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I live about an hour away from Rochester in the small town of Albert Lea, MN. Attending undergraduate at the moment.
365 MN applicants apply per year, 48 (13%) are interviewed, 10 (2.7%) are accepted.
3,412 OOS applicants apply per year, 301 (9%) are interviewed, 37 (1.1%) are accepted.
There is clearly an in-state preference, but it is not nearly as much as other institutions. They are a private school, after all. In self interest, they would also most likely want to accept applicants that are likely to attend and stay there after medical school and become a Mayo physician. Midwest (especially MN) students are more likely to do so.
Mods, mind merging this with the Mayo School Specific thread?
365 MN applicants apply per year, 48 (13%) are interviewed, 10 (2.7%) are accepted.
3,412 OOS applicants apply per year, 301 (9%) are interviewed, 37 (1.1%) are accepted.
There is clearly an in-state preference, but it is not nearly as much as other institutions. They are a private school, after all. In self interest, they would also most likely want to accept applicants that are likely to attend and stay there after medical school and become a Mayo physician. Midwest (especially MN) students are more likely to do so.
Are you sure the 10 and 37 aren't the numbers of those matriculating?
These numbers are quite a bit off, Mayo has had over 5,000 applicants this year. Also when you are talking about such small numbers, percentages are quite unreliable. Not to say there are no trends - just dont read into them too much.
No they don't.
However, there is a midwest self-selection bias though, up through residencies and fellowships because of the location.
These numbers are quite a bit off, Mayo has had over 5,000 applicants this year. Also when you are talking about such small numbers, percentages are quite unreliable. Not to say there are no trends - just dont read into them too much.
That was last year's data and it is accurate.. There was about a 20% increase in apps this year (estimated per Twitter). So ~4000 to ~5000 would be quite appropriate.
My apologies though, I wrote accepted instead of matriculated. I believe most of the bias is self selection. Also, Mayo may slightly factor in local because they are more likely to matriculate and be acclimated to the rather poor weather.
The dean told us they have ~4200 applications so far and are expecting a record 5000 this year.
And I made sure to tell both my interviewers how I love the weather there 😀 I've lived in Canada and Chicago for a number of years, and I MUCH rather prefer the cold over the humidity and heat of the south 😛
Didn't Mayo close their primary submissions for admission on October 1st? In that case they'd have their final number by now.
But based on numbers alone, Mayo does favor IS applicants both in terms of interviewing (13% to 9%) and matriculating (2.7% to 1.1%). Matriculating is to be expected, as students that get accepted are more likely to attend if they're from the area. Was surprised they give out more interviews to MN residents though, but it's only logical if more of them are likely to attend. I would wager that these students also likely fill the "Mayo Model" more, as Mayo favors two things - a certain 'personality', and a certain amount of 'diversity'. They gauge those internally.