State vs Private

[YungBrev]

I'm a junior, with a cGPA around 3.3, hopefully higher after this semester, and had a few questions about where to apply? I haven't taken the MCAT yet, but with my current GPA, I definitely won't have a competitive application by any means. So what are some general thoughts about applying to med schools? I have heard people say don't apply to out of state schools if your app isn't top notch, but i have also found some out of state schools that have a lower average cGPA.

Basically I need some feedback concerning if ALL state med schools disregard most out-of-state applicants, if not, what are some well known med schools for taking lots of out of state applicants? Thanks!

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[TxC]

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

 

[Goro]

OOS PRIVATE schools will be more feasible for you than the public schools. The latter favor the home team. VCU and U VT are the only schools that don't favor in-state applicants, and have lower competitive floors. But if you have a 3.3, I can't recommend applying to them. You're fine for any DO school.

I'm a junior, with a cGPA around 3.3, hopefully higher after this semester, and had a few questions about where to apply? I haven't taken the MCAT yet, but with my current GPA, I definitely won't have a competitive application by any means. So what are some general thoughts about applying to med schools? I have heard people say don't apply to out of state schools if your app isn't top notch, but i have also found some out of state schools that have a lower average cGPA.

Basically I need some feedback concerning if ALL state med schools disregard most out-of-state applicants, if not, what are some well known med schools for taking lots of out of state applicants? Thanks!

 

[Doug Underhill]

Apply both. Most DO schools are private (but not all, however). Your app should focus on DO with a 3.3 GPA: you need DO shadowing and a DO LOR.

 

[journalistdoingscience]

OOS PRIVATE schools will be more feasible for you than the public schools. The latter favor the home team. VCU and U VT are the only schools that don't favor in-state applicants, and have lower competitive floors. But if you have a 3.3, I can't recommend applying to them. You're fine for any DO school.

Do you mean UVM? They definitely favor in-state but because they have such a low number apply they have to interview a large number of OOS applicants.

 

[Goro]

No, I mean U VT. UVM is not in the US.


https://www.google.com/webhp?source...v=2&ie=UTF-8#q=abbreviation for vermont state

1. VT
   Vermont, Abbreviation

Do you mean UVM? They definitely favor in-state but because they have such a low number apply they have to interview a large number of OOS applicants.

 

[journalistdoingscience]

No, I mean U VT. UVM is not in the US.


https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=abbreviation for vermont state

1. VT
   Vermont, Abbreviation

Sorry, that's just incorrect. UVM is the abbreviation for the University of Vermont: http://www.uvm.edu/medicine/

If you click around the site you'll see that they refer to themselves as 'UVM' numerous times.

I've never heard it called U VT and I'm from Vermont

 

[Goro]

Noted and logged.

Sorry, that's just incorrect. UVM is the abbreviation for the University of Vermont: http://www.uvm.edu/medicine/

If you click around the site you'll see that they refer to themselves as 'UVM' numerous times.

I've never heard it called U VT and I'm from Vermont

 

[YungBrev]

Thank you! I appreciate all of the feedback!