this cycle and I’ve been fortunate enough to receive 6 IIs so far, as well as rejections from 4 other schools. I was complete at all my schools in the last week of September.

Of the schools I’ve received interview invites from, 5 of them are within 50 miles of my address. I’m trying to budget for (hopefully) invites from more schools, so I’d like to get a sense of how strongly the private schools I applied to consider where I’m from and how likely it is that the other 20 schools I haven’t heard back from yet will offer me interviews this late in the cycle. The vast majority of them are not in my home state/metro area.

I grew up and went to college in the same state, so I’m a bit concerned that the schools think I’m reluctant to attend medical school elsewhere, which certainly isn’t the case. Is this regional bias in IIs just a fluke, or is it a product of the new traffic rules?

You can run Table 1 on the AAMC website in Excel and see that approximately 60% (13,109/21623) of the people, who attend an allopathic medical school, attend med school in their home state.
Applicants and Matriculants Data - FACTS: Applicants, Matriculants, Enrollment, Graduates, MD/PhD, and Residency Applicants Data - Data and Analysis - AAMC

If you classify each school as public, private, for profit, in Puerto Rico and military (using the appropriate classifications from the tuition tables), you will see that 47% of the people who attend an allopathic medical school, attend a public school in their home state (10,106/21,623) and 77% (10,106/13,030) of students at public allopathic med schools are in state residents. Approximately 32% (2,615/7,984) of students at private allopathic medical schools are instate residents. This is the reason that if an applicant is from the wrong state, he or she will have a tough road to hoe.

OP, it sounds like you are from one of the good states with more than its share of medical school seats. Stop complaining. You will probably get admitted and that is the name of the game.

 

[Pharaoh95]

Last cycle, 3/4 of my interviews were IS. This cycle, 7/8 of my interviews so far have been OOS. The medical school admissions process can be a bit... strange.