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Hi, I hope everyone is doing well. I am currently finishing up my AMCAS application and am going back and forth on how I should go about choosing which schools to send applications. Specifically, it is the decision of whether to apply early decision to NEOMED, or instead apply regular decision to every school in Ohio plus a few in the surrounding states that are OOS friendly. As you can probably guess, I am an Ohio resident and have lived about 20 minutes from NEOMED for all of my life and have also gone to college in northeast Ohio. A quick search on this site has implied that early decision really does not offer much benefit. However, NEOMED has something they call the "Ohio Admission Advantage," stating that this specific early decision application pathway offers a considerable boost to those with qualified applications that also happen to be from the area. Here is the direct quote from their website:
While all traditional admission candidates are encouraged to consider the early decision plan, NEOMED uses the early decision plan to extend highly favorable consideration toward a number of Ohio candidates with above-average academic credentials.
While all traditional admission candidates are encouraged to consider the early decision plan, NEOMED uses the early decision plan to extend highly favorable consideration toward a number of Ohio candidates with above-average academic credentials.
- For these purposes, an Ohio candidate is any early decision plan applicant who either maintains permanent residence in Ohio and indicates as much on his or her AMCAS application or who attends/attended an Ohio institution of post-secondary education (university, college, community college), whether state or private
- Ohio candidates with above-average academic profiles selecting the early decision plan receive a significant advantage over candidates that elect the regular decision plan. Ohio candidates pursuing admission to NEOMED outside of early assurance are strongly encouraged to apply using the early decision plan to maximize their chances for admission to medical school in the event that NEOMED is their first choice.