<p>I am a CA parent looking for BS/MD programs outside CA that take out of state students. I have looked at the available lists on the web and narrowed down to the following that seem to admit out of state students.</p>
<p>Would appreciate if any one has more info/stats on how many spots these programs have for out-state. (Some on the list are private universities for which the total admitted would be helpful )</p>
<p>Case Western
University of Connecticut
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester
University of Miami
Boston University
George Washington University DC
University of Kentucky
Stony Brook University
University of Cincinnati
Howard University
University of Toledo
Drexel University
Penn State University
Temple University
Virginia Commonwealth University</p>
<p>You may want to refer to a book titled: “2011-2012 Medical School Admissions Requirements (MSAR)”. The book has a chapter devoted to BS/MD. Also by comparing the previous years’ admission statistics, one can get an idea about their (BS/MD programs) increasing competitiveness. Some of them, for ex. Case, admit only about 2%-3%. You may want to consider adding Univ. of South Alabama & Univ. of Oklahoma to the list.</p>
<p>In addition to the difficulty in securing admission to almost all of the the BS/MD programs, as an out-of-state student at many state supported schools, consider the financial outlay for 8 years of inflated tuition & fees. </p>
<p>Boston University-Interview ~90 Offer spots to ~40 and expect about 25 to go
George Washington University DC- Interview 40. Accept 15.
Penn State University- Interview 100, offer spots to 50
Saint Bonaventure/GW (8 year)- Interview about 25 and accept about 20</p>
<p>VCU (as of this year): 300 applied, 60 interviewed, 30 accepted, about 25ish may matriculate. Although they do give some in state preference, I don’t think it’s as bad as a lot of the other programs (I’m from CA, and I know a couple of kids who got in from Oregon and NY). If you’d give your son’s stats, we might be able to more appropriately see what’s a fit for him.</p>
<p>U of Toledo gives VERY HIGH preference to in-state students. In fact, I believe they even said that they might not even accept any out of state students if their in state pool is competitive. (5 seats if you do the BA MD program, and I think 15 for the biomedical engineering one)</p>
<p>In short, most of the programs don’t set aside a specific number of seats for out of state students. They simply PREFER in state students. </p>
<p>I totally understand what you’re going through. I was you a few months ago. :)</p>
My S is in this as well. Can anyone tell us about the new UToledo mechanism. They say if admitted you are assured of an inteview (with or without MCAT we are not clear) at your 4th year if one maintains the GPA. Any comments or wisdom you folks can share?
University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) definitely takes out-of-state students for their BA/MD program. I believe it’s about 10-15 out of state in a class of about 100.
Just a question - if you’re a parent, why are you doing all this research? BS/MD programs specifically are for extremely hardworking and motivated students. If your child can’t even do this research for him/herself, they’re not a good candidate for one of these programs.
The students in my BS/MD class who were pushed into it by their parents quickly realized that they weren’t cut out for the work because they didn’t have the passion for it that others of us did.