East Coast Schools taking West Coast Apps

[Yellow Snow]

Does anyone know if east coast private schools are any less likely to accept west coast applicants? As I prepare to apply, I keep feeling like I need to prove to the Eastern schools that I am willing to travel that far for dental school but...at the same time I don't really wanna take up room in my PS for this if it is a minor concern. Is this a non-issue? Did anyone go out of their way to communicate this?

Thanks.

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[enginerd]

Does anyone know if east coast private schools are any less likely to accept west coast applicants? As I prepare to apply, I keep feeling like I need to prove to the Eastern schools that I am willing to travel that far for dental school but...at the same time I don't really wanna take up room in my PS for this if it is a minor concern. Is this a non-issue? Did anyone go out of their way to communicate this?

Thanks.

I don't think so. As a matter of fact, I didn't even mention anything like this in my application and I got more interviews on the east coast than the west coast and I'm from California. I was surprised. I really don't think it matters to the AdComs. Public schools are a different case though.

 

[Rezdawg]

Does anyone know if east coast private schools are any less likely to accept west coast applicants? As I prepare to apply, I keep feeling like I need to prove to the Eastern schools that I am willing to travel that far for dental school but...at the same time I don't really wanna take up room in my PS for this if it is a minor concern. Is this a non-issue? Did anyone go out of their way to communicate this?

Thanks.

About 1/3 of my class is from California.

 

[superchris147]

Does anyone know if east coast private schools are any less likely to accept west coast applicants? As I prepare to apply, I keep feeling like I need to prove to the Eastern schools that I am willing to travel that far for dental school but...at the same time I don't really wanna take up room in my PS for this if it is a minor concern. Is this a non-issue? Did anyone go out of their way to communicate this?

Thanks.

Trust me, it'll come up in your interview and yes they take the fact that you are from the west coast. So have a prepared answer for it

 

[benson_dds]

Does anyone know if east coast private schools are any less likely to accept west coast applicants? As I prepare to apply, I keep feeling like I need to prove to the Eastern schools that I am willing to travel that far for dental school but...at the same time I don't really wanna take up room in my PS for this if it is a minor concern. Is this a non-issue? Did anyone go out of their way to communicate this?

Thanks.

Most East coast school interview many & take a good number of applicants from westcoast usually so you don't need to talk about it in your personal statement.