NJMS, RWJ and NY residents

[Apparition]

How do these jersey schools like applicants from NYC? It is still out of state but I'm wondering if we get any preference over other out-of-staters. 😎 Thanks.

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[4 Ever]

about 97-99% of those admitted are from NJ - so i dont know if you want to bank on any possibility of NY getting favored. If you have superb scores, then you could apply - but then again, you could get into a much better school with those scores

 

[BushBaby]

about 97-99% of those admitted are from NJ - so i dont know if you want to bank on any possibility of NY getting favored. If you have superb scores, then you could apply - but then again, you could get into a much better school with those scores

Actually this figure is NOT so accurate. I am a NY resident and I got into NJMS and RWJ. I will be moving to NJ before the first day of class so according to the school I will be an "in-state" resident and when it comes time for statistics, I get lumped into the "in-state" category and enjoy in-state tuition.

Don't get me wrong, I am sure a lot of "legal" instate applicants get chosen but their numbers are funny as about 99% of the out-of-state student body becomes in-state by getting a place to stay in the state before the first day of class.

The 1-3% out-of-staters are probably those who live in NYC and commute daily to class.

This only applies with RWJ and NJMS..most other schools do not consider you "in-state" unless you qualify under state law (probably require you yo live in the state for 1yr and be registered to vote there...blah blah). RWJ/NJMS don't really care for all that, just give them a NJ proof of address and you are straight( you can't beat that).

I am NY'er (legally) and my scores are not excellente, so apply anyway cause you never know.

 

[4 Ever]

according to US News, 99.4% of all those attending NJMS are in-state students. So if you go by that, and approximately 693 students, that means about 4 students live outside NJ and commute (enrolled numbers are higher in the US news rankings for NJMS

Applied Interviewed Accepted Enrolled
Total: 2,940 679 440 170
In-state: 930 N/A N/A N/A
Out-of-state: 2,010 N/A N/A N/A


Those are the figures from NJMS

The following are the numbers from RWJ
Applied Interviewed Accepted Enrolled
Total: 2,498 625 335 156
In-state: 945 469 295 137
Out-of-state: 1,553 156 40 19
Women: 1,323 351 183 84
Minorities: 1,104 344 155 86
International: 10 0 0 0


So, only 10% of out of state students that apply are interviewed, and of the 1553, 2% are accepted. The numbers are probably the same for NJMS as well.


So the OP's main question was if they get preference over other out-of-state students. There might be a small chance that you might, but the same could be said about individuals from Philly (just an hour away).

It just comes down to luck. If you're one of the lucky ones that gets the chance to interview, then the chance to have a great interviewer who likes you, then ure golden - even if you're instate, the same rules apply

 

[hypersting]

From my interviews, about 15% of the class is from out of state originally. Of course, they are almost all in state before school starts to receive the lowered tuition. They would favor you over someone from lets say Nebraska, but I bet most of the people who apply out of state to UMDNJ are from around the area anyway, so I doubt it will confer any real advantage.