Wayne State almost FULL scholarship, Med School, HELP!

N_s_Mom
Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:31:28 +0000

“I already know that UMich med school won’t really consider Wayne Undergrads, correct me if i’m wrong.”

You’re wrong. The issue is that UMich is a state medical school which means they have a mandate to educate residents of Michigan who are likely to provide medical care to their residents. (You can check the stats on admissions for in-state vs. out-of-state for every medical school in the country.) Some state schools will admit no one who is a resident of another state. Others may take a few to meet diversity or other objectives. Private medical schools are not similarly constrained on admissions and can take whomever they want. If you live in a state with lots of resident pre-meds and very few seats in your state medical schools (like California), then most of those kids will have to look at private medical schools (much more expensive) elsewhere in the country. I don’t know off hand the ratio of available in-state medical school seats to number of in-state applicants for Michigan, but you can look it up. It will give you a sense of how difficult is will be (or not) to get into your state medical school(s).