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I've interviewed at a pretty wide range of schools and talked to a lot of students, and I've been intrigued by this phenomenon and mentally trying to work through it as I make my own personal med school decisions:
When I was at Columbia, I met someone who picked Columbia over Johns Hopkins. Not too crazy, right?
When I was at Pittsburgh, I met someone who picked Pitt over Columbia. Again, seemed like a pretty reasonable decision.
When I was at Case, I met someone who picked Case over Pitt.
I didn't visit OHSU, but I met several people who picked OHSU over Case.
I met a few people who picked U Wisconsin over OHSU when I was visiting U Wisconsin.
Then I met someone who picked MCW over U Wisconsin.
And then I've met someone who chose Rush over MCW. And then I also know plenty of people who like Rosalind Franklin over Rush.
And I've seen these all posted on this site in vs. threads as well. And all of these comparisons I've made above seem relatively equally matched.
Now, I'm not a very math-oriented person, but I seem to remember something about transitive relations ... if a = b and b = c, then a = c. If Johns Hopkins = Columbia, and Columbia = Pitt, and Pitt = Case, and Case = OHSU ... etc. then Johns Hopkins = Rosalind Franklin? And so on to infinity (or to Caribbean)
Where does it end???
I know this seems absurd, but I keep playing this out in my mind and in my own situation. In my mind, absent any financial or locational motivations, I think it would be quite unsual for me to pick Case over Columbia. But I know plenty of people who pick Pitt over Columbia and plenty of people who pick Case over Pitt. So what makes the leap from Columbia to Case to Rosalind Franklin really that huge?
http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?id=7640
When I was at Columbia, I met someone who picked Columbia over Johns Hopkins. Not too crazy, right?
When I was at Pittsburgh, I met someone who picked Pitt over Columbia. Again, seemed like a pretty reasonable decision.
When I was at Case, I met someone who picked Case over Pitt.
I didn't visit OHSU, but I met several people who picked OHSU over Case.
I met a few people who picked U Wisconsin over OHSU when I was visiting U Wisconsin.
Then I met someone who picked MCW over U Wisconsin.
And then I've met someone who chose Rush over MCW. And then I also know plenty of people who like Rosalind Franklin over Rush.
And I've seen these all posted on this site in vs. threads as well. And all of these comparisons I've made above seem relatively equally matched.
Now, I'm not a very math-oriented person, but I seem to remember something about transitive relations ... if a = b and b = c, then a = c. If Johns Hopkins = Columbia, and Columbia = Pitt, and Pitt = Case, and Case = OHSU ... etc. then Johns Hopkins = Rosalind Franklin? And so on to infinity (or to Caribbean)
Where does it end???
I know this seems absurd, but I keep playing this out in my mind and in my own situation. In my mind, absent any financial or locational motivations, I think it would be quite unsual for me to pick Case over Columbia. But I know plenty of people who pick Pitt over Columbia and plenty of people who pick Case over Pitt. So what makes the leap from Columbia to Case to Rosalind Franklin really that huge?
http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?id=7640
brilliant! that's exactly what i was thinking when i started reading this thread...
