Once invited to interview, out-of state stat. not factor?

[milanrp]

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While interviewing at SUNY Downstate last week, the admissions guy said that Downstate does not consider state of residency after you have interviewed, that is was a level playing field at that point. The thinking was that it was "wrong" to ask an applicant to travel at their expense and still be at a disadvantage going forward due to out-of-state status.

Makes sense to me. My ques. is whether you guys feel this approach is taken by many med schools? e.g., in my case I have interviews at U Wisconsin & U Miami.

Thanks

BTW, U Miami interviewed 100 out-of-staters last year and 83 accepted (30 something enrolled). Surprisingly high imo.

 

[Kazema]

BTW, U Miami interviewed 100 out-of-staters last year and 83 accepted (30 something enrolled). Surprisingly high imo.

But remember that Miami has a fairly stringent pre-secondary screen for out-of-staters. So they probably only interview people they are planning to accept, barring any personality flaws that would be revealed in an interview.

 

[DocMizzle]

While interviewing at SUNY Downstate last week, the admissions guy said that Downstate does not consider state of residency after you have interviewed, that is was a level playing field at that point. The thinking was that it was "wrong" to ask an applicant to travel at their expense and still be at a disadvantage going forward due to out-of-state status.

Makes sense to me. My ques. is whether you guys feel this approach is taken by many med schools? e.g., in my case I have interviews at U Wisconsin & U Miami.

Thanks

BTW, U Miami interviewed 100 out-of-staters last year and 83 accepted (30 something enrolled). Surprisingly high imo.

That is the exception and not the rule. Take a look at other schools' interview/admissions numbers and you will see that out-of-state applicants at most state-funded schools are at a disadvantage, even after interview invite.

 

[dxw]

At many state schools, if you are waitlisted, the in-state applicants are taken off the waitlist first. So you can still be at a significant disadvantage.

 

[VienneseWaltz]

I would have to agree with the other posters. SUNY Downstate has a great policy, but I think it's more common for in-staters to have an advantage all the way. I interviewed at one out-of-state school (Univ. SC), which worked on rolling admissions, and after my interview in Oct I was told that I wouldn't get a decision until April, after all the in-state students had interviewed.

 

[milanrp]

that's too bad 🙁 thanks for insight.