<p>It means that U Miami has a lot of Florida in-state students attending the school and they have very little competition when it comes to applying to their in-state medical school. Yes, 24% are attending medical school. But if you are a resident of any other state besides Florida attending U Miami, you will not get the benefit of applying as an in-state to Florida’s medical schools. That 24% applies only to state residents. Your chances of admission to medical school are very dependent upon what state you are applying from.</p>
<p>Without going through each school, you would need to analyze what states those students come from, whether their state medical schools admit any students from out of state (often the answer is no - southern medical schools are particularly 'protectionist, by the way), and how competitive those students were relative to other students from the same state. I’m guessing, without seeing the data, that Duke and Emory students, irrespective of what state they come from, are pretty good students and get into their state schools at a high rate. I’m also guessing the NC State students are out of luck because they are competing with Duke, Wake Forest and UNC students for a very limited number of seats in North Carolina medical schools - the California situation though probably not as bad. CA pre-meds, irrespective of where they go to school, are highly likely to have to attend med school out of state because there are so few seats in-state: That’s not a reflection on the UCs pre-med preparation. But you would be foolish not to attend a UC just because you saw that the admission rate to California medical schools was so low. (The reverse of the Florida situation, in fact.)</p>