What is considered IS bias?

[turayza]

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At what point is a school considered to have IS bias?
For example, U Washington is obviously IS biased (pretty much no OOS/out of WWAMI accepted) whereas Feinberg has more OOS students than IS.
What about a school like Stony Brook, which offered approx. 30% interviews to OOS? Is that considered IS bias and not recommended for an OOS student to apply?

Sorry if this has been discussed, I couldn't find it from searching.

 

[lmn]

It depends on your definition. Everything about applying is based on the individual and what lines they draw in terms of risk/reward. You may see 30/180 for OOS applicants and say great, others may want to see at least 100/180 to not consider it IS biased.

 

[Goro]

When I look at MSAR, and see <15% of accepted students from OOS, I consider that an IS bias. Keep in mind that a number of schools make only tale students from neighboring states ( U Wa being an example; U IA another, but I don't have thier exact numbers). But for a school with >20% OOAS, AND if your stats are greater than their median, then I think that those schools are worth a shot.

At what point is a school considered to have IS bias?
For example, U Washington is obviously IS biased (pretty much no OOS/out of WWAMI accepted) whereas Feinberg has more OOS students than IS.
What about a school like Stony Brook, which offered approx. 30% interviews to OOS? Is that considered IS bias and not recommended for an OOS student to apply?

Sorry if this has been discussed, I couldn't find it from searching.

 

[turayza]

When I look at MSAR, and see <15% of accepted students from OOS, I consider that an IS bias. Keep in mind that a number of schools make only tale students from neighboring states ( U Wa being an example; U IA another, but I don't have thier exact numbers). But for a school with >20% OOAS, AND if your stats are greater than their median, then I think that those schools are worth a shot.

Thanks Goro! MSAR doesn't list accepted, only interviewed and matriculating--do you use interview numbers to gauge? Or is there somewhere that accepted stats are listed that I just can't find...

 

[Goro]

Mea culpa...it is indeed instate/OOS of matriculants. I use matriculants as my guide. For example, Rowan interview 169 and 116 IS/OOS people, but matriculated 42/22. Thus, big advantage to the home team.

Thanks Goro! MSAR doesn't list accepted, only interviewed and matriculating--do you use interview numbers to gauge? Or is there somewhere that accepted stats are listed that I just can't find...

 

[ThisCouldBeYou]

Keep in mind also that in-state or OOS refers to public schools, for the most part - Baylor is an exception - not private. Baylor is a private school, but accepts a large percentage of TX applicants. Feinberg is private. Many public schools, particularly in NC, TX, and CA have an in-state bias as well as many western schools like NM, UT, and WWAMI.