Maybe, maybe not. It depends on –
a) whether MSU/WSU has scholarship funds available
b) the overall strength of MSU/WSU’s accepted student pool this cycle
c) whether the student fulfills an enrollment need (e.g.diversity) at the school
d) how well the student’s PS and other soft factors match up with MSU/WSU’s programs and mission
e) whether a scholarship is likely to persuade this student to enroll at MSU/WSU
f) the potential for this student to go onto become a big deal in some facet of medicine & enhance the school’s reputation
g) other stuff, including internal politics on the adcomm
Med schools are very yield conscious. If WSU’s historical data models suggest that even if offered a scholarship that an accepted student will likely not matriculate because they have an acceptance at UMich, WSU won’t bother offering a scholarship.
But all of this hypothetical.
Your D has to first have multiple acceptances before any of this matters.
Most merit scholarship should come from private med schools. I don’t think public med schools have the funding to support a scholarship because their in state tuition is low already. At the most they might offer top OOS applicant IS tuition, which is very generous already, IMHO.
If you are so good that you can play Harvard, Yale admittance to a lower ranking private school like Rush, Albany or MSWis, you might be more successful. But, med school are very tier sensitive, lower tier school won’t accept a top tier student, take GWU for example, they have the highest number of applicant, but most admitted students are in the same GPA/Mcat category.
Helpful information. Thank you. I am well aware that the odds are never in a student’s favor and that any acceptance is something to celebrate; most applicants are not accepted anywhere, and the chance of multiple acceptances are very slim.
She is a year away from applying and I’m trying to gather information, which is the wonderful thing about CC. So many knowledgeable posters with a wealth of experience. Thank you.
Med schools have long asked interviewees if they have any other interviews/acceptances. The applicants hate that question, not knowing if admitting having acceptances means that this school won’t bother accepting.
I wonder if MD schools will continue to have small, refundable deposits? Interesting idea to require accepted students to notify when they receive other acceptances.
New AAMC guidelines for 2018-19 still require that deposits be no more than $100 and be fully refundable until April 30. So that hasn’t changed.
However schools are free to decide how to ensure students who commit to a particular school actually enroll since the “no poaching” rule has been eliminated. This may include a contractual requirement to withdraw from other waitlists upon committing to a med school, requiring a large, non-refundable “seat confirmation fee” (large on the order of $3000-$5000+) due after April 30*, asking a student on a waitlist about their enrollment/acceptance status before extending an admission offer (encouraged/required by new guidelines).
After reading the text of the new guidelines, it looks like every student can expect to be be asked during interviews about other interviews and acceptances.
*Prior years’ guidelines specifically prohibited this, but that clause is conspicuously absent in the new guidelines.
BTW, The new guidelines contain strong language about “professionalism” standards for applicants so failing to answer questions about interviews/acceptances/matriculation status honestly and directly (no evasive answers) could result in an acceptance being denied or withdrawn at a later date due to a lack of professionalism.