<p>I have perused through the MSAR and did some quick calculations and came upon an interesting occurance: PRIVATE medical schools accept in state applicants with significantly higher frequency. </p>
<p>For example, Penn, U of C Priztker, and Feinberg accept in state applicants at around 5-6% while out of state applicants are accepted at 2-3% rates.</p>
<p>Why do private med schools prefer in state applicants????</p>
<p>More instate residents apply, and also more instate residents end up matriculating.</p>
<p>but… thats contradictory. Just because more people apply doesnt mean more people will get in at higher rates (think harvard).</p>
<p>Not really. Where are you getting the numbers in the MSAR anyway? IIRC the MSAR doesn’t list how many they accept, only the matriculants.</p>
<p>Probably because 1) the in-state resident has more familiarity with the med school and can speak about it better and 2) more importantly, the yield from in-state is much higher. I don’t care what med school you are (public or private), your in-state yield is higher than your out-of-state yield. The top students from Maryland will likely go to Johns Hopkins Med School rather than Harvard and the top students from California would be more likely to go USCF for med school than WashU Med. So, give a 3.9/35 student from in-state and a 3.9/35 student from out of state, the med school would rather accept the in-state student since he is more likely to enroll.</p>
<p>But why are in state applicants more likely to receive interviews?</p>
<p>For the same reason: any tie breaker for an interview or an acceptance goes to the in-state applicant. </p>
<p>In addition, in-state residents are less likely to turn down interviews than out-of-state residents, which may explain the higher acceptance rates (you can’t accept someone you don’t interview).</p>
<p>Anyway, the difference b/w a 2% and a 5% acceptance rate should deter you from applying to any med schools.</p>
<p>NCG, you mean shouldn’t, I assume?</p>
<p>Truth is, unless the OP has a lot of money to toss around and is a stellar (and I mean 3.9/36+ stellar w/ awesome ECs) most schools w/ <5% acceptance rates are definitely not worth the time nor money to apply to.</p>
<p>Hmm thats very interesting. I still cant believe that in state applicants are preferred over out of state ones. Oh well. At least i got Columbia, Cornell, and NYU medical school in my state. </p>
<p>It would suck to live in North Dakota hahahahah.</p>
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<p>Again… not really if you think about the competition for IS for ND’s public medical school. The MSAR says about half of the 300 applicants to UND were IS, ~100 IS interviewed, and ~50 IS matriculated. It looks way less competitive than many publics probably because of the state’s small population. Most medical schools get more than 10x the number of applicants that UND gets.</p>
<p>I can only use UMiami as an example, but they get extra funding from the state for every FL resident they take. They state it in the secondary. Not sure if it hold true for other private schools.</p>