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I would attend

  • Western Pomona

    Votes: 11 37.9%

  • NSU

    Votes: 18 62.1%
  • Total voters
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Tinted said:
Accepted to both but deciding which one to attend. From the midwest. Can anyone comment on which school they'd prefer and why? Also looking for some insight on the test schedule for both schools, which has better rotations and anything else that may seem important. I would really appreciate the help
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Western would be closer for you so I would say go there.

NSU rotates at Larkin/broward health/sinai / Jackson memorial I believe. Not sure about western. Both are good schools I would say cost/location should be a big thing.
 
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Hi. I'm an M1 at Nova. As far as testing schedule, M1 is a little hectic. You will average one test perk week for a couple of months each semester, with some lulls here and there. M2 is block scheduling so you have big, long block exams only a few times per semester.

I have met a lot of third and fourth year students who think very highly of the rotations here, but I don't know much about it personally. The largest sites that we send the most students to are large teaching hospitals in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area with large patient volume and diverse pathology, as well as multiple residency programs. Everyone wants to know if we rotate at Jackson Memorial, but I can't give a straight answer to that. I think some students in the Mt. Sinai track do some rotations there.
 
Tinted said:
Accepted to both but deciding which one to attend. From the midwest. Can anyone comment on which school they'd prefer and why? Also looking for some insight on the test schedule for both schools, which has better rotations and anything else that may seem important. I would really appreciate the help
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They are both solid choices, I think it would probably come down to location, whether you would like LA or South Florida.
 
I wish Cali had better DO options. COMP and Touro-CA are both in pretty crummy locations, and seem to get underwhelming to poor reviews from students.
 
allantois said:
History fact: the school itself sought to convert to MD 😛
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It's complicated. Many DOs in California got strong-armed into converting their degrees to MD in the 60's, and many felt it was in their best interest because of a very anti-DO environment in the state. UCI (well, it wasn't part of UCI then) went along with that and changed too. Unfortunately many of those who switched got hit with some major licensing issues and got royally screwed.
 
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Bill Brasky said:
It's complicated. Many DOs in California got strong-armed into converting their degrees to MD in the 60's, and many felt it was in their best interest because of a very anti-DO environment in the state. UCI (well, it wasn't part of UCI then) went along with that and changed too. Unfortunately many of those who switched got hit with some major licensing issues and got royally screwed.
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What a valuable lesson against seeking the merger of two degrees/ associations
 
go to western if u want to rotate around southern CA... and about the high tuition, there's a loan forgiveness loophole if you know what i mean.
 
Tinted said:
Can anyone go into any specifics on nova's rotations? Would really appreciate it!
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Overall they are strong. Mix of in-patient and out-patient. Rotation site selection is coordinated via a lottery system. OOS sites are done separately. Some are bigger or better institutions than others. The largest % of students go to Broward Health in Ft. Lauderdale. Some you will work under a typical hierarchy with interns, residents, and attendings. Others you are with the attendings without interns and residents. Some are close to NSU, while others you will have to move for M3 or M4. Required rural rotations.
 
Tinted said:
Sorry I'm not too familiar with this process but curious so I hope my questions/what i'm saying makes sense. Since it's randomized you can end up anywhere in Broward County, Miami-Dade, Orlando, Palm Beach County, and West Coast of Florida (Got these from their site). When you say largest % of students go to Broward is that in the sense that they'll all get a chance to rotate there or they'll spend a lot of their M3/M4 years at the place?
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Not everyone rotates through the Broward Health system, only those assigned to it. When I say the largest %, I don't mean most students go there. What I mean is that % wise, it is has more spots than any other specific track.
 
Bill Brasky said:
It's complicated. Many DOs in California got strong-armed into converting their degrees to MD in the 60's, and many felt it was in their best interest because of a very anti-DO environment in the state. UCI (well, it wasn't part of UCI then) went along with that and changed too. Unfortunately many of those who switched got hit with some major licensing issues and got royally screwed.
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California tends not to be a DO friendly state unless you want to go into primary care then its not much of an issue. My hometown is tough for DOs too.
 
The required rural med rotation in 4th year instantly sunk nova from top of my list to the bottom.

Just something to be aware of op
 
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