Yea, I definitely think LECOM comes with negatives regarding faculty/admin/rules, but the main drawbacks with Ochsner are that its Australian (so IMG match into stuff like derm/rads I've heard is much harder than US) , tuition is much more expensive since LECOM is only 35k/ yr, and I would essentially waste 1 more year starting in 2022 Jan class. If there was any way to graduate early and match in 2025 with a Jan 2022 start date, that would be ideal.
Also, I'm in the Directed study pathway at LECOM - I like to study independently, so I don't think I'll interact much with the LECOM administration anyways.
Probably the most important thing for me is being able to match into a competitive US residency, so do you guys know of the comparison between a decent US DO vs Ochsner ?
Also, are you guys going to be all online/remote for the first 2 years of medical school so how do you guys do anatomy labs, dissections, and whatnot ?