Medical Should I consider a school in "pre-accreditation" status?

[Question]

I don't know much about accreditation, but I am interested in University of Houston COM which is"pre-accredited" and cite that they will be fully accredited 2 years before I would finish the program. Is this a massive risk to take, or is it something that won't hold the students back? I have no clue how that effects residency matching. I assume all schools had to go through this process at some point.

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[GoSpursGo]

There are risks associated with being at any new school. They're probably working out the kinks of their curriculum, and while getting full accreditation is probably extremely likely I suppose there is some possibility it won't be.

Of course, these schools tend to be easier to get into. So I would worry about this only if you wind up in the happy position of having multiple options.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

It is always a risk being in the first few classes at a school. You will get a lot of personal attention but how the university and the school support you will be scrutinized.

 

[PerioDont]

I would be hesitant to be in the first few classes of anything

 

[Goro]

I never can recommend a new school until they graduate a class. It takes time for a faculty to gel in delivering a curriculum, rotation sites can be limited and problematic (and easily lost by the school to another med school), oversight of clinical education is limited, and student support will be also limited.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

I didn't want to go to a school because I would have been in their first class, however, they are doing extremely well now. Most of the time it works out, but you may get frustrated while the school is working out the kinks with classes, rotations, etc.