Texas

[muirite]

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Is it harder to get in to med school in texas?

I am not a Texas res. I would like to end up there. I worked for a company that had locations in texas and i spent about 20 months there split over 40 months and LOVED it. I tried to get placed full time at one of the Texas locations but it did not work out. I am not concerned about out of state cost I am from CA so the cost would be about the same.

 

[popopopop]

Search the forum here about Texas and residence. We have 11 schools, low tuition rates, and low cost of living. It's only hard if you're applying out-of-state, because Texas requires a high percentage of medical school spots to be designated to in-state applicants. I think the exception is Baylor, because they are private.

What city are you thinking of relocating to? 🙂

 

[popopopop]

https://www.tmdsas.com/medical/residency.html
Here's the bit about residency.

 

[AnotherLawyer]

The TX schools are required to give 90% of their seats to instate applicants. Even Baylor is required to give 70-80% of their seats to instate applicants. Texas is a great state if you are a resident.

 

[muirite]

What city are you thinking of relocating to? 🙂

I liked Galveston a LOT and Ft Worth, Houston was not so bad. My love was far west texas near big bend.

 

[Chlorini]

If you do become a resident of Texas prior to applying to medical school it is A LOT easier to get in. If you're set on Texas, it may be worth it to find a new job and relocate. You would need much higher stats than the school medians to get into Texas schools as OOS.

 

[New_Slang]

I was accepted to some TX schools as an OOS applicant, but it was certainly unexpected as a maximum of 10% of the incoming class can be OOS. They don't necessarily have to fulfill that 10%, it's just the absolute max. Do the math. That means with a class size of 200, only 20 can be OOS. Which means they'll accept limited OOS-ers so they don't accidentally surpass that (even OOS tuition is cheaper than most IS schools for IS residents).

Move there and work for a couple years if you're serious about it.

 

[popopopop]

I liked Galveston a LOT and Ft Worth, Houston was not so bad. My love was far west texas near big bend.

Ahh, Galveston has been just a tourist spot for me due to the beaches. I travel to Fort Worth often and enjoy it much more than commuting around Dallas. UNT is a great school and will prepare you well, that's for sure.

 

[esob]

Texas is great, no state income tax, how can you go wrong 😀

 

[Cawolf]

It is only possible if you fill out TMDSAS. I was accepted to multiple Texas schools this cycle as a CA resident with no ties to the state. I have had some of my most positive experiences this cycle in Texas! 🙂