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Easiest Medical Schools to get into and Where to Apply to Medical School

Let’s review the allopathic public American medical colleges that are the easiest to get in to. With this data, we will include the percentage of out of state matriculants to offer an idea of how competitive that medical school is for out of state applicants. For medical schools with very low out of state matriculation rates (less than 15%) the medical school usually only accept out of state students that have an association with the state in some capacity such as having lived there previously or if the applicant attended undergraduate college in the state. All of the schools on this are public except for Mercer University School of Medicine in Georgia which is private, but, only accepts Georgia residents. You will also see that these schools accept mostly state residents.

When reviewing the data available to determine which medical schools are the easiest to gain accepted to, there are a few things to keep in mind. Many medical schools that have the lowest median GPA and MCAT scores for accepted students are state schools that either accept very few, or no, out of state applicants. Therefore, these state medical schools might be “easiest” to gain acceptance to as an in state applicant but extremely difficult, or impossible, to gain admission to as an out of state applicant.

Since all med schools have a finite number of interview slots each year, they have to be careful about how they fill those interview slots. For this reason, a medical school with a median MCAT of 509 is not likely to interview a student with a 525 on the MCAT. Why? The medical school admissions committee might assume that a student with an MCAT that is so much higher than the school’s average for accepted students will be unlikely to attend. Therefore, they might decide not to “waste” an interview slot for such an exceptional applicant. By the same token, a school with a median GPA of 3.5 may not interview someone with a GPA of 4.0

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[peterqazify]

FYI there's a lot more detail that this videos leaves out about the 10 "easiest" medical schools...
1. Howard and Meharry are historically black medical schools, which are focused on admitting African-Americans applicants. If you are not AA, then your chances are the same as any other medical school.
2. For PR schools, do not apply there because your education and wallet will be compromised
3. Loma Linda is a religious school and favors applicants from SAD or Christian backgrounds
4. Nova MD is a new medical school and accepts 21/3202 (OOS% = 0.65%) from recent MSAR data which is far less than other schools

They don't mention schools Georgetown, George Washington, St. Louis University

[adrienne]

She is so clear and direct, so nice to avoid the fluff

[AustinNguyenMD]

Thanks for sharing these tips! Definitely important to consider the myriad of factors that influence where an applicant should complete their medical training.

[anjeden]

Loyola, Rush, and Loma Linda all on my list

[js]

Caveat: for the PR schools, applicants are expected to be bilingual and biliterate in both Spanish and English.

[tonstotch]

I sent an Email with some questions about my major situation, thank you so much Mrs. Freedman and have a nice week. ❤️

[samikal]

So I'm 45 with the dream of becoming a doctor, I'm a family nurse Practitioner and acute care nurse Practitioner with 15 years of ICU experience, what is your advice?

[todo]

The interview freaks me out because I’m generally terrible at them even though I think I’d be a great doctor😞 Great video, thank you.

[sashamachulsky]

Thank you so much for this information! It was very informative and straight to the point. I have watched a lot of premed videos about ways to fill out the application and have never heard such a clear explanation of this important part.

[KT-pwcq]

Thank you for information! By any chance can you do a video on post baccs, biomedical masters, and special masters programs and if they are a good route to take to be a competitive applicant for medical school. Even if you had a low or high gpa in undergrad

[vzee]

We live in the Bay Area and my son with pretty good stats did not get accepted to one UC medical school.

[muneerakhan]

Which schools prefer students with only one MCAT score? And what is the best MCAT for acceptance?

[Seansyy]

Are applying to public DO schools not worth the application if i am out of state?
What about private DO schools, will they discriminate out of state students?

[keishabonner]

Thank you! I'll apply to these schools plus seven others.

[shaguftakhalilnathani]

Thanks for the informative video . Please share guidance for non American ( Indian ) student .

[JenCheng]

The Fee Assistance Program only helps a little...so how would you endure four years of medical school and paying the rent each month? Can you help me out and tell me how it is you are paying the rent portion? That I would really like to know. From parents?

[____________________]

How many point i need to go a med school?

[mogammons]

Im literally a high school senior and i am already panic watching these videos

[CMmm]

Hello, thank you for this, I will definitely use the WARS application when it comes time for me to chose which schools to apply to! I'm torn between only applying to my state school really close to my family or applying broadly. I'll know more when I get my MCAT score, but am currently going into my 3rd gap year, poor planning and uncontrollable circumstances, I decided to do a post-bacc to get me back into academics as I was having a tough time working two jobs and trying to dedicate enough time to my mcat studies while juggling family, friends, and my personal health. I was hoping to apply this year: however, due to covid my test date was canceled twice and decided to wait. I have about 4000 hours of clinical experience with direct patient care, am a URM had a GPA of 3.48 at time of graduation, worked for 4 years with an individual who has cerebral palsy as a caregiver on top of the medical experience with interspersed volunteering and about 1.5 years of peer mentoring for pre-health students. Do you think with a descent MCAT score, shooting for a 510, I would be fairly competitive? Or should I roll the dice and only apply to my state school (did undergrad there) as early admissions to show that I am committed to them? I would love to go to school there but am afraid to fall short and have to submit applications late to other MD schools. Any input would be great, I am currently just trying to get a 4.0 in my post-bacc and get as prepared as possible to fo great on the mcat and apply early next cycle!

[MM-qbsp]

I liked the video...not sure about those schools being the easiest to get in to, but the information was great.