Would moving hurt my chances?

[fishs]

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Hi y'all,

I am currently finishing up my junior year, and I'm considering moving after my senior year. I currently live where I grew up, and there are multiple med schools in the city, private and state. I do all of my volunteering here and am really connected to the community through that. I would have about 370 hours nonclinical volunteering at a food pantry at the time of the move, or about 700 if I stayed and did not move. I've also started a new initiative within the food pantry, which I would continue to work on. If I stayed, I would also be working in a clinical position here, likely in a hospital serving underserved populations (this is not a rich area). If I move I will get a different clinical position and new volunteering, so I would end up with similar hours, but the volunteering hours would be split between 2 activities. I guess my question is how detrimental would it be to have my hours split like this? And would it lower my chances for my home med school because I wouldn't be serving our community as much?

(i will have shadowing and ~250 hrs of research when i graduate as well)

 

[LizzyM]

A "townie" might have a better shot at admission than someone who is "from away". If you were to move away, would it be "out of state" and would you lose any instate advantage? That could be an issue. Why move? Do you not feel a commitment to the people of your area? (that would not be good) Do you want to explore and learn more about a different region and culture? (that might be good). I think you need to consider the positives and negatives of each option and go from there.

 

[Goro]

Doubt it.

 

[AJS59]

What's your reasons to consider moving

 

[fishs]

A "townie" might have a better shot at admission than someone who is "from away". If you were to move away, would it be "out of state" and would you lose any instate advantage? That could be an issue. Why move? Do you not feel a commitment to the people of your area? (that would not be good) Do you want to explore and learn more about a different region and culture? (that might be good). I think you need to consider the positives and negatives of each option and go from there.

I'd move because my so has a job in another state, but I don't think it would be long enough to lose my in state status for the state school. I deeply care about my community and that's why I would hesitate to move in the first place. Thanks for the advice, I will keep thinking about it!

 

[fishs]

What's your reasons to consider moving

My so has a job in another state. I have never lived anywhere else either so the exploration aspect of living somewhere else makes it seem interesting too.