List of schools that HIGHLY prefer IS

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Is there a list of MD schools that really only prefer in-state applicants? Or require significant ties if a out of state applicant? Or OOS applicants only from certain nearby states?

U of SCarolina-Columbia
U of Tennessee Health Science Center
 
Definitely need MSAR. Although most state public schools fall into this category.

UMass up until a few years ago only accepted Mass residents. Now, they accept OOS, but it is still extremely competitive. I would add them
 
For California, there's UCD and UCR.
 
To see exact numbers on the percent of instate applicants who are invited to interview, you need the MSAR.

To get a ballpark idea of who loves instate though, the AAMC Facts Tables do include the percent of matriculants from in-state for each med school. Here's that table from a year or two ago sorted by highest percent instate:

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Drakozord X said:
Is there a list of MD schools that really only prefer in-state applicants? Or require significant ties if a out of state applicant? Or OOS applicants only from certain nearby states?
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There's no dedicated list, but posting your potential target schools in a WAMC thread might be a faster way to get the information than reading the MSAR mission statement, selection factors, and applicant/accepted statistics.

Also, what is your cut point for "highly prefer?" Personally, I'd say any school taking >25% OOS might be reasonable to consider, if you fall within all other listed parameters.
 
Drakozord X said:
Is there a list of MD schools that really only prefer in-state applicants? Or require significant ties if a out of state applicant? Or OOS applicants only from certain nearby states?

U of SCarolina-Columbia
U of Tennessee Health Science Center
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TX, ND, NM, SC, UNC, U FL, MS, AL, U MO, U NE, U AR, U KS, U TN, Quillen, U WA, SD, UCD, UCR, UCI, UCLA, Baylor, U CT, Mercer, MCG, U KY, U Louisville, IU, NEOMED, U ILL, NJ
 
In the link below, look at the Matriculant In State column. Anything higher than the mid/high 80's obviously prefer IS. There are a few wonky exceptions, such as U Washington, that may look like they take a lot of OOS, but in reality they don't. But overall, this gives a fairly good look at who prefers IS.

https://www.aamc.org/download/321442/data/factstablea1.pdf
 
Goro said:
TX, ND, NM, SC, UNC, U FL, MS, AL, U MO, U NE, U AR, U KS, U TN, Quillen, U WA, SD, UCD, UCR, UCI, UCLA, Baylor, U CT, Mercer, MCG, U KY, U Louisville, IU, NEOMED, U ILL, NJ
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I’m debating between Mercer and VCOM in Auburn. One is MD the other, OD. Mercer is about 1 1/2 hrs away but the last 2 years the school is right around the corner. VCOM is about 35 mins away but they send you to clinical rotations way up in Alabama. I would really prefer the MD route


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ScienceJunky said:
I’m debating between Mercer and VCOM in Auburn. One is MD the other, OD. Mercer is about 1 1/2 hrs away but the last 2 years the school is right around the corner. VCOM is about 35 mins away but they send you to clinical rotations way up in Alabama. I would really prefer the MD route


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OD's are optometrists...
 
ScienceJunky said:
I’m debating between Mercer and VCOM in Auburn. One is MD the other, OD. Mercer is about 1 1/2 hrs away but the last 2 years the school is right around the corner. VCOM is about 35 mins away but they send you to clinical rotations way up in Alabama. I would really prefer the MD route


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Having the the MD from Mercer will open more doors for you...or at least, few doors will be closed.
 
Goro said:
Having the the MD from Mercer will open more doors for you...or at least, few doors will be closed.
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And I didn’t mean OD, using my Phone and typed DO; guess it switched it thinking it was correcting me. Lol


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Goro said:
Having the the MD from Mercer will open more doors for you...or at least, few doors will be closed.
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I was thinking that too, I read that not to many are familiar with DO,s and around here, GA they’re kind of skeptical about using them due to literally every office you see without 100 Miles is MD.


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Thank you all so much for chipping in. I’ve just seen and heard from some other individuals that they applied to certain schools without knowing that they actually were more IS biased. Myself included, I have MSAR and have double checked the schools, but out of the 36 I applied to, 2 slipped by my check.
 
Goro said:
TX, ND, NM, SC, UNC, U FL, MS, AL, U MO, U NE, U AR, U KS, U TN, Quillen, U WA, SD, UCD, UCR, UCI, UCLA, Baylor, U CT, Mercer, MCG, U KY, U Louisville, IU, NEOMED, U ILL, NJ
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Do rock stars - we're talking 4.0/526 with Peace Corps and 1,000 hours of hospice volunteering plus a couple first-author pubs to boot - have a shot at schools like that?
 
Walter Raleigh said:
Do rock stars - we're talking 4.0/526 with Peace Corps and 1,000 hours of hospice volunteering plus a couple first-author pubs to boot - have a shot at schools like that?
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What's your fixation on rock stars?
 
Walter Raleigh said:
Do rock stars - we're talking 4.0/526 with Peace Corps and 1,000 hours of hospice volunteering plus a couple first-author pubs to boot - have a shot at schools like that?
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Places like UWash and UCLA, especially, sure. But most of these schools are very mission based and looking for students who want to remain in that state going forward. Rockstars like you’re talking about have a higher chance of going somewhere competitive for residency. (Also an example, most of my classmates from CA ultimately want to return to CA and not remain in PA)
 
ScienceJunky said:
I’m debating between Mercer and VCOM in Auburn. One is MD the other, OD. Mercer is about 1 1/2 hrs away but the last 2 years the school is right around the corner. VCOM is about 35 mins away but they send you to clinical rotations way up in Alabama. I would really prefer the MD route


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Those are privates. They don’t have an instate bias.
 
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