OOS vs IS Stats

[jmikec93]

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Does anyone know where I could get a breakdown of school OOS vs IS applicants acceptances? I was looking around but I could only find very out of date stats.

 

[Lawpy]

MSAR is your friend.

 

[jmikec93]

I feel stupid for asking but where is it broken down in it?

 

[TheSummit]

you're not going to get oos vs is for acceptance stats from the msar nor is that data publicly available. Best you can do is look at interview% and matriculant% for oos students.

 

[Flashfan]

US News will show how many OOS students applied, interviewed, were accepted as well as matriculation. It is a nice extra from the MSAR, since you can clearly see where it may be difficulty to get an interview, but the odds are excellent for acceptance after said interview.

 

[gyngyn]

I feel stupid for asking but where is it broken down in it?

Acceptance information tab (the last one).

 

[jmikec93]

What is considered a good ratio vs not worth applying?

 

[ski89]

you're not going to get oos vs is for acceptance stats from the msar nor is that data publicly available. Best you can do is look at interview% and matriculant% for oos students.

Actually not true. US news compass provides this data for IS and OOS applicants. Although, some schools choose not to provide this info to US news. I would say that about 80% of schools report and almost every single state medical school reports. The ones that don't are mostly lower tier private schools like Loyola, Rosalind Franklin, and the like.

What is considered a good ratio vs not worth applying?

I would say that schools that have an OOS class percentage of less than 30% or so are not worth applying to. Also, I would only apply to OOS schools where you really feel like you fit their mission/vision and/or have significant ties to the state.

 

[Goro]

I think if the Class has 15% or more from OOS, then it's worth a crack. ALWAYS keep in mind that for nearly all state schools, they favor the home team, so you need to be > avg for those schools. VCU and U VM are the few exceptions that come to mind.

What is considered a good ratio vs not worth applying?

 

[TheSummit]

Not only is this data publicly available, it is the first table in the AAMC FACTS

Table 1: U.S. Medical School Applications and Matriculants by School, State of Legal Residence, and Sex, 2014

https://www.aamc.org/download/321442/data/factstable1.pdf

exactly what i said....% application, % interview (msar), and % matriculant...

though ski89 is correct, you can get is vs oos ACCEPTANCE stats from US News.

 

[kevinsword91]

As others have mentioned, if you have connections to that state it may be worth applying. The stronger the connection the better. Strong connections being, but not limited to: going to college in that state, having years of childhood in that state, having parents live in that state or having worked for a time in that state. Most secondaries for public schools will ask you as an OOS why you want to come to their state and having some personal history with the state makes a much stronger case than the random OOS applicant with zero connections.