If I live in state A (lived here for nearly all my life) and go to state B for undergraduate, am I considered in-state for state A or state B when applying to med school?
Really sucks if it’s state A…as it has only one medical school.
State a
State A
You were only in State B because of school…you weren’t a resident there…you were a resident of state A because that is where your parents are.
However, what is state B? Some states will give med school preference to OOS students who have a tie to the state.
My state’s med schools gives a preference to OOS students who went to undergrad in the state
State A.
Be aware that even if you do get in-state preference for med school admission from state B, you still won’t be considered a in-state resident for tuition purposes by med school B.
As for how much it disadvantages you to from a state with only 1 med school–that’s highly dependent on what state you’re from. If you live in Colorado or Rhode Island–you’re at a disadvantage. Oklahoma, Indiana, Mississippi, North Dakota or Nevada (to name a few)? Not so much.
If you look at these links–
Table 1 list every US med school and the percentage of in-state vs. OOS matriculants.
https://www.aamc.org/download/321442/data/factstable1.pdf
Table 5 lists the number of applicants each state produces and whether they matriculated in state or OOS (or not at all).
@mom2collegekids
State B is Massachussets. Most med schools in it seem pretty competitive anyways, so I guess it doesn’t really matter.
Massachusetts is one of the tougher states to qualify as in-state for.
http://www.umassmed.edu/som/admissions/application-process/ma-residency-requirement/
Applicants need to be a graduate of a Mass. state high school and to have maintained their state residency during college
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And since Tufts, Boston and Harvard are all private–in-state preference doesn’t come into play.
Don’t forget BU and BC are private too. Umass is the only public medical school in Massachusetts.