wannabeadocta23
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Thanks for all the help everyone! I’ve made my decision
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I was going to say the same thing. If it were TCOM vs TCU that might be a different discussion. I've heard some poor things about UIWSOM as well.UIWSOM was literally ranked the WORST medical school in the entire country out of ~200 or so MD + DO schools. I would take the MD even if UIWSOM paid you $100k to attend.
From my friend group 3 constantly said they'd restart as M2s at an MD school if given the chance (as M3 DOs) and one was happy (state DO school). Like others said, you'll have to work 10 times as hard and jump through 20 times as many hoops as a DO to get bread crumbs left by MDs. In theory, I could do the bare minimum at my MD school, barely pass, no ECs or research, and still have better shot of matching than an above-average DO. Don't handicap yourself because you believe in some philosophy hocus pocus.
If you had said TCOM vs TCU and TCOM made more sense for you I'd say go for it. The state DO schools are awesome and I know people who picked them over lower-tier MD. But never a private/new DO over an MD.
Thank you for your reply! Would it be possible for you to elaborate on some of the poor things you’ve heard about the school?I was going to say the same thing. If it were TCOM vs TCU that might be a different discussion. I've heard some poor things about UIWSOM as well.
Thanks for your insight! Any chance you could point me to this bad boy list? I’ve scoured sdn and could not find where Goro said anything about UIW other than placing it on a list of schools in large cities (an advantage he was pointing out) a couple years backMoney, prestige, and family are the three factors that matter most.
-Equal price
-Not only is UIWSOM a new DO school (the bottom of the barrel in prestige), it is especially well known as a DO school that is doing poorly. It was on the Goro bad boy list last time I checked.
-TCU is closer to home for you, so you’ll have a better support system
TCU, no brainer
Thanks for your insight! Any chance you could point me to this bad boy list? I’ve scoured sdn and could not find where Goro said anything about UIW other than placing it on a list of schools in large cities (an advantage he was pointing out) a couple years back
I believe UIW has now released their scores, but they’re atrocious, so I doubt they’ve moved from the bad boy list—especially due to their lack of transparency about it. Releasing your scores years later is ridiculous.I can't recommend Nova, Wm Carey, BCOM, ICOM and LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide. LMU has an accreditation warning, which concerns me. CUHS is too new and appears to be too limited in rotations sites. UIW refuses to post their Boards scores, which is fishy.
UIW is no longer on my Bad Boy list.I believe UIW has now released their scores, but they’re atrocious, so I doubt they’ve moved from the bad boy list—especially due to their lack of transparency about it. Releasing your scores years later is ridiculous.