VA Med schools

[m2k]

I was searching for OOS friendly schools and noticed that all schools in VA take a lot of OOS students. I'm sure some are state schools. Am I missing something?

Thanks,

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[naixin]

I was searching for OOS friendly schools and noticed that all schools in VA take a lot of OOS students. I'm sure some are state schools. Am I missing something?

Thanks,

I am also excited about this, besides, viginia is a good area. But I called the admission office, and was told I cannot change into in-state status after one year.

 

[Snuke]

Just a quirk of the schools. They are actually all public - I had to look it up because I wasn't sure about VT.

And yes, Virginia is a very nice area with an excellent spread of schools. Certain areas are more trauma/primary care-focused, others are more research-intensive.

 

[Pigglyjuff]

I went to VT for undergrad as on OOS resident. I sure hope they take me back for medical school! 🙂

 

[mwall003]

You are very correct. Three are public, one is private. All take around 50% of its class as OOS members. As a Virginia resident, this doesn't help my chances.... lol

 

[Jaqen Hghar]

They are actually all public - I had to look it up because I wasn't sure about VT.

You did a great job with that; VT is private.

Id say the caveat with VT is that, yes ~50% of the class is OOS, but the class size is very small (~40).

 

[NickNaylor]

You did a great job with that; VT is private.

Id say the caveat with VT is that, yes ~50% of the class is OOS, but the class size is very small (~40).

You mean the same VT that is actually called Virginia Polytechnic Institute and STATE UNIVERSITY?

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[Stumpyman]

You did a great job with that; VT is private.

Id say the caveat with VT is that, yes ~50% of the class is OOS, but the class size is very small (~40).

No. You've never watched the Hokies play or anything? They're public.

 

[Stumpyman]

VA is pretty OOS-friendly.... Thank god I moved out of there before college 😀

 

[mwall003]

Correct, while VT is located in Blacksburg, VA and is a public institution (yes VT Hokies), Virginia Tech -Carilion is a medical school that is a joint public-private school. As such, they charge the same tuition for IS and OOS students much like a private institution would. They are a relatively new school, and have a very small class. Instead of being located in Blacksburg, VT-Carilion is located in Roanoke, VA.

 

[NYCMS2]

You are very correct. Three are public, one is private. All take around 50% of its class as OOS members. As a Virginia resident, this doesn't help my chances.... lol

It doesn't really hurt your chances as a VA resident, either. It really isn't very hard to get into VCU or EVMS instate if you have respectable stats; I have no idea about VTC.

 

[Don15]

to all of you not from Virginia, please stop trying to correct us Virginians on whether Vtech is private or not lol. I think as natives of the state we would know better. While it is true that Vtech undergrad IS public, the medical school is NOT public. The reason for this is that the medical school is partly owned by the Carilion Clinic.

 

[Plue00]

I hate that we take 50% OOS...

Most other states take 90% of their own, but we just have to be different. Not to mention that most of the OOS med students move out of Virginia, which doesn't help the state at all. Also, northern Virginia has the smartest students in the country, and they all compete for basically three (UVA/EVMS/MCV, sometimes VT) 50% IS medical schools.

I think VA is opening a new public medical school in 2013, King College Medical School, which is going to be nice.

I'm pretty sure VT Med is private(undergrad is public) and is mostly for people who want a career in research (or so I've heard).

 

[Jaqen Hghar]

to all of you not from Virginia, please stop trying to correct us Virginians on whether Vtech is private or not lol. I think as natives of the state we would know better. While it is true that Vtech undergrad IS public, the medical school is NOT public. The reason for this is that the medical school is partly owned by the Carilion Clinic.

Thank you. I don't know why everyone is talking about the undergrad (This is a thread talking about MEDICAL schools in Virginia)?

If anyone is still not sure, look at the MSAR.

 

[NickNaylor]

to all of you not from Virginia, please stop trying to correct us Virginians on whether Vtech is private or not lol. I think as natives of the state we would know better. While it is true that Vtech undergrad IS public, the medical school is NOT public. The reason for this is that the medical school is partly owned by the Carilion Clinic.

Thank you. I don't know why everyone is talking about the undergrad (This is a thread talking about MEDICAL schools in Virginia)?

If anyone is still not sure, look at the MSAR.

