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Hey everyone! I am in a unique position here, and have been giving this my whole brain lately – I need some extra input. I am interested in a variety of primary care specialties, EM, and maybe OB/GYN.
University of Colorado
* This is for the Fort Collins branch, as I decided it wouldn’t be worth it to spend OOS tuition for Denver
Pros
University of Arizona - Phoenix
Pros
I’m between an extremely expensive, better ranked, very cool program in a great area but with questionable admin and an extremely affordable unranked school in a less desirable area with great admin which is closer to family. Any advice will be helpful, thank you in advance!
University of Colorado
* This is for the Fort Collins branch, as I decided it wouldn’t be worth it to spend OOS tuition for Denver
Pros
- I am accepted at UC Denver and on the waitlist for the Fort Collins program, which has a OneHealth philosophy which I absolutely love (same curriculum as UC Denver but with awesome electives)
- Super small class size in FC (12), for me this is perfect for getting to know teachers + fellow students (I have experience in a small educational setting and loved it)
- I enjoyed the whole vibe a lot, all the students and profs seemed awesome
- Great town, can bike to school, partner loved it, good location for allll the outdoorsy things I love, could see myself even living there in the future
- Basically, I felt instantly at home here, which was a wonderful surprise
- Ranked well, first class who did clinical rotations here did super well with clinicals because of the nature of the small class size.
- $77,000/ year– I can’t wrap my head around this at all, it’s an absurd amount of money
- Mandatory attendance (not actually too bad for me, but I appreciate flexibility)
- I have communicated with some admins and have been feeling relatively unsupported by them in the process. It’s left me feeling actually very weird about the program in general. Not sure how much this would affect my education.
- I would have to continue waiting on a high-priority (??unclear) waitlist, and I am feeling burnt out from this + communications with the admins.
- I have a sick family member, and it is not as easy to go home due to mandatory attendance and distance
- very fast didactic (1.5 years)
University of Arizona - Phoenix
Pros
- Tuition remission program – my spouse + I have discussed that they would get a job working there for my last 2 years. UA Phoenix employee spouses get essentially free tuition for the years they work there. Additionally, it’s a lot cheaper at large + I would become a resident of Arizona my second year. Looking at ~$100,000 (AZ) vs. ~$300,000 (CO) in debt - with help from my spouse for both
- Flexible/online classes – my sick family member is in a neighboring state and could potentially see them more often due to proximity and flexibility
- Student vibe seemed pretty solid
- Admins have been extremely responsive and helpful
- Arizona is so gorgeous! I would love to explore more
- Unranked. I hesitate because it feels like that lends itself to a lack of transparency over anything else. Also, not sure how it will be matching with Step 1 now P/F. I’m interested in mostly primary care, so I don’t know how much it matters, but definitely would appreciate having solid options. It seems like the match lists have been pretty good in recent years.
- I wasn’t too interested in the city, but I discovered it’s okay – if you don’t want to bike or walk, have a car, and don’t mind traffic. I… definitely mind traffic. The city is definitely not ideal for me.
- Hot!
- Banner university center, also Mayo, rotations seem to be close enough to one another but would require driving
I’m between an extremely expensive, better ranked, very cool program in a great area but with questionable admin and an extremely affordable unranked school in a less desirable area with great admin which is closer to family. Any advice will be helpful, thank you in advance!
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