Arkansas medical school lets their residents CALL THE SCHOOL for an interview after they SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION. Like, come on! You can pretty much guarantee yourself an interview if you are an ark resident and you have a decent gpa (you know, don't have like a 2.3 gpa, if you have anything above a 3.4+, I bet you're pretty much good).
And FIFTY PERCENT OF IN STATE INTERVIEWIES MATRICULATE. Their acceptance rate is 50%. So if you move to arkansas and live there for 6 months, and then apply, you have a 50% chance of getting into their medical school.
I also have MSAR online and I calculated the odds of getting into medical schools as an instater from various states. I used their matriculant rate vs applicant rate and put it into an equation. For example, if there are two schools in a state, and one of them accepts 20% of the IS applicants, and the other one accepts 14%, then here's how we calculate:
1-(1-0.2)*(1-0.14)= 0.312. SO your total % chance of getting accepted into a medical school in that state is 31.2%.
Here are the states with the best acceptance rates according to my equation based on MATRICULANT data from MSAR online: (So I bet the acceptance rate is much higher since the matriculant rate is so high) This is for in state students.
West Virginia: 55% (of matriculating at a med school in their state if you apply)
Alabama: 49.6%
Arkansas: 50% from those who interviewed, and residents can call to schedule interview.
South Carolina: 42.3%
Kentucky: 42%
Vermont: 41%
Ohio: 40%
Oklahoma: 40%
North Dakota: 39%
Indiana: 38%
Louisiana: 38%
And of course, I was also curious about Texas, and surprisingly, it is 34% chance.
However, I have not researched about residency requirements of any of these states besides Arkansas.
So, in your opinion, which state would it be best to move to for the purpose of gaining admissions to medical school? TUITION DOES NOT MATTER. I am only looking for admission purposes! I know a lot of you say "texas" because "low tuition", but to me tuition doesn't matter, I want the highest chance of getting into medical school. The highest calculated is obviously west virginia, but who can beat that automatic interview to all arkansas residents? (idk if west virginia does auto interviews to residents or not)
So, should I move to arkansas for medical school admissions?
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