What does a "Lenient State School" mean?

[GypsyHummus]

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I hear this term thrown out alot on SDN, and I am not exactly sure how to interpret it. For example, my state school as minimums of 3.2 c/sGPA and 26 MCAT, but I dont think that people are getting accepted with those stats.

I guess what I am trying to ask is, when talking about state schools that you have been a dedicated resident in, how much more "slack" are you given, compared to applying to a private or out of state school? Can people squeak in with a 3.3 c/cGPA at a MD state school?

Or does it not matter, is everyone screened the same regardless when it comes to state schools?

 

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Generally state schools are easier to get into because they have a mission to primarily educate state residents. This makes the applicant pool considerably smaller, so it's easier to get accepted. See S. Carolina, New Mexico, Mississippi, Arkansas, N. Dakota, etc. Some state schools have virtually no OOS applicants.

This isn't true for competitive states, especially California.

Check MSAR for stats.

 

[Catalystik]

Because of the smaller pool of applicants, and lower cutoffs, a student with a challenged academic record is more likely to have their entire application reviewed by a person and special circumstances taken into account, rather than being passed over due to computer culling.

 

[SOMBound13]

I hear this term thrown out alot on SDN, and I am not exactly sure how to interpret it. For example, my state school as minimums of 3.2 c/sGPA and 26 MCAT, but I dont think that people are getting accepted with those stats.

I guess what I am trying to ask is, when talking about state schools that you have been a dedicated resident in, how much more "slack" are you given, compared to applying to a private or out of state school? Can people squeak in with a 3.3 c/cGPA at a MD state school?

Or does it not matter, is everyone screened the same regardless when it comes to state schools?

there may be a few students accepted with those stats. Maybe not every year, but if the student is a non-trad, has amazing experiences, did grad school work, etc, is a URM, he might get admitted with those stats.

However, a non-urm applying right from college with those stats would not likely be admitted.

 

[GypsyHummus]

there may be a few students accepted with those stats. Maybe not every year, but if the student is a non-trad, has amazing experiences, did grad school work, etc, is a URM, he might get admitted with those stats.

However, a non-urm applying right from college with those stats would not likely be admitted.

So in order to get in with those stats at a state school, what kind of things as a nontrade do you have to do?

 

[xffan624]

So in order to get in with those stats at a state school, what kind of things as a nontrade do you have to do?

Serve 5 years (including 1 year in southern Iraq) in the Army like me, lol.

Accepted with 3.34 cGPA, 2.99 sGPA, 34 MCAT to my IS school.