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The weather difference between Dayton (Wright State) and Toledo is negligible.
In fact many storms in both the summer and winter track through the Ohio valley (and then up the East coast) and miss Toledo completely.
In fact many storms in both the summer and winter track through the Ohio valley (and then up the East coast) and miss Toledo completely.
Oh I was thinking more about the lake effect. But I guess it’s still negligible?
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If you are into medical imaging I assume you are interested in radiology? If so, Toledo has a home radiology residency and Wright State does not. Toledo also has its own medical center but Wright state rotate throughout the region. Therefore, you may get to know UTMC faculties better vs maybe more difficult to establish relationships at Wright state.
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Toledo. The main difference I see is the access to research and the fact you can avoid traveling for all your clinical rotations (which will save you some headaches during 3rd year).
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I can't speak to the quality of clinical rotations or research opportunities, but I think reputation wise both are fairly equal. I agree the difference in the weather is negligible, Dayton is maybe a little balmier in the winter months and Toledo gets a bunch of ice and wind but not usually a bunch of snow. But if you live halfway in between I don't expect you'll notice a huge difference in either direction. Toledo, if you count the metro area, does actually get kind of suburban though...isn't the medical school separate from the university main campus, in/near Maumee? It's a nice area though and very walkable, with lots of great trails in the metroparks, which are LOVELY and miles better than the parks systems in even some of the larger cities I've lived in in the region.
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How is the curriculum for Toledo? I know Wright state has mandatory PBL lectures and no traditional lectures, which many ppl aren't a fan of.
Weather is negligible between both imo. Research seems better at Toledo. Plus you don't have to change different hospitals during clinical rotations like Wright state. I would go to Toledo.
Weather is negligible between both imo. Research seems better at Toledo. Plus you don't have to change different hospitals during clinical rotations like Wright state. I would go to Toledo.
I'm a second year at Toledo. It's a great school.
Everything @cj_cregg said is correct.
We have some team-based learning in preclin years. Usually 2-hour long sessions every couple weeks. Otherwise lectures are 'recommended' but not mandatory, though I think this year they've made it so students get extra credit by attending lecture in person (or something to that effect).
Research is hit or miss. We have lots of opportunities but also lots of students who want to do them. Everyone is foaming at the mouth for projects since step 1 has gone P/F. We do have rads faculty and I think they do research. Overall it's nice that Toledo has opportunities, but research is a ridiculous metric in my opinion, and there's no way to know if you will have something to show for all your free labor, even if you set expectations with your PI beforehand. But I digress.
I personally find Toledo to be a somewhat mediocre city, but many native midwesterners seem to enjoy it here, so you may like it - not sure what kind of environment you are used to. I guess having a raising cane's and some extremely average ethnic food is better than nothing. Will add that Ann Arbor and Detroit are both about an hour away if you want something more to do / markedly better food. For all my complaining though I've really enjoyed med school here and would certainly recommend it.
Everything @cj_cregg said is correct.
We have some team-based learning in preclin years. Usually 2-hour long sessions every couple weeks. Otherwise lectures are 'recommended' but not mandatory, though I think this year they've made it so students get extra credit by attending lecture in person (or something to that effect).
Research is hit or miss. We have lots of opportunities but also lots of students who want to do them. Everyone is foaming at the mouth for projects since step 1 has gone P/F. We do have rads faculty and I think they do research. Overall it's nice that Toledo has opportunities, but research is a ridiculous metric in my opinion, and there's no way to know if you will have something to show for all your free labor, even if you set expectations with your PI beforehand. But I digress.
I personally find Toledo to be a somewhat mediocre city, but many native midwesterners seem to enjoy it here, so you may like it - not sure what kind of environment you are used to. I guess having a raising cane's and some extremely average ethnic food is better than nothing. Will add that Ann Arbor and Detroit are both about an hour away if you want something more to do / markedly better food. For all my complaining though I've really enjoyed med school here and would certainly recommend it.