OOS Acceptances

[Pre_Dent2024]

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I was excited to receive OOS acceptances on Monday, but didn't hear anything back from my state school. I assume this means I'm still under review there, since I wasn't accepted or rejected. However, this brought an interesting question to my mind. Do state schools release more acceptances to out of state students than in state students early on?

It seems to me like this would make sense, since in state students are more likely to attend their state school even if it comes at the cost of forfeiting a deposit at a more expensive OOS school. State schools likely would want to reach out to more OOS students early, since they're likely to be rejected by these students more often. Does anyone know if this is true, or am I just grasping at straws?

 

[macsak]

I was excited to receive OOS acceptances on Monday, but didn't hear anything back from my state school. I assume this means I'm still under review there, since I wasn't accepted or rejected. However, this brought an interesting question to my mind. Do state schools release more acceptances to out of state students than in state students early on?

It seems to me like this would make sense, since in state students are more likely to attend their state school even if it comes at the cost of forfeiting a deposit at a more expensive OOS school. State schools likely would want to reach out to more OOS students early, since they're likely to be rejected by these students more often. Does anyone know if this is true, or am I just grasping at straws?

unlikely
why would a school deliberately accept people that they fear might not attend?

 

[Pre_Dent2024]

unlikely
why would a school deliberately accept people that they fear might not attend?

Because it would allow them to get higher caliber OOS students. High caliber IS students would likely still attend, even if they were accepted later in the cycle.

 

[macsak]

Because it would allow them to get higher caliber OOS students. High caliber IS students would likely still attend, even if they were accepted later in the cycle.

doubtful
the role of a public dental school is to support in-state candidates first
they are more likely to remain in the area to practice (and also more likely to be "legacies")
the only public dental school that does not show a preference to in-state people is Utah (1/2 of students are required to be out of state, and the 1/2 that are in-state also include OOS people who attended undergrad in Utah)
lots of predents believe that the higher OOS tuition means that dental schools want OOS students
the amount of tuition paid by dental students is just a fraction of a dental school's annual budget
the majority comes from the state budget, and grants