Does geographical location matter?

[arc5005]

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Obviously your stats are much more important, but I don't want anything, such as geographical location count against me. I plan on applying for the 2016-2017 cycle, and will submit in early summer.

I grew up in the Northeast (NY state), I went to Undergrad in the Northeast (NY State), and I plan on attending a DO school back in the Northeast; however, I recently moved and I'm currently living & working in the Pacific Northwest. I plan to stay here until I get accepted, unless it would hurt my chances of getting in. By the time I apply, I'll have been in the Pacfici NW for just a little less than a year; I don't think I have to change my state residency yet. Will this hurt my chances of getting into the Northeast schools like UNECOM, NYIT, Rowan, etc...

I also want to apply to PCOM, Tuoro-NY, but I don't think those 2 are as heavily regionally biased.

Just curious, can I use my home/parents address when I apply?

 

[Goro]

UNE likes people from the New England states, including NY, but I have a DO friend who went to UNECOM, and she's from a far western state, so it's not absolute.

Rowan seems to have a NJ bias, but the other schools don't.

Obviously your stats are much more important, but I don't want anything, such as geographical location count against me. I plan on applying for the 2016-2017 cycle, and will submit in early summer.

I grew up in the Northeast (NY state), I went to Undergrad in the Northeast (NY State), and I plan on attending a DO school back in the Northeast; however, I recently moved and I'm currently living & working in the Pacific Northwest. I plan to stay here until I get accepted, unless it would hurt my chances of getting in. By the time I apply, I'll have been in the Pacfici NW for just a little less than a year; I don't think I have to change my state residency yet. Will this hurt my chances of getting into the Northeast schools like UNECOM, NYIT, Rowan, etc...

I also want to apply to PCOM, Tuoro-NY, but I don't think those 2 are as heavily regionally biased.

Just curious, can I use my home/parents address when I apply?

 

[arc5005]

UNE likes people from the New England states, including NY, but I have a DO friend who went to UNECOM, and she's from a far western state, so it's not absolute.

Rowan seems to have a NJ bias, but the other schools don't.

So they only take into account where you live now? Not the fact that you grew up and went to college in a certain region?

 

[NonTrad16]

So they only take into account where you live now? Not the fact that you grew up and went to college in a certain region?

Many schools have the option to explain why you're interested in attending during their secondary, and I think geography is a reasonable response (in part), especially if you grew up and went to college there. Did you make an official residency change to the northwest, or is your permanent address (license) still NY? If you still claim NY residency, then you'd have the obvious regional connection. If you're now a westerner, I'd reference it in secondaries.

 

[Goro]

Most DO schools are not regionally specific. having ties to an area like growing up in the region, or going to school there, are factors for regional schools.

The regional schools can be found by using the search function; it's been discussed many times before.

So they only take into account where you live now? Not the fact that you grew up and went to college in a certain region?

 

[Seth Joo]

Obviously your stats are much more important, but I don't want anything, such as geographical location count against me. I plan on applying for the 2016-2017 cycle, and will submit in early summer.

I grew up in the Northeast (NY state), I went to Undergrad in the Northeast (NY State), and I plan on attending a DO school back in the Northeast; however, I recently moved and I'm currently living & working in the Pacific Northwest. I plan to stay here until I get accepted, unless it would hurt my chances of getting in. By the time I apply, I'll have been in the Pacfici NW for just a little less than a year; I don't think I have to change my state residency yet. Will this hurt my chances of getting into the Northeast schools like UNECOM, NYIT, Rowan, etc...

I also want to apply to PCOM, Tuoro-NY, but I don't think those 2 are as heavily regionally biased.

Just curious, can I use my home/parents address when I apply?

Private DO schools like private MD schools are not regionally biased, I myself am from Boston, applied to schools all over the country, I got five offers of admission from schools on the opposite side of the country. One interviewer at one school which I will not mention was a huge Boston Red Sox fan and I wound up getting in that school.

The DO schools that have the most in state biases are the state supported schools like Ohio Heritage, MSU, and Oklahoma. PCOM takes students from all over.

 

[igor_raptor]

Private DO schools like private MD schools are not regionally biased, I myself am from Boston, applied to schools all over the country, I got five offers of admission from schools on the opposite side of the country. One interviewer at one school which I will not mention was a huge Boston Red Sox fan and I wound up getting in that school.

The DO schools that have the most in state biases are the state supported schools like Ohio Heritage, MSU, and Oklahoma. PCOM takes students from all over.

Looks like I'm screwed if I get an interview there.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Most schools with location specificity and preference will make it crystal clear on their website or in their accepted student body make up. But generally a lot of it can be on occasion overcome with a good application and secondary. For example I was offered an II to PNWU despite never setting foot in WA due to my secondary.

 

[Seth Joo]

Most schools with location specificity and preference will make it crystal clear on their website or in their accepted student body make up. But generally a lot of it can be on occasion overcome with a good application and secondary. For example I was offered an II to PNWU despite never setting foot in WA due to my secondary.

Some schools also get an inordinate amount of applications from a certain region of the country, I only know a handful of students in my school from my home state, but that did not stop me from getting into my school at all.