<p>do state med schools give preference to students who attend a university in that state or to students from that state?</p>
<p>Both, though primarily to residents of that state. For example, University of Michigan witholds the right to designate you out of state depending on factors such as time in Michigan, time away from michigan for education, etc, etc. They do this regardless of if the state of Michigan has designated you a resident.</p>
<p>Public med schools all or most not sure (probably all) have some sort of minima stated in their charter for the number/percentage of in-state students they must admit.</p>
<p>Some will only enroll residents, and some are more lax than others. Just gotta check them out. But many of them like to think that you’ll stick around in that area to practice, and that’s where the residency part comes in. You’re much more likely to stay in Texas if you’re a Texas resident and came back for med school than someone from New York.</p>
<p>do you guys know abt how suny med schools handle this?</p>
<p>Yes, most students at SUNY medical schools are in state, but there are some out of staters too. There is a quota that the SUNYs must meet because their first priority is to educate IN STATE STUDENTS :D</p>
<p>when you say instate students, does that mean residents or students who went to undergrad in NYS</p>
<p>Residents. From what I’ve read, to establish residency somewhere, you usually have to have lived there for a year (or often more) while NOT in school and have to register to vote there and register your car and whatever else.</p>
<p>If you didn’t grow up there or your parents don’t live there, it’s gonna be kinda hard to get residency status.</p>