Texas Resident applying OOS

[texaspremed1]

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I have a 3.7 and 34. ECs are good. I am applying to all the Texas med schools. I heard that OOS schools don't go for Texas residents at all because they think they can't compete with Texas prices. However, money is NOT a concern for me. I want to go to the best school possible. I am applying to Duke, Dartmouth, Yale, and some other schools. I would pick these schools over most Texas schools but I am worried I wont be considered. So I am asking how concerned should i be about OOS viability? (I indicated in my application that I have high income and everything)

 

[NickNaylor]

Other schools not considering Texas applicants is complete BS.

 

[DokterMom]

Ok so I go to Wash U and have a 3.7 and 34. ECs are good. I am applying to all the Texas med schools. I heard that OOS schools don't go for Texas residents at all because they think they can't compete with Texas prices. However, money is NOT a concern for me. I want to go to the best school possible. I am applying to Duke, Dartmouth, Yale, and some other schools. I would pick these schools over most Texas schools but I am worried I wont be considered. So I am asking how concerned should i be about OOS viability? (I indicated in my application that I have high income and everything)

OOS schools recognize that in-state Texas medical schools will be hugely less expensive for TX residents, and factor that knowledge into their decision-making process. But that factor is very different for different types of schools.

• For example, Rosalind Franklin, is a popular 'safety' school for many applicants. It's located in the Midwest and has stats on the lower end of US MD schools. Applicants with stats in the 'Rosy ballpark' have a decent chance at admission to one of the mid-tier TX schools, so why would they choose to pay an extra $30,000 or so per year to go to RF? Quite simply, most would not, so RF probably doesn't waste their finite interview spots on mid-stat Texans.
  
• On the other hand, Stanford can reasonably expect to be anyone's top choice. Incredibly high-ranked school in the land of perfect weather and gorgeous scenery. If a TX student has the stats and financial wherewithal to get into Stanford, there's a decent chance that student would turn down in-state acceptances to attend. So Stanford's interview invitation is probably not wasted.
• For schools below the top 10 but above mid-tier, they're competing for high-achieving Texans against top-tier low-cost in-state options like Baylor and UTSW. For many of those schools, the decision often boils down to cost, with the schools asking themselves what kind of financial incentive they'd need to kick in to make an attractive applicant choose them over Baylor and UTSW. Not gonna say it never happens, but there are lots of strong candidates, and limited scholarship funds.

You've got good stats and are applying to top schools. There's a bit of a delicate dance you need to master in order to convey your interest and your financial flexibility without offending. Bear in mind that many AdCom members are of an age to have young adult children and be paying for either more- or less-expensive educations while staring down retirement -- which means watching an applicant casually prefer $400,000 for Dartmouth versus $160,000 for Baylor (it's Daddy's money, so no big deal) -- well, tread carefully and have good reasons for your preferences.

 

[RK.md]

This is a complete misconception. Plenty of my classmates (also Texans) and I were accepted by other big-name programs around the country, but for various reasons, we decided to stay in Texas. Just be prepared to answer why you would consider leaving the state at your OOS interviews.