Do private schools care if your instate or not?

[ichewu]

i no that public schools value highly thier instate applicants versus out of state, but i was wondering if this holds true for private schools. do they care?

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[DoctorPardi]

Most out of state private schools have no state preference, although some do. Wake Forest has a slight in-state bias even though they are private, as an example.

 

[epigastric]

I've been wondering about this. A friend I know at a private, urban law school told me that their school gives some preference to students who live near the area or have lived there in the past: they think that it's much more likely that the student will attend. I don't think it's likely, but perhaps some urban med schools do the same.

 

[Stolenspatulas]

most private schools seem to show a statistical bias to in-state or regional applicants (or do they constitute a larger and disproportionate % of their students bc more in-state and regional applicants apply?).... i dont remember the stats, but i think i remember that UPenn and Hopkins do

 

[pguin]

If you look on the usnews data you'll see that most private colleges except a slightly higher percentage of in state than out of state applicants. It seems that it ranges from about 2%-10% difference while public universities range from like 3% (Michigan) - 43% (Indiana) not sure these are the absolute highest and lowest but shows that even private med schools have a slight bias toward i-state, but not much. (This may just be because private schools have more confidence that in-state students will pick their school while out of state students have a better chance of turning down acceptances)

 

[HumbleMD]

i no that public schools value highly thier instate applicants versus out of state, but i was wondering if this holds true for private schools. do they care?

I know for a fact that Baylor does. They even have in-state tuition.😱

 

[riceman04]

yeah gives heavy in-state preference

Penn gives some preference also (but not much)

 

[braluk]

Yea there is some bias, but I would think alot of it is due to being able to connect with the interviewer on multiple levels, having local experiences that the school knows about, etc. etc. I dont believe there it to be any quotas that is predetermined by its funding (public school funding requires a quota of in-state).

 

[Anastasis]

I know for a fact that Baylor does. They even have in-state tuition.😱

Isn't Baylor supposed to be like 70% instate? 😱

 

[Vvandenn]

I thought it was 90%...

 

[CCLCMer]

i no that public schools value highly thier instate applicants versus out of state, but i was wondering if this holds true for private schools. do they care?

Yeah, like previous posters said, it depends on the school, and also on the program. If you're applying MSTP, you usually don't have to worry about residency requirements even if you're applying to state schools. Most private schools don't have residency preferences but a few do. I can tell you that none of the Case programs prefer state residents, although in the past they did prefer people from Ohio.

 

[Anastasis]

I thought it was 90%...

That's for the real state schools like San Antonio or Houston.

My older MSAR says 133 instate vs 33 OOS (plus 2 international) matriculated at Baylor.

That's 79% Instate... so cut the difference between the two of us 🙂

 

[EBI831]

hahah to play the part of the technical geek it says 75% in my msar and my 126 top medical schools book. still that's steep for me tho for baylor seeing as i'm outta state and would love to get accepted.

 

[Chuckwalla]

I agree there has to be some bias. I can only imagine that having a bias for instate students helps their tax situation or something along those lines.

 

[Depakote]

Some schools, while technically private, do get state assistance and thus have an incentive to give preference/tuition breaks to in-state students.

IIRC, Rush would fall into this category.