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Yes, my legal state residence is New Hampshire. But I am finding it frustrating that most medical schools (mostly public) favor in-state applicants. New Hampshire has ONE private (and not to mention Ivy League) medical school: Dartmouth.
Of course some state medical schools take care of other state applicants that do not have medical schools. For example, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, etc. can sometimes treat Wyoming, Montana and Idaho as in-state since those states do not have medical schools. Furthermore other state medical schools favor applicants with in the region such as North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, etc.
But who takes care of New Hampshire? It does not have a state medical school, and I'm pretty sure Dartmouth gives no in-state preference (and of course it is crazy competitive to get in, in the first place).
New Hampshire is a part of New England along with Vermont, Maine, Mass, CT and Rhode Island. Those states all have public and/or private medical schools either allopathic or osteopathic, but does not indicate on their school website that they would favor regional in-state applicants or NH for not having any public medical school.
I feel like sometimes NH does get neglected, and I hope there is something we can do about it. Perhaps the state can find the initiative to build a public medical school, or maybe its neighboring states can recognize that NH doesn't have public medical schools.
As an NH applicant applying to medical schools, I hope I can receive admission based on my merits alone without so much focus on my state residency. After all, is it my fault that I am from NH? If I knew I wanted to be a doctor as a child or teen, I probably would have asked my parents to move to New York, California, or Texas so that way I would be all set (since those states have a lot of medical schools).
It may sound like I am complaining, but this is a problem for the "ignored" states. Since there is a projection of a shortage in primary care doctors by 2020, I would like to think that states without public medical schools would do something about it, or at least have its neighboring states do them a kind a favor in some way.
Maybe if I become a rich, successful doctor or win the lottery I can donate my money for building a NH state medical school.
Of course some state medical schools take care of other state applicants that do not have medical schools. For example, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, etc. can sometimes treat Wyoming, Montana and Idaho as in-state since those states do not have medical schools. Furthermore other state medical schools favor applicants with in the region such as North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, etc.
But who takes care of New Hampshire? It does not have a state medical school, and I'm pretty sure Dartmouth gives no in-state preference (and of course it is crazy competitive to get in, in the first place).
New Hampshire is a part of New England along with Vermont, Maine, Mass, CT and Rhode Island. Those states all have public and/or private medical schools either allopathic or osteopathic, but does not indicate on their school website that they would favor regional in-state applicants or NH for not having any public medical school.
I feel like sometimes NH does get neglected, and I hope there is something we can do about it. Perhaps the state can find the initiative to build a public medical school, or maybe its neighboring states can recognize that NH doesn't have public medical schools.
As an NH applicant applying to medical schools, I hope I can receive admission based on my merits alone without so much focus on my state residency. After all, is it my fault that I am from NH? If I knew I wanted to be a doctor as a child or teen, I probably would have asked my parents to move to New York, California, or Texas so that way I would be all set (since those states have a lot of medical schools).
It may sound like I am complaining, but this is a problem for the "ignored" states. Since there is a projection of a shortage in primary care doctors by 2020, I would like to think that states without public medical schools would do something about it, or at least have its neighboring states do them a kind a favor in some way.
Maybe if I become a rich, successful doctor or win the lottery I can donate my money for building a NH state medical school.
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