life of a californian

[RRabbit]

I've come across a few threads that talk about how having CA residence isn't very helpful for MD apps. Is there truth to this, or is it merely conjecture? Thanks in advance!

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[KnightDoc]

I've come across a few threads that talk about how having CA residence isn't very helpful for MD apps. Is there truth to this, or is it merely conjecture? Thanks in advance!

It's conjecture. CA has a large imbalance of applicants to IS med school seats, so this is where the conjecture comes from. Only 17.3% of CA applicants matriculate IS, but this is mitigated by 24.5% who matriculate OOS. The combined 41.8% matriculation rate compares favorably with a national number of 41.0%.

 

[candbgirl]

I've come across a few threads that talk about how having CA residence isn't very helpful for MD apps. Is there truth to this, or is it merely conjecture? Thanks in advance!

Are you talking about in general or specifically about Cali schools and Calimresidents. If in general I don’t know but lots and lots of CA residents are successful in applying out of state. In state CA schools are very hard to be accepted to because there are so many qualified residents. The exceptions are schools with specific missions(UCR, Loma Linda and maybe a couple of others). I think I read that the premed applicants from UCLA can fill every seat in Cali med schools each cycle. @gyngyn , a highly regarded ADCOM and professor from California has written extensively on the subject.

 

[RRabbit]

Are you talking about in general or specifically about Cali schools and Calimresidents. If in general I don’t know but lots and lots of CA residents are successful in applying out of state. In state CA schools are very hard to be accepted to because there are so many qualified residents. The exceptions are schools with specific missions(UCR, Loma Linda and maybe a couple of others). I think I read that the premed applicants from UCLA can fill every seat in Cali med schools each cycle. @gyngyn , a highly regarded ADCOM and professor from California has written extensively on the subject.

Thanks for the info! Funny that you mention UCLA premeds; in my last interview cohort of ~20 people, there were 4 from UCLA lol

 

[gyngyn]

I've come across a few threads that talk about how having CA residence isn't very helpful for MD apps. Is there truth to this, or is it merely conjecture? Thanks in advance!

CA is the largest exporter of pre-meds in the country. Last year, 1,526 CA residents had to leave CA to attend medical school. 1,077 got to stay. UCLA alone had 1,014 applicants.

https://www.aamc.org/system/files/2019-11/2019_FACTS_Table_A-5.pdf

 

[deleted1053887]

Oof, I felt that. CA res here, all my interviews and acceptances are OOS, no CA interviews yet....I might one of those leaving CA and trying to handle that OOS tuition.

 

[Goro]

CA is the largest exporter of pre-meds in the country. Last year, 1,526 CA residents had to leave CA to attend medical school. 1,077 got to stay. UCLA alone had 1,014 applicants.

https://www.aamc.org/system/files/2019-11/2019_FACTS_Table_A-5.pdf

To add to this, my school nets a decent number of MD-caliber Californians, simply because they don't want to go east of the Mississippi River.