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You can't go wrong either way, but I feel like you have answered your own question. If matching in California is a priority for you, then UWashington is the better choice. You are far more likely to match in CA from WA. It being the cheaper of the two schools, it's a no-brainer. Also, you'll understand this better once you're in clinicals, but true P/F during clerkships is nothing but a bonus when you're coming from an excellent school like UWashington. Not having to worry about honors, etc. frees you up to dedicate your clinical time to learning instead of kissing a**. Look at OHSU's public match list for the class of 2024 and you'll see we had no problems matching at excellent programs with a true P/F curriculum.

UMass is a great school, but so is UWashington. And Seattle is an awesome city, where you'll have all sorts of cool opportunities. It's expensive, but you'll have a good time.

Either way, congratulations. Whatever choice you make will be a good one.
 
Correct me if I’m wrong but based on your introduction there is literally nothing about UMass that tells me that you want to go there. You said you want to match back in CA and that CA is the 2nd highest state match after WA. You said UW is P/F for all 4 years. You said UW is about 35k cheaper. UW is also the T10 school.

Is it really just the Win week and the perceived student body? Because Worcester is a pretty random suburb area with not much to do and sure there is Boston but it’s about an hour east by car. Not sure how often you want to visit home but I’d assume it’s easier/quicker to get to Cali from WA than MA.

It seems to me like your Pros for UW significantly outweigh those UMass, but you have some cons for UW which I guess wouldn’t be there at UMass. If you ask me, the 24 weeks thing shouldn’t make or break where you choose to go for 4 years.

I think UW is very easily the winner based on the information you provided
 
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Correct me if I’m wrong but based on your introduction there is literally nothing about UMass that tells me that you want to go there. You said you want to match back in CA and that CA is the 2nd highest state match after WA. You said UW is P/F for all 4 years. You said UW is about 35k cheaper. UW is also the T10 school.

Is it really just the Win week and the perceived student body? Because Worcester is a pretty random suburb area with not much to do and sure there is Boston but it’s about an hour east by car. Not sure how often you want to visit home but I’d assume it’s easier/quicker to get to Cali from WA than MA.

It seems to me like your Pros for UW significantly outweigh those UMass, but you have some cons for UW which I guess wouldn’t be there at UMass. If you ask me, the 24 weeks thing shouldn’t make or break where you choose to go for 4 years.

I think UW is very easily the winner based on the information you provided
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