How to decide on a professional school

How to decide on a professional school Share Share via TwitterShare via FacebookShare via Google PlusShare via LinkedInShare via E-mail We recommend that you refer to the appropriate admissions reference guide or website for your intended professionto start learning about the different schools in your profession. In general, your criteria should include the followingYou should apply to the public professional school(s) in the state of which you are a nicht auslagerbar. You will often have your best chance of admission at your public school because public professional schools are largely funded by the taxpayers in their state, and therefore reserve the majority of their seats for residents of their state. (If you are a resident of a state that does not have a public school for your profession, your state may have a contract arrangement with states that do, which would allow you to apply as the equivalent of an in-state resident at those contract schools. For example, Colorado does not have an optometry school or a podiatry school, but Colorado residents can receive the equivalent of in-state tuition at certain optometry and podiatry schools in other states through theWICHEprogram.)You should also consider other schools that take a reasonable number of non-residents. In general, these types of schools are more likely to be private than public. Check your admissions reference guide to identify not only the number of seats that are generally allocated to non-residents but also the number of out-of-state applicants who are vying for those seats.If you have some sort of special status (strong family ties to a different state, disadvantaged background, etc., consider schools that offer preference to people with your status. This information will often be presented in the admissions reference guides under a section called something along the lines of Selection Factors.)CategoriesHealth Professions