Florida Medical Schools

[delicatefew24]

I'd really like to apply to a medical school in Florida, and I was wondering if anyone knew which of their schools were most friendly to out of state applicants. I heard that for one of the schools you need at least a 3.6 out of state to apply. Does anyone know the stats for UCF and Florida Int'l University? Thanks!

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[Kaya12]

I would say that the most friendly for OOS would be University of Miami, being a private school (I think they usually admit at least 40 OOS students per class)

The rest of the FL schools (the state schools) may admit a few OOSers but the tuition/cost of attendance will be much greater than for in state students (think $60,000 to $80,000 a year!) because state university system schools get a lot of $ from the state of Florida for each Florida resident (and obv not for residents of other states). Actually, even UM students from OOS pay about $10k more a year in tuition than IS students.

As far as the 3.6 gpa for applicants, I can't think of any absolute rules that you must have this gpa to apply as an out of state resident.. (possibly there are, but I just am not aware).. however, it would not be smart to apply out of state to a Florida school if you don't have a fairly competitive gpa for that school (unless you have super accomplishments in other areas), as the Florida schools will preferentially pick an in-state applicant with lower numbers than an out-of-state applicant with the exact same numbers (because they are getting subsidy $$$ from the state for each state student)

UCF and FIU are both having their 1st class matriculate this year. I don't think they will have the final "class profile" until matriculation.

Hope this helps,

GL

 

[MossPoh]

FIU was interviewing a TON of out-of-state applicants. I think UCF was too, but they were interviewing people with some stacked numbers for the most part. FIU was pretty cost prohibitive if you were out of state. I'd say your best chance is Miami, but even they like people witha 3.7 and 30+ if OOS. Other than that, there are the two DO schools, Nova and LECOM-Bradenton. I've met people that chose both over MD schools, so they are worth considering.

I only know of one student at FSU that is OOS (there may be more). He is from literally 30 minutes away in Georgia.

 

[delicatefew24]

Thank you for your help! Money is no issue for me - I am ROTC and if I get into medical school all costs are covered by the military.

University of Miami is the one I heard with the >3.6 requirements - http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/0,1770,2600-1;14190-2;66100-3,00.html says "As a consequence, residents of states other than Florida are encouraged to apply, but only if they have truly superior academic records (>3.6 cumulative GPA) and exceptional (30+) MCAT scores, and have unique qualifications that the Committee on Admissions would find highly desirable."

So I guess basically ALL florida schools are incredibly hard to get into out of state. 🙁 Sad, I would have loved to go there!!

 

[WhizoMD]

from 2009-2010 MSAR

OOS matriculants
Uf- 5
FSU- 0
USF- 11
UMMSM- 52
FIU/UCF- ?? (both are public, so I'm assuming not many)

USF, Miami, and UF have statements like this: "florida residents preferred, but highly qualified non-Florida residents are also considered"

 

[runie46]

My advisor at UMiami told me that FSU does not even consider out of state student's applications

 

[REL]

from 2009-2010 MSAR

OOS matriculants
Uf- 5
FSU- 0
USF- 11
UMMSM- 52
FIU/UCF- ?? (both are public, so I'm assuming not many)

USF, Miami, and UF have statements like this: "florida residents preferred, but highly qualified non-Florida residents are also considered"

UCF has 25% of their charter class of 40 from out of state and their plans are to maintain roughly 25% of what will be a second class of 60. The charter class has a 32.3 MCAT (27-45 range), and GPA of 3.78 (3.2-4.0 range)

 

[MossPoh]

My advisor at UMiami told me that FSU does not even consider out of state student's applications

They will, but you have to be pretty close. Like Dothan/Thomasville/Valdosta close.

Good luck with that ROTC thing. I think HPSP sounds nice on paper but man I know a lot of people that are unhappy with it later on. If you have no qualms with DO then check out Nova (and LECOM-B, but mainly Nova). They are in Davie/Ft.Lauderdale and have nicer facilities than most allopathic schools, a solid undergrad affiliation and a matchlist that rivals most schools (DO/MD)

 

[Chuck's Right Foot]

The only school I applied to was UMMSM. My advisor also warned me of applying there as OOS. Glad I didn't listen to him!

 

[cudasoccer5]

Does anyone know how it would work if you lived in FL (or any state for that matter) through undergrad, but then left for grad school or employment in another state. If you are applying while you are technically a resident of another state, would you still have the same limitations as any other OOS applicant?

 

[jkurtz02]

Does anyone know how it would work if you lived in FL (or any state for that matter) through undergrad, but then left for grad school or employment in another state. If you are applying while you are technically a resident of another state, would you still have the same limitations as any other OOS applicant?

From what I have heard a lot of schools if you put that in your application somewhere will consider you with the in state students in terms of acceptance, but you are out of state for tuition.

 

[Kaya12]

Does anyone know how it would work if you lived in FL (or any state for that matter) through undergrad, but then left for grad school or employment in another state. If you are applying while you are technically a resident of another state, would you still have the same limitations as any other OOS applicant?

Good question.. I believe that if you have strong ties to the state (that you can prove via your volunteering, involvement, etc through undergrad) it possibly could help you get an interview/acceptance. However, you will still be charged for OOS tuition. Then again, I grew up in IL (18 years) and have only been in FL for 5 years... I have FL residency, got love from FL schools and none from IL. So who knows??

Also, keep in mind that the OOS matriculants numbers in MSAR may be lower than the number of OOS students who were actually offered acceptances, because many of these people may have withdrawn eventually to attend a more affordable school in their home state. I know several cases like this from last cycle.

Basically, if you really really want to attend a school in FL (and you are aware that you may be facing a large OOS tuition) then go for it, I don't see any reason not to try