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All that I am familiar with do give HIGH preference to in-staters. They also tend to fill with a significant number of in-staters due to state law. The state wants to make more docs for itself, not other states. Some places (Arizona, Mississippi, Florida) take in-staters only. AMCAS won't let you submit an application to Arizona unless you have already declared Arizona residency.
 
do you know anything about which school leave more seats open to out of staters?
 
I quickly thumbed through my old MSAR. Almost every U.S. public institution was about 80% or greater in-state. Notable exceptions:

North Dakota (I guess because of low population or some kind of agreement with another state)

Michigan--81 residents taken compared to 86 non-residents in 2004-2005 (BTW they require Ivy League numbers)

Ohio State--145 in-state vs. 64 non-resident in 2004-2005 (still near 75%)

Oregon--46 in-state vs. 62 non-resident in 2004-2005 (agreements with Montana and Wyoming)

Penn State--61 in-state vs. 66 non-resident in 2004-2005

Utah--75 in-state vs. 26 non-resident in 2004-2005 (still near 80%)

Vermont--31 in-state vs. 67 non-resident in 2004-2005

all Virginia schools

West Virginia--64 in-state vs. 37 non-resident in 2004-2005

Sometimes schools that are trying to enhance or keep up their prestige are more likely to let others in at the higher tuition rate, but keep in mind that the odds of non-resident admission at all of the above schools were tougher by several fold. By and large, the school of interest takes an MCAT of X for residents and MCAT of X + 5-10 for a non-resident (so you are still a much better shot in your home state).

Of course the level is more even in the Caribbean or U.S. private schools. The more prestigious the private school, typically the higher non-resident portion (though tuition is level save for scholarships). The exception here is Baylor which is really a state school wolf in private school sheep's clothing. Texas is a huge state that can easily stock such a prestigious school with its own residents, and since it is subsidized by the state, they are required to take mostly Texas residents. They must be doing something right, though.

AAMC has a more recent MSAR that you can buy from them for something like $30. It has almost everything you need to know in it as far as statistics are concerned.
 
I'm a fourth year student at SUNY Uptate in Syracuse, NY. While my school is a state school, a few years ago the admissions committee announced that they would no longer give preference to New Yorkers. There's still mostly New Yorkers here, but I believe that's because most people outside New York don't know that Upstate does not give preference to in state people. Good luck!
 
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