What DO schools should OOS students not apply to?

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

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I know that OUCOM is a school which you shouldn't apply to as there is a 5 year primary care contract. Also I know MSUCOM doesn't take many.
What other schools?

 

[JaggerPlate]

I'll throw one out for OSUCOM. Fantastic program, and I would have loved the chance to interview, but I think they only take 14 OOS people a year?? Technically any state school would be harder (TCOM, UMDNJ, OSUCOM etc), and there are a few that seem to show a pretty strong "regional" preference - PCOM, NYCOM, etc.

 

[traitorman]

after starting a thread to find out the average number of DO schools people applied to, i went ahead and checked out schools and their OOS admission rates. (since its gonna be expensive to apply to every school)

School: Percentage of students of
incoming class:
NYCOM -85% in state
Ohio University COM -98% in state
Oklahoma State -90% in state
UMDNJ ~98% in state
U. of North Texas, Health Sci Center - 95% in state

*I found this is one of those U.S world news medical books 2008 edition. I figured that the school's instate preferences wouldn't change that much from then til now. Also, some schools didn't reply back to the people gathering the information for the book such as PCOM. (and a couple others)

These above schools didn't have a large OOS applicant pool compared to other schools such as LECOM which I took as a sign that it would be tough to get into as an OOS resident.

 

[Lewist02]

UMDNJ gives instate tuition to everyone. That must be where that number comes from. The UMDNJ-SOM website states, "over 80% of students are New Jersey residents." I'd imagine this wouldn't say 80% if it were really ~98%.

http://som.umdnj.edu/about/index.html

Elftown, is there any more talk about that changing? If they receive less state funding I wonder if they'll increase their OOS acceptances.

 

[Helen Wheels]

I would definitely say MSUCOM just because of the non-resident tuition rate. Out of staters pay $69 K per year in tuition!!! 😱

Was going to apply there until I noticed that. I believe Michigan is also one of those states where you'd be considered a non-resident for all four years of school. I just can't stomach the thought of all that debt...

 

[peeberbot]

I know that OUCOM is a school which you shouldn't apply to as there is a 5 year primary care contract.

Just a clarification - It's not a 5 year primary care contract. It's a contract that states you'll practice in Ohio for 5 years after you're finished training. If you do a primary care residency in Ohio these years count towards the 5 year commitment. Also, Ohio considers you in-state after the first year. So after your first year you'll be paying ~$24,000 for tuition and have a relatively low cost of living. Also, should you attend OUCOM and decide you don't want to spend an additional 5 years in Ohio you can break the contract and basically pay back what they consider to be the in-state tuition break. So essentially you'd be paying private school/out of state tuition rates if you don't want to come back to Ohio. But that said, it is very difficult to gain admission as an out of state resident. I'm in-state, OU was my first choice and I didn't even get an interview. However, I was admitted to CCOM and AZCOM.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I would definitely say MSUCOM just because of the non-resident tuition rate. Out of staters pay $69 K per year in tuition!!! 😱

Was going to apply there until I noticed that. I believe Michigan is also one of those states where you'd be considered a non-resident for all four years of school. I just can't stomach the thought of all that debt...

They supposedly give you a 30k scholarship if your OOS. But I don't know if that's true at all.

 

[NontradICUdoc]

Elftown, is there any more talk about that changing? If they receive less state funding I wonder if they'll increase their OOS acceptances.

New budget comes out on July 1. There will be no word on anything until then.

 

[AerobixChica]

i wish i asked this before i applied to ohio..ooops! Good to know though, thanks for starting the thread OP

 

[Salad1n]

Univ. of North Texas is a state school? I thought it was private. So chances of OOS students are quite low for that school it seems, so does that mean I should just save my money and not apply there?

 

[JaggerPlate]

Would love to have applied, but it didn't seem worth it.

Same. Plus, unless I'm mistaken, you have to fill out an entire different set of applications (TMCAS err something) just to apply to Texas schools??? AMCAS + AACOMAS knocked me out ... I would NOT have wanted to do 3 (even if it was cut and paste).

 

[Irishfan]

Same. Plus, unless I'm mistaken, you have to fill out an entire different set of applications (TMCAS err something) just to apply to Texas schools??? AMCAS + AACOMAS knocked me out ... I would NOT have wanted to do 3 (even if it was cut and paste).

That's the boat I was in...after filling out the AACOMAS and AMCAS, I couldn't stomach the thought of filling out and paying for another App service just for Texas.

 

[dr.z]

They supposedly give you a 30k scholarship if your OOS. But I don't know if that's true at all.

I think you get about 25K. They only award to about 8 OOS students. I think there are more than 30 OOS students this year...