<p>One of my daughter’s HS friends who went to the state flagship got into the flagship med school & one top private, though he applied to many. He chose the private because it only costs $10k more per year & has a better reputation and opportunities. Other friends are planning on coming back home to practice so they chose local & flagship instate med schools. However they did apply OOS and did not do well with offers of interviews or acceptances. This is what really happened. </p>
<p>The point is that VERY FEW coming out at the top state flagship get into top tier/Ivy med schools (don’t know about other grad school acceptances like law & business so I won’t comment) It is not impossible, just very unlikely. So when kids say I’m saving my money for top tier/Ivy private grad school I wince because it is difficult to get into these places. And they do think they are going to get in.</p>