How to determine if a school prefers in-state?

[workethic712]

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I'm currently compiling my medical school list and I did a quick screen using LizzyM's spreadsheet earlier. I am now trying to narrow my search by visiting websites and checking their in-state preferences but what % threshold makes a school "in-state" biased?

Thanks!

 

[Heplayer92]

Invest in the MSAR. Some will straight out say that they only accept students from in the state (only a few). Others such as Oregon and Washington (in Seattle) accept the majority from within the region. Thus, their "out of state" stats are a bit deceiving.

In general, just look at the amount of IS (in-state) vs. OOS interviewed/matriculated. That generally gives you a pretty good idea! I also think that most public schools are in-state biased, because they receive support from the local government.

Best of luck!

 

[juliuspepperwood]

I'm currently compiling my medical school list and I did a quick screen using LizzyM's spreadsheet earlier. I am now trying to narrow my search by visiting websites and checking their in-state preferences but what % threshold makes a school "in-state" biased?

Thanks!

https://www.aamc.org/download/321442/data/2013factstable1.pdf
This pdf will give you a quick and basic rundown of how many people OOS matriculate at each school. The MSAR will give you more detailed information, and US News will give you additional info on interview numbers.

 

[orangeman25]

Invest in the MSAR. Some will straight out say that they only accept students from in the state (only a few). Others such as Oregon and Washington (in Seattle) accept the majority from within the region. Thus, their "out of state" stats are a bit deceiving.

In general, just look at the amount of IS (in-state) vs. OOS interviewed/matriculated. That generally gives you a pretty good idea! I also think that most public schools are in-state biased, because they receive support from the local government.

Best of luck!

U of Washington predominantly recruits regionally? Did not know that.

 

[workethic712]

thanks @Heplayer92 and @juliuspepperwood!

 

[mrh125]

MSAR and the rule of thumb that most public schools favor instate schools to a large degree since their funding is based off of that. skip oregon (unless you're an older applicant), WA, NV, New mexico, TX and hawaii if youre not instate. the west coast as a whole is pretty damn unfriendly especially to CA residents.

 

[workethic712]

Invest in the MSAR. Some will straight out say that they only accept students from in the state (only a few). Others such as Oregon and Washington (in Seattle) accept the majority from within the region. Thus, their "out of state" stats are a bit deceiving.

In general, just look at the amount of IS (in-state) vs. OOS interviewed/matriculated. That generally gives you a pretty good idea! I also think that most public schools are in-state biased, because they receive support from the local government.

Best of luck!

So for example, Louisville accepts 25% out-of-state. If I'm from CA, is this school just out of the question?

 

[mrh125]

So for example, Louisville accepts 25% out-of-state. If I'm from CA, is this school just out of the question?

it's deceptively high for that school. most of the people accepted to louisville have state ties or are probably in neighboring states. be really careful about these schools because they'll take your money and time because most dont prescreen before secondaries, so you'll be given a bit of false hope and the chore of filling out tedious essays. avoid louisville, avoid morehouse, avoid marshall, avoid north dakota are some other ones off the top of my head.

 

[workethic712]

it's deceptively high for that school. most of the people accepted to louisville have state ties or are probably in neighboring states. be really careful about these schools because they'll take your money and time because most dont prescreen before secondaries, so you'll be given a bit of false hope and the chore of filling out tedious essays. avoid louisville, avoid morehouse, avoid marshall, avoid north dakota are some other ones off the top of my head.

Ah I see. Is there any way to determine which of these schools are the deceptive money hunting schools? I do have the MSAR and I try to read through it but I didn't really pick up on any state ties preference in Louisville's description. Thanks for the cautionary response!

 

[Heplayer92]

I wouldn't exactly say out of the question. If your stats are above or much higher than the averages for an out of state school, apply if you think it'd be a good fit! If you are very service-oriented or research-oriented, go for schools that have that focus.

For "deceptive money hunting schools" I would honestly just browse/search SDN =))

If you don't pick up on any state ties, then it's probably a bit generous to OOS than schools that do outright state in-state preferences =P

 

[WillburCobb]

skip oregon (unless you're an older applicant)...

If your GPA is 3.6+ and MCAT is 32+ Oregon is perfectly reasonable.

 

[mvenus929]

U of Washington predominantly recruits regionally? Did not know that.

Very few people are outside the WWAMI area.

UNC, U of South Carolina, and UColorado also have a in-state bias (Colorado is another 'state' school for Wyoming and Montana).

 

[UCSBro]

If your GPA is 3.6+ and MCAT is 32+ Oregon is perfectly reasonable.

Not if you are outside of the Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada union. The out of state stats in those schools are a bit rigged.

 

[WillburCobb]

Not if you are outside of the Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada union. The out of state stats in those schools are a bit rigged.

The 3.6+ and 32+ are their cut-offs for OOS applicants. Anyone I've known with stats that meet that criteria who've applied to OHSU as OOS (and not from the above mentioned states) have fared well there.