Do Med schools care I'm from Washington, DC?

[IndigoBoy0]

I am finding this increasingly more frustrated by the day. Everyone keeps saying "Oh apply to your state school". What if you're a bona fide RESIDENT of Washington, DC. Does anywhere take this in to account?? I vote (what little I can) in DC, pay taxes in DC. but have no medical school to apply to. My GPA/hopeully MCAT would have been enough to have probably gotten me into a state school had I lived in a state where there was one and my residency was preferred, but now I'm forced to apply to all private/a few state schools that have better odds for OOS people (i.e. Penn State, University of Pittsburgh). Do these schools take into consideration I'm applying from a state where there is no med school for residents? I know the answer is no, but I was some reassurance here....

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[dragonfly99]

Hmmm...interesting situation. Do DC residents truly get screwed over that way? Why doesn't D of C make some agreement with Maryland or one of the Virginia schools to accept its students at in state tuition rates? That sucks for you...

I would definitely apply to Georgetown and GWU, even though they are ridiculously expensive...even though not state schools, would think they might give you more consideration than just some random person.

I'd check with the Virginia schools, too, and North Carolina, etc. Do they take or give any consideration to those from neighboring states?

 

[Ironspy]

I know it sucks having to apply to only private medical schools but there are states (RI is the one I can think of right now) that don't have state schools either. To the best of my knowledge, none of the NE state schools give RI residents in-state tuition (or any $ break at all) since state schools are largely funded by state tax money. I'd check with local state medical schools, but don't get your hopes up.

If you're willing to take time off you can research which states have lax residency requirements...

 

[glamqueen]

Texas has AWESOME state schools and cheap tuition. I believe it is fairly easy to obtain residency also. Check into this...

If I could have done this all over again, part of me would have picked up and moved to Texas where we have family just to get that absurdly cheap tuition and opportunity to apply via the TX app service. It really is its own country over there.

 

[Appless]

The answer is no they dont care. The only state time they would care is if you are from a WICHE state, i forget the states involved in WICHE but its like idaho and other states that have no medical schools period. Its not just DC residents that get screwed, RI residents would also since they only have brown, and CA residents are super screwed as our schools dont give state preference and are ridiculously competitive to get into compared to normal state schools. It just is what it is for those of us who arent lucky enough to live in like TX or KY where residency can play a HUGE role in acceptance.

 

[njbmd]

I am finding this increasingly more frustrated by the day. Everyone keeps saying "Oh apply to your state school". What if you're a bona fide RESIDENT of Washington, DC. Does anywhere take this in to account?? I vote (what little I can) in DC, pay taxes in DC. but have no medical school to apply to. My GPA/hopeully MCAT would have been enough to have probably gotten me into a state school had I lived in a state where there was one and my residency was preferred, but now I'm forced to apply to all private/a few state schools that have better odds for OOS people (i.e. Penn State, University of Pittsburgh). Do these schools take into consideration I'm applying from a state where there is no med school for residents? I know the answer is no, but I was some reassurance here....

There are three medical schools in DC but all are private and thus you don't have a "state" school but there are medical schools in DC. With that being said, Maryland does consider DC residents "instate" for tuition to their state colleges. I was accepted by U of MD when I applied to medical school from DC and would not have had to pay out of state tuition. Things may have changed since my application days but look into Maryland. That means that UMD would be the closest thing to a "state" school that you have. BTW, DC is NOT a state! It's Federal District and thus you are not from a state that doesn't have a school. UVa and MCV were happy to accept me too.

 

[IndigoBoy0]

BTW, DC is NOT a state! It's Federal District and thus you are not from a state that doesn't have a school. UVa and MCV were happy to accept me too.

Fine, agreed. But Puerto Rico is a territory and has at least two schools (UPR, Ponce) where PR residents are given priority admission.