Which state would you rather be a resident of for Medical School applications?

[MSU2009]

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Or you could be doubly screwed and live in a state that has 1 medical school AND it's a damn good one that a lot of OOS people want to go to. *cough* Colorado *cough*

You mean RVU?

 

[Tapepsi]

And they're all really expensive. I hate Pennsylvania so much.

Amen to that! PA needs more public funding there isn't a single school here that has reasonable tuition (ex: I'm going to the cheapest one and will still be paying ~55K a year).

 

[StephBee]

I'd love to stay in CO. Not to mention the medical school campus is gorgeous (I did a summer internship at their cancer center. AMAZING) but my MCAT is on the lower end of their averages and they get a rediculous amount of applications.

I guess we shall see. 😛 I wish I lived in a state with more schools though. Specially considering CO is fairly well populated and has several good UG. You'd think there'd be more than one med school

 

[Morzh]

The weather sucks (in the summer) and the snowboarding sucks in Texas - plus the local politicians are totally nuts. Big death penalty state.

To each his own, I guess, because those are all the reasons I love Texas!

 

[hiyaman]

I wish I was a NY resident.

 

[Jarudy]

North Dakota, duh.
1) Resident = UND med school admission (amidoingitrite)
2) Apping OOS = diversity

 

[jam3rz]

New York. The best state. 13 medical schools. GPA ranges from 3.25 (Albany med) to 4. Top public schools, ivies, privates. What state can top that?

I'm not sure where you got 3.25 for Albany Med. I think their mean accepted GPA is closer to 3.5-3.6.