You will have to forgive us for not being on the lookout for an arrangement where a university as a whole is public while certain schools within the university are not. There was also no way for anyone to know that you or Jaqen are from Virginia.

 

[Jaqen Hghar]

You will have to forgive us for not being on the lookout for an arrangement where a university as a whole is public while certain schools within the university are not. There was also no way for anyone to know that you or Jaqen are from Virginia.

I'm not from Virginia. I think he was talking about mwall.
But, either way it's understandable, I guess.

 

[mvenus929]

I was searching for OOS friendly schools and noticed that all schools in VA take a lot of OOS students. I'm sure some are state schools. Am I missing something?

You essentially can't get in-state tuition once you've been accepted as an OOS student. And the tuition (at UVA, at least), is fairly high for 'state' schools because the state government doesn't like to finance higher education.

 

[NeeChee]

I think Virginia has a disproportionately high number of med schools, which forces them to be OOS-friendly in order to remain competitive. There's only so many good in-state students to go around.

I lived in Virginia from birth until I was 28, then I stupidly moved and I'm an OOS resident by ten miles. I hope VA still gives me some love!

 

[fabriciusj89]

Went to high school in northern Virginia but moved away so I am applying as OOS, which definitely helps my chances rather than being lumped into the pool of undergrads from NOVA

 

[Plue00]

I think Virginia has a disproportionately high number of med schools, which forces them to be OOS-friendly in order to remain competitive. There's only so many good in-state students to go around.

I lived in Virginia from birth until I was 28, then I stupidly moved and I'm an OOS resident by ten miles. I hope VA still gives me some love!

We basically have 3 medical schools (not counting VT), and out of those 3, ~50% are reserved for instate applicants. So yeah, we basically have 1.5 schools. Also, everyone and their mother applies to EVMS/MCV (IS and OOS), making it that much harder to get in. UVA med school basically averages 3.7/35, so you basically need to be a superstar for that school. It's not looking good for us Virginians.

 

[NYCMS2]

Went to high school in northern Virginia but moved away so I am applying as OOS, which definitely helps my chances rather than being lumped into the pool of undergrads from NOVA

Not really.

Look up the split between IS and OOS applicants at UVA. Instaters have a much easier time getting accepted than do OOSers. I can't recall the exact numbers, but at least 3 years ago there were on average 700 +/- instate applicants versus several thousand OOS applicants...you have to have much stronger numbers, all else being equal, to get an interview and acceptance, if you are an OOS applicant.

 

[mwall003]

Not really.

Look up the split between IS and OOS applicants at UVA. Instaters have a much easier time getting accepted than do OOSers. I can't recall the exact numbers, but at least 3 years ago there were on average 700 +/- instate applicants versus several thousand OOS applicants...you have to have much stronger numbers, all else being equal, to get an interview and acceptance, if you are an OOS applicant.

As should be the case for any student with an IS school. However, Virginians do not have a medical school that accepts a majority of its students from the state of Virginia. I think it adds more diversity to the medical school class having a composition of students 50/50 OOS/IS, however I think that VA needs to get a medical school that is devoted to IS students. A state like VA has the resources as do other states that have a medical school devoted to a majority of their IS students.

 

[NYCMS2]

As should be the case for any student with an IS school. However, Virginians do not have a medical school that accepts a majority of its students from the state of Virginia. I think it adds more diversity to the medical school class having a composition of students 50/50 OOS/IS, however I think that VA needs to get a medical school that is devoted to IS students. A state like VA has the resources as do other states that have a medical school devoted to a majority of their IS students.

Go back and read who I was directing my comments to - someone who as a former VA resident felt that he had a better shot at a VA school as an OOS applicant - and that is simply untrue.

If you are a VA resident, it really is not hard to get at least one instate acceptance assuming you have decent numbers, etc. Sure there will always be exceptions, but there are plenty of instate seats at the instate med schools.

 

[mwall003]

Go back and read who I was directing my comments to - someone who as a former VA resident felt that he had a better shot at a VA school as an OOS applicant - and that is simply untrue.

If you are a VA resident, it really is not hard to get at least one instate acceptance assuming you have decent numbers, etc. Sure there will always be exceptions, but there are plenty of instate seats at the instate med schools.

No, I agree with you.