I have the same question. With a brand new medical school, how difficult is it going to be to get into the competitive residency programs? The tough ones (ortho, optho, derm,…) are extremely selective, so coming from a medical school they never heard of may work against you.
This is my first post in this forum. I am a parent of a high school student, who is exceptional, like I am sure all yours are 
He has applied to the following BSMD or EA programs, Saint Louis University, Baylor, University of Cincinnati, University of Sienna, Albany College of Pharmacy and Science, Wayne University,UMKC, university of Arizona, University of Alabama Birmingham, University of Syracuse, University of Illinois, Purchase College.
He has received admission notices from most of the undergrad programs and the honors college, and received the basic merit scholarships in many of the institutions applied to. Grateful for that. However, really wanting to track when the interview notices come out for the medical programs. Any other parents out there with kids applying for these schools?
Have not received any interview letters yet, but will share when we receive anything. Hope you will do the same!
Is NSU BS/MD or BS/DO?
Nova Southeastern offers both BS/DO AND BS/MD programs.
Coming from a less established program without a track record of residency placement will make matching into competitive specialties more difficult, but not impossible.
Relevant research with publications in the specialty, high Step 2 scores, AOA/top 5% ranking in their class, strong LORs from well-known preceptors in the specialty and excellent audition rotation performance will all help with competitive specialty matching.
Also program signaling, geographic preference signaling, program fit and other details of an ERAS application will affect how well a student aiming at competitive specialties matches.
All of these things are within the student’s control.
It may be helpful to look at how residency programs directors look at applicants–
Anyone applying today is looking at 8 years before residency application. A lot of things can change for any college during 8 years, let alone the actual process of applying for residency.
This year is the 1st 4 year batch applying with Step1 pass/fail and no one seems to have clue how residencies are selecting their interview invitations. OTOH, many competitive fields have gone into restricting the number of apps one can make while people applying to internal medicine are doing anywhere between 10 and 300 (lots of visa requiring IMGs). There will be lot of additional refinement for all these fields.
How selective is Augusta for a OOS candidate ? Average GPA, NMSF, good research exp, volunteering, shadowing etc. Got admission into pre med with some merit aid , however the next step application has lot of essays and videos that seem to take time in the midst of other priorities. Any guidance on the selectivity of the application? Was concerned being OOS and threw a stone, but their UG admission and merit aid received was welcoming like being in state. However the next step application might take a day off so checking and please advise.
They take between 1 to 5 out of state students. MCG is a public university and committed to GA residents. OOS with a connection to GA is better than no connection. You need to decide for yourself though. Undergrad admission with out of state waiver is very common with Augusta.