Does MA instate advantage apply to typically low yield schools such as BU/Tufts

[ChymeofPassion]

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Short question as stated

 

[WedgeDawg]

not really

 

[ChymeofPassion]

not really

Thank yaa

 

[Youngm2194]

If you are not in state (recent grad) but work in Boston in a lab at a very well known hospital (for anonymity, will be 2 years by the time I would matriculate) and do both clinical and nonclinical volunteering in the Boston area as well, do these schools look at this more favorably than if you had these experiences somewhere else? I feel like this is a stupid question since obviously not everyone can work near these schools and thus volunteer here etc., but if you do have the opportunity to work here and volunteer to help those in need in the city that these schools are in does it make any difference since it is essentially these schools backyard? I'm just wondering out of curiosity

 

[WedgeDawg]

If you are not in state (recent grad) but work in Boston in a lab at a very well known hospital (for anonymity, will be 2 years by the time I would matriculate) and do both clinical and nonclinical volunteering in the Boston area as well, do these schools look at this more favorably than if you had these experiences somewhere else? I feel like this is a stupid question since obviously not everyone can work near these schools and thus volunteer here etc., but if you do have the opportunity to work here and volunteer to help those in need in the city that these schools are in does it make any difference since it is essentially these schools backyard? I'm just wondering out of curiosity

Nothing tangible or nothing that we can really say definitively

 

[Obnoxious Dad]

Short question as stated

If you look at Table 1 on AAMC's website, you will see that Tufts is 28.4% instate and BU is 23.2% instate. I would bet their admissions history is tilted toward their own undergrads, MIT grads and Ivy League grads. Because UMASS is small, Massachusetts is not a great state to be from if you want to go to medical school.

 

[piii]

If you are not in state (recent grad) but work in Boston in a lab at a very well known hospital (for anonymity, will be 2 years by the time I would matriculate) and do both clinical and nonclinical volunteering in the Boston area as well, do these schools look at this more favorably than if you had these experiences somewhere else? I feel like this is a stupid question since obviously not everyone can work near these schools and thus volunteer here etc., but if you do have the opportunity to work here and volunteer to help those in need in the city that these schools are in does it make any difference since it is essentially these schools backyard? I'm just wondering out of curiosity

Not really because there thousands of other Boston premeds in the same situation.

 

[Gibbward]

I have a degree, research and teaching experience from a Boston school, do research FT in an academic lab in Boston, and volunteer at a variety of places around Boston. I got an II from BU (withdrew my Tufts app after getting an acceptance elsewhere). During my interview, there are a few people who work around the Boston area, but a majority of other people interviewing don't. A handful of people have never even been to Boston before!

So no, experiences in Boston probably won't make a difference.