state resident help chances?

[williamChenry]

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I thought I read somewhere that it helps your chances a little bit if you live in the state of the school your applying for because they are required to accept a certain amount of students from the state, how true is this?

 

[Raven Feather]

I thought I read somewhere that it helps your chances a little bit if you live in the state of the school your applying for because they are required to accept a certain amount of students from the state, how true is this?

Only for public schools not for private as far as quotas. I do think though it helps a bit whether public or private.

 

[williamChenry]

What is NYCOM considered..public or private?

 

[Raven Feather]

What is NYCOM considered..public or private?

Private, I believe. Most DO schools are, but there are a handful who aren't.

 

[dr.z]

What is NYCOM considered..public or private?

I think they do give preference to NY residents and residents of the surrounding states.

 

[Jamers]

I think they do give preference to NY residents and residents of the surrounding states.

Some schools, UMDNJ for example, only accept something like 2% out of state.

 

[jellibelli]

I thought I read somewhere that it helps your chances a little bit if you live in the state of the school your applying for because they are required to accept a certain amount of students from the state, how true is this?

Aim HIGH. With an excellent GPA, terrific MCAT scores, and great LORs you can get almost any where you want. Don't get bogged down by state residency, etc. And since you're so focused and ahead of the game, I know you'll do great. 😛

 

[superkiwi]

I thought I read somewhere that it helps your chances a little bit if you live in the state of the school your applying for because they are required to accept a certain amount of students from the state, how true is this?

yeah, i think NYCOM gives a bit of state preference... or at least regional-preference... most of the people at my interview day were from the NY/NJ area. but i think most schools (michigan, ohio (could be because you have to practice for 5 years in OH too, though) oklahoma, texas, etc.) have a regional preference. on the princeton review website, acceptance %s for out-of-state/regions were lower than for in-state/regions. of course, the applicants could also be self-selecting - you know of a school in your home region and so are more likely to apply to it...

 

[williamChenry]

thanks for the replies

 

[Nate]

Some schools, UMDNJ for example, only accept something like 2% out of state.

This is completely incorrect! My class was about 50% out-of-state, but what happens is that it is so easy to gain NJ residency status for the purpose of tuition that the whole class winds up being in-state prior to matriculation and throws off the statistic. Apply to UMDNJ if you are competitive, it is a great school.

 

[Jamers]

This is completely incorrect! My class was about 50% out-of-state, but what happens is that it is so easy to gain NJ residency status for the purpose of tuition that the whole class winds up being in-state prior to matriculation and throws off the statistic. Apply to UMDNJ if you are competitive, it is a great school.

Well, according to U.S. News and World report "Ultimate Guide to Medical Schools," 2004, "Student Body for 2003: IN STATE: 99%. So, no, actually, its not complete incorrect. I did not know of the residency change while at the school.

 

[Nate]

Just because US News posts some statistic you cannot say that your statement is correct because you misinterpreted it. You said that UMDNJ "only accept something like 2% out of state" while the statistic reported in US News states that 99% of students are in-state. That is a big difference from saying that this number represents those accepted. Like I said everyone becomes in-state by or after matriculation but about half of those accepted are from out-of-state.
You just picked the wrong school to use as an example, if you had said OSU only take 10% from out-of-state or Texas you would have been correct! Ohio takes a few also but you have to sign some ridiculous 5 year contract. Some private schools also show preference for certain states if it is in their mission to do so, like VCOM and UNE but this appears quite subjective. PCOM will only interview PA residents for a month or two before they start with out-of-staters as well. Some private schools also show tuition preference for their state, like NSU charges a lower tuition for in-state students than out-of-state students.

 

[Jamers]

This is completely incorrect! My class was about 50% out-of-state, but what happens is that it is so easy to gain NJ residency status for the purpose of tuition that the whole class winds up being in-state prior to matriculation and throws off the statistic. Apply to UMDNJ if you are competitive, it is a great school.

Also: this was actually taken from an SDN forum in 2004 SDN Forum

If you scroll down to about the middle, where the post is from 8-31-04 you will get this,


Someone had the USNEWs stats in another thread so here they are. You will notice that all are below 20% with a few around 21 or 22%. A school like Ross is a lot higher.
****** Applied Interviewed Accepted Enrolled*****


UMDNJ--School of Osteopathic Medicine Admissions

Total: 1,719 161 153 87 In state: 310 109 104 72
Out of state: 1,409 52 49 15 Women: 831 82 79 47
Minorities: 216 67 68 38 International: 0 0 0 0
Acceptance rate: 8.9%

15 were enrolled out of state in that year according to USNEWS.

I don't really care, I just didn't you to think I post things without any backing, all claims I make that include numbers are researched. If what you say is true, then this would explain why the numbers are so low. However, to someone, such as myself, who would buy this book, or read on line, and not know this fact, I would assume that UMDNJ would only accept between 1 and 2% out of state.

 

[Jamers]

Just because US News posts some statistic you cannot say that your statement is correct because you misinterpreted it. You said that UMDNJ "only accept something like 2% out of state" while the statistic reported in US News states that 99% of students are in-state. That is a big difference from saying that this number represents those accepted. Like I said everyone becomes in-state by or after matriculation but about half of those accepted are from out-of-state.
You just picked the wrong school to use as an example, if you had said OSU only take 10% from out-of-state or Texas you would have been correct! Ohio takes a few also but you have to sign some ridiculous 5 year contract. Some private schools also show preference for certain states if it is in their mission to do so, like VCOM and UNE but this appears quite subjective. PCOM will only interview PA residents for a month or two before they start with out-of-staters as well. Some private schools also show tuition preference for their state, like NSU charges a lower tuition for in-state students than out-of-state students.

Whatever dude, like I said don't really care, my facts are not unfounded, however, and a lot of people don't know that fact about UMDNJ.

 

[Nate]

I am not accusing you of being dishonest Jamers, nor am I saying you are misinformed. I am saying you are misinterpreting the statistic is all and that is actually very common. A lot of schools won't allow you to switch residency from your application to matriculation so in those cases the statistic would be accurate but in this case it isn't. Anyway, I just wanted to clear that up.