How to determine OOS friendly schools

[ShockDoctrine]

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How would determine an OOS friendly school? Would you go by interview rates or matriculation rates? What is the threshold for either of these? 10%? 20%?

I've looked at other threads and haven't had any luck.

 

[StoicJosher]

Get the MSAR and check for how many OOS students each school interviews, accepts and how many matriculate there. That will give you an idea.

 

[ShockDoctrine]

The MSAR online doesn't have this data, and the MSAR hard copy only has the number of interviews granted for OOS and IS, and then how many ended up matriculating. Are the acceptance rates in MSAR and I'm just missing them, or is there another resource where these data would be available?

 

[StoicJosher]

The MSAR online doesn't have this data, and the MSAR hard copy only has the number of interviews granted for OOS and IS, and then how many ended up matriculating. Are the acceptance rates in MSAR and I'm just missing them, or is there another resource where these data would be available?

Isn't that enough to tell you if a school is OOS friendly?

 

[NeuralNetwork]

The MSAR online doesn't have this data, and the MSAR hard copy only has the number of interviews granted for OOS and IS, and then how many ended up matriculating. Are the acceptance rates in MSAR and I'm just missing them, or is there another resource where these data would be available?

All this information and more is available on USNews, go herehttp://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/search.result/program+top-medical-schools/top-medical-schools+y, and sign up for a premium account. If you are applying this cycle, it will be a valuable tool for you.

Also, the GENERAL rule of thumb is that OOS public schools are more keen to their own residents where as OOS private schools take from all around.

Isn't that enough to tell you if a school is OOS friendly?

As StoicJosher said, the interviews granted to IS/OOS is generally enough to tell. There is no hard lines but if less than 15% of the class comes from out of state, then you can be sure that they don't like them as much as their residents.

 

[powerof0]

In the first post of this thread, there is a link to a Google Doc that allows you to sort schools by % of in-state matriculants, as well as many other functions...

 

[littlefaster]

Last year the MSAR online had IS and OS applied, interviewed, and matriculated. Has this changed?

 

[ShockDoctrine]

Last year the MSAR online had IS and OS applied, interviewed, and matriculated. Has this changed?

no, they don't have accepted data. everything else is still there.

 

[tima]

Class size is matriculated data. It is in the book.

No school will publish how many applicants were initially accepted.

no, they don't have accepted data. everything else is still there.

 

[maybemed2013]

Most private schools are OOS friendly

 

[DAPI]

Class size is matriculated data. It is in the book.

No school will publish how many applicants were initially accepted.

US News reports how many students were initially accepted, but not for all schools. Just the ones that self report it and from what I have seen a lot of schools do self report.

US News has Applied, Interviewed, Accepted, and Enrolled. They also break it down by Total, IS, OOS, Women, and then sometimes Minority, and International. So it would look like:

Total
Applied: 4000
Interviewed: 800
Accepted: 300
Enrolled: 150

IS
Applied: 1000
Interviewed: 300
Accepted: 180
Enrolled: 100

OOS
Applied: 3000
Interviewed: 500
Accepted: 120
Enrolled: 50

Etc.

 

[WillburCobb]

OOS % alone is limited in its ability to indicate how OOS friendly schools are. Some schools will really only look at OOS applicants if they are from that region (i.e., neighboring state) or have ties to that state (e.g., grew-up there, majority of family is there, went to school there etc.) So just because a school has a history of high OOS matriculants doesn't mean there aren't other significant underlying factors into schools' consideration of their applications. Other factors which may skew this are if the school has an MD/PhD program, as the residency of these applicants are sometimes looked at with less consideration. Also, schools may be only willing to consider OOS applicants if they have outstanding numbers, are URM, are applying through a separate application process for minorities, are WICHE applicants, etc. So as I initially said % of OOS matriculants is limited in its ability to show just how OOS friendly a school is.