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How important is being an Ohio resident to Cincy? I'm out-of-state but would love to interview there...
U.Cincinnati - out of state a bad thing??
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Hi there,
Its not that bad. If I remember correctly, the Ohio med schools have been taking a lot more out of staters recently due to some funding issues, but I am not totally sure. In any case, I am out of state and I interviewed there. The day I interviewed, 7 out of the 8 ppl were out of state, so its not that bad.
Good luck!
Its not that bad. If I remember correctly, the Ohio med schools have been taking a lot more out of staters recently due to some funding issues, but I am not totally sure. In any case, I am out of state and I interviewed there. The day I interviewed, 7 out of the 8 ppl were out of state, so its not that bad.
Good luck!
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My general impression is that they do not take a lot of out-of-staters (there are a ton of stats on their website). They did let my sorry self in, though, and I've never lived in Ohio, so it is possible, and worth a shot.
It was sort of implied that to be accepted as one of the few out-of-state students, you would need to demonstrate some sort of ties to/commitment to the community. (I have a signficant other in a long-term job there, newly begun).
This is only fair - it's a heavily taxpayer-subsidized school, plus it saves them a lot of money, time, and frustration if they can avoid offering acceptances to a lot of folks from other places who end up not coming there.
I hope this helps, good luck!
It was sort of implied that to be accepted as one of the few out-of-state students, you would need to demonstrate some sort of ties to/commitment to the community. (I have a signficant other in a long-term job there, newly begun).
This is only fair - it's a heavily taxpayer-subsidized school, plus it saves them a lot of money, time, and frustration if they can avoid offering acceptances to a lot of folks from other places who end up not coming there.
I hope this helps, good luck!
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As I recall from MSAR, something like 16% of the class is out-of-state -- so am hoping that I have a shot. Just afraid that they will ask more of me in terms of GPA and MCAT. We'll see. They seem to look particularly at BCPM GPA and trend and post-bacc work... which all work in my favor. Mind you, I'm no 3.6/35 .....
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I dont think that being an out of stater is necessarily a BAD thing, but I'm not sure if it will necessarily help in any ways either. I think that cincy lets you apply for ohio residency after one year, which is a really good thing for out of state people. I agree with saug - ohio schools are taking a lot more out of staters, especially OHio state. Good luck.
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you can pretty much say that of any state school as far as out-of-state applicants goes. also, like others have said, ohio has been cutting educational funding recently, and our med schools are opening their doors to out-of-staters more now- although traditionally, ohio schools used to be very strict about residential status.
to sum up, i really don't think being out-of-state will hurt your app that much, from what i hear, anyway. best of luck.
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In a somewhat un-related note, it struck me that Ohio is a pretty good state to be resident in if u ar applying to MD schools... plenty of state-preferential programs (Ohio State, Cincy, MC of Ohio). Even Case interviews and accepts a lot of Ohio residents.
Guess there's a lot of loyalty there or the hope that all these future MD's will contribute something back to the community.
Guess there's a lot of loyalty there or the hope that all these future MD's will contribute something back to the community.
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I'm out of state, and I already got accepted. The only connection I have is a close friend from college who works in Cincinnati now. That seems to be enough, I guess.
I interviewed there Thanksgiving week and out of a group of about a dozen I was one of two out-of-staters. All of the med-student tour guides (6) were from Ohio. So in terms of place of residency I did wonder how I fitted in; however, if the earlier post on community-sevice and GPA trends from undergrad to grad is a significant factor in their selection process then it helps me to better understand why they invited me for an interview.
On a separate note did anyone who interviewed thanksgiving week gotten a response?
On a separate note did anyone who interviewed thanksgiving week gotten a response?
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I think that you should always apply as you never know what might happen. As for Cinci especially since the app fee was so cheap (relatively), and you can get residency after 1 year, saving you some long term $.
In some ways I think that the out of state people here at Cinci are preferred in that they do a lot of things differently, have had many different life experiences, and are not from the standard born, raised, and love buckyeye experience.
You may need to have better than average scores, but that is not an exclusive trait that they will ONLY look at. Cinci is good at looking at the whole application, and appreciating more than just scores.
Good luck, and I hope to see you here in Cinci!
In some ways I think that the out of state people here at Cinci are preferred in that they do a lot of things differently, have had many different life experiences, and are not from the standard born, raised, and love buckyeye experience.
You may need to have better than average scores, but that is not an exclusive trait that they will ONLY look at. Cinci is good at looking at the whole application, and appreciating more than just scores.
Good luck, and I hope to see you here in Cinci!